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OCR
Aetna to pay $1M to settle 3 patient data HIPAA breaches
healthcaredive.com - Shannon Muchmore
Dive Brief:• Aetna has agreed to pay $1 million in settlements to resolve three separate potential HIPAA violations in 2017 that affected more than …
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Healthcare Dive
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Telehealth
Teladoc ups guidance for third quarter in a row as telehealth use holds steady
healthcaredive.com - Rebecca Pifer
Dive Brief:• Teladoc's total visits more than tripled in the third quarter compared to the same time last year, to 2.84 million. That's slightly up …
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Healthcare Dive
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Content Management
CMS requires government, most private plans to cover COVID-19 vaccines
healthcaredive.com - Shannon Muchmore
Dive Brief:• CMS said Wednesday that "most private health plans" will be required to cover an approved COVID-19 vaccine and its administration with no …
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Healthcare Dive
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Medicare
Anthem beats in Q3, but profit plummets amid rising costs
healthcaredive.com - Shannon Muchmore
Dive Brief:• Anthem beat Wall Street's third-quarter expectations on earnings and reported revenue of $31.2 billion, up 16.8% from the year prior, in …
19 hours ago
Healthcare Dive
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Nurse Practitioners
Urban-rural divide growing amid primary care workforce, study finds
healthcaredive.com - Hailey Mensik
Dive Brief:• The number of primary care physicians increased significantly from 2009 to 2017, though growth was more pronounced in urban rather than …
21 hours ago
Healthcare Dive
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St. Louis
From El Paso to St. Louis, dire warnings from hospitals on rationing, capacity as COVID-19 surges again
healthcaredive.com - Samantha Liss
Hospital leaders are issuing dire warnings to regions all across the country — from St. Louis to El Paso, Texas — that facilities are full and the …
23 hours ago