New DOJ rules for online healthcare content make sure seniors aren’t taken offline
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Aaron Dorman
Apr 11, 2024
The DOJ took steps earlier this week to help make sure seniors have appropriate access to online healthcare and coverage decisions.
Caregivers, seniors with Alzheimer’s to benefit from ‘Rippl’ effect, access to 24/7 helpline
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Aaron Dorman
Apr 09, 2024
A new dementia care platform will get telehealth to more seniors, and their caregivers, including access to a 24/7 helpline.
Ongoing lawsuits indicate there’s little advantage to seniors for letting AI determine their MA coverage
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Aaron Dorman
Apr 04, 2024
A new report calls out the role of AI in validating cost-cutting measures that leave seniors in need without coverage.
Change Healthcare starts to return platform services following cyberattack, but crisis ‘could reverberate...
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 18, 2024
As promised, Change Healthcare on Friday entered a new stage of recovery from a major cyberattack which affected long-term care providers.
LeadingAge, AHCA, among organizations at White House to discuss Change Healthcare cyber-emergency
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 14, 2024
The White House convened a meeting Tuesday with top long-term care and healthcare organizations, including AHCA and LeadingAge, about the Change Healthcare issue.
HHS takes steps to address recent cyberattack; LTC still reeling from aftermath
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 07, 2024
HHS is granting some flexibilities for Medicare providers in the wake of the Change Healthcare cyberattack last month.
Healthcare orgs urge federal intervention in the wake of cyberattack
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 04, 2024
Health orgs have asked the HHS office to address the recent cyberattack on Change Healthcare, which has caused problems for long-term care providers.
RPM could be life-saving difference for seniors on dialysis, study shows
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 29, 2024
Remote patient monitoring tools may make a meaningful difference in dialysis survival rates, a new study shows.
Updated CMS telehealth toolkit offers tips to states for improving access
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 27, 2024
CMS has released a new report on telehealth intended to give states guidance on how to assist access for those on Medicaid programs.
Future of promising Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi could depend on access to data reporting, analysis:...
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Aaron Dorman
Feb 16, 2024
Organizations must have clearer guidelines as to how data on lecanemab will be collected, pooled and studied, policy experts say.