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STAT+: UnitedHealth was top insurer collecting billions in questionable Medicare payments, federal watchdog finds

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billion in payments last year from so-called health risk assessments (HRAs) and related reviews of medical records performed in 2022.     A report released Thursday by the Office of Inspector General for the Health and Human Services Department concluded that insurers collectively received an estimated $7.5

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STAT+: Hospitals struggle to validate AI-generated clinical summaries. ‘It’s a bit chaotic’

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“I can remember that needle in the haystack feeling,” said Bart, now chief medical information officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, “when you found that one thing in the medical record that helps us figure this out.”

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How blockchain can revolutionise medical records and save lives

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If appropriately implemented, blockchain-based medical records systems of tomorrow could be far more accurate, secure and accessible than the one-size-fits-all approach applied to today’s electronic health records, all while putting additional power back in the hands of the patients. The state of medical records today.

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Opinion: Bloated patient records are filled with false information, thanks to copy-paste

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I recently took care of a patient whose medical records included multiple notes about her past open-heart surgery. Only she had never undergone open-heart surgery. Read the rest…

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Covid-19 increases risk of developing autoimmune disease, but vaccination helps, large study shows

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Researchers used the medical records of 10 million Korean and 12 million Japanese adults to see whether those who had Covid were more likely to be diagnosed with autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases, or AIRDs, in the year following infection.

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STAT+: ‘Apples to apples’: How new health data rules could hold providers accountable

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Last year, medical records opened up to patients. Before the ball drops on New Year’s Eve, electronic health care record vendors will have to provide tools to easily pull big batches of patient data from their systems. This year, they’re opening up to the nation. Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…

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STAT+: Why U.S. health care cybersecurity laws are better at protecting a corpse’s privacy than patients’ lives

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’” But it would be 24 more days from where the plan ended until the Vermont health system was able to bring its electronic medical record system back online. And more than 200 days later, they’d still be dealing with the backlog of paper records.