Healthcare IT News and Opinion. Top News. HHS OIG cracks down on drug co pay charity Caring Voice Coalition, removing its seal of approval after finding that the charity shares data with the drug companies that provide its support. CVC, which has received hundreds of millions of dollars from drug companies earmarked for paying patient prescription co pays, had been exposed by several former employees as fast tracking assistance for patients that use a donor companys drug while wait listing those who are prescribed drugs sold by non donors. CMEIFrameAsset/imgDetail/echo.jpg' alt='Mckesson Pacs Viewer Free' title='Mckesson Pacs Viewer Free' />Download the free trial version below to get started. Doubleclick the downloaded file to install the software. OIG says the information sent to the drug companies could help them raise Medicare prices by accumulating anecdotal patient reported successes. CVC told OIG that it will probably shut down following the ruling. I found CVCs 2. 01. The Justice Department had previously sent subpoenas to a handful of drug companies in its investigation of patient assistance programs, after which United Therapeutics set aside 2. False Claims Act lawsuit over its donations. The Internal Revenue Service is reviewing the tax exempt status of another patient assistance program, Chronic Disease Fund now known as Good Days, which took in more than 1 billion of drug company money over six years, of which the charity used 3. Compare the best Medical Software programs to find the right solution for your practice. Free demos, price quotes and reviews. Kilauea Mount Etna Mount Yasur Mount Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira Piton de la Fournaise Erta Ale. Compare leading PACS System solutions for your practice. Free demos, quotes and comparisons. Drug Charity May Shutter After U. S. Faults Pharma Influence Caring Voice Coalition, a big pharmafunded charity setup to help patients pay their prescription. Good Days has filed eight lawsuits so far this year to fight IRS subpoenas. Reader Comments. From Dollar Bill Re site name omitted. Who finds actionable information there I cant say, but the above is from Reaction Datas independent C level survey that asked about which sites influenced their decisions. Ive blurred the names, but the one youre asking about finished poorly in this and the other four categories most read, most influential, most interest generating, most positively affecting job performance, and most recommended. I immodestly note that the winner in all categories was a spare bedroom, one author one. HIStalk Announcements and Requests. This week on HIStalk Practice Da. Vita preps to sell its 4 billion medical group. South Carolinas PDMP helps slash opioid prescriptions. Elderly New Hampshire MD faces non license renewal over lack of computer skills. Google researchers develop gaze detection software to deter snooping smartphone bystanders. Senate HELP Committee questions HHS Secretary nominee Alex Azar on drug prices. Village. MD New Hampshire selects Geneia predictive analytics for PHM efforts. Care. Clouds Polly Friend offers three key things practices should do to prep for MIPS. Webinars. December 5 Tuesday 2 0. ET. Cornerstones of Order Set Optimization Trusted Evidence. Sponsored by Wolters Kluwer. Updating order sets with new medical evidence is crucial to improving outcomes, but coordinating maintenance for hundreds of order sets with dozens of stakeholders is a huge logistical challenge. For most hospitals, managing order set content is labor intensive and the internal processes supporting it are far too inefficient. Evidence based order sets are only as good as their content, which is why regular review and updates are essential. This webinar explores the relationship between clinical content and patient care with an eye toward building trust among the clinical staff. Plus, we will demonstrate a new evidence alignment tool that can easily incorporate the most current medical content into your order sets, regardless of format, including Cerner Power Plans and Epic Smart. Sets. Previous webinars are on our You. Tube channel. Contact Lorre for information. Acquisitions, Funding, Business, and Stock. Nuance announces Q4 results revenue down 8 percent, adjusted EPS 0. November. The company says its June malware attack cost it 5. NUAN shares have risen 4 percent in the past year vs. Nasdaqs 3. 0 percent. From the earnings call The total impact of the malware incident was just over 6. The healthcare business delivered its best net new bookings quarter in history in Q4 despite the malware attack. Nuances strategic focus will be conversational AI and analytics based solutions. The company expects Dragon Medical to replace transcription as its largest healthcare revenue contributor as its HIM business continues to decline. Siemens will take its Siemens Healthineers healthcare business public in Germany at a valuation of 4. IPO in 2. 0 years. The company chose the German exchange after ruling out London due to Brexit and the US markets because it wants to appeal to investors from Asia. AI supported diagnostic software vendor Prognos closes a 2. Series C funding round, increasing its total to 4. Its target audience is drug companies, insurers, and labs. Co founder Jason Bhan, MD used to work for Clinovations, while Sundeep Bhan co founded Medsite. Bizarre three employee medical translation training vendor Mi. Tio files for a 1. IPO despite having only ever enrolled 1,0. CFOCIOCTO the founders 1. The company says it wont sell shares publicly,  but had to file for an IPO because it will give investors cryptocurrency tokens. Thats the second company Ive seen today offering that form of investment see the Health Wizz item below. I admit that I dont understand that concept. Sales. Artesia General Hospital NM chooses Form. Fasts Fast. Print, Capture, Fast. Flow, Content Manager, and Connect. Super Bounce Out Cracked. The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan will implement Elseviers Clinical. Key reference solution in 2. People. Nuance hires Tom Beaudoin Simpli. Vity as EVP of business transformation. He was EVPCFO for Nuance from 2. Laure Kreofsky, MHA, MBA Med. Sys Group joins Pivot Point Consulting, A Vaco Company as VP of advisory services. Hurley Medical Center MI promotes Casey Bryson to CIO from the interim role. Government and Politics. The VA misses its target date to sign with Cerner, which it originally vowed to get done in November in responding to a lawsuit protesting its no bid selection. A VA source says the contract is ready to sign as soon as Congress approves moving the money to the correct accounts. Announcements and Implementations. Elsevier will offer Wiser. Cares Shared Decision Making solution as part of its patient engagement suite. Glytecs Glucommander Outpatient will be integrated with the virtual diabetes clinic of Onduo, whose parent companies are drug manufacturer Sanofi and Alphabets Verily. Memorial. Care CA opens a technology testing and training center in conjunction with systems integrator Sirius Computer Solutions. It includes the technologies need to run a 2,0. Health Wizz launches a blockchain powered consumer tool for managing and sharing their medical data with research organizations and drug companies that can offer to pay them. The company is recruiting investors who will receive digital tokens. GE launches blood collection firm Drawbridge Health, which will allow physician offices and clinics that dont have a blood draw technician to easily draw small volume blood samples and send them to third party labs. I like the idea of going back to the good old days when you could get your blood drawn during your office visit instead of starting over with the DMV level indifferent employees of Quest or Lab. Corp and then listening to your NPO stomach grumble while watching the Unemployment TV Network of fake judges, on cue fistfights over infidelity, and ambulance chaser commercials. Tahoe Forest Health System CA goes live on Epic, implemented and hosted by Mercy Technology Services. Get. Well. Network adds Elseviers patient education videos to its content library.