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This is Naomi diaz with the Becker Digital

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health podcast. Here's your daily industry news briefing

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for today, June 20 fourth.

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First, Oracle introduced a new Ai powered clinical

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documentation tool designed for its ambulatory care customers.

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Integrated within the Oracle Ehr system, the tool

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uses automation and voice commands to help physicians

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transcribe patient conversations, and create draft notes directly

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in the Ehr, aiming to automate the entire

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documentation process,

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according to a news release from Oracle

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Oracle said the tool can help providers maintain

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oversight and control by reviewing, modifying and improving

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notes and next step actions.

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Physicians at 13 initial doctor

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organizations, including billings clinic in Montana and covenant

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health have reported saving an average of more

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than 4 and a half minutes per patient

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and reducing daily

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documentation time by 20 to 40 percent. The

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release said.

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Second,

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Hhs finalized its final rule outlining incentives for

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hospitals, health systems and clinicians. Blocking patient information

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exchange on June 20 fourth.

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Providers knowing

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interfering or preventing patients from accessing medical

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information,

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Ehr use and information exchange will face penalties

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going forward.

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Those penalties include 1 hospitals physician groups and

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clinicians, being striped of meaningful use status of

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calendar year of the Ehr reporting period when

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the office of inspector general were first its

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determination to Cms,

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If 1 clinician within a group is blocking

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information but not the whole group, the penalty

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will only apply to the offender.

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2, critical access hospitals risk payment reduced to

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a hundred percent of reasonable cost.

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3,

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Clinicians in Aco may be ineligible to participate

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in the Aco for at least 1 year,

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and they may not be able to receive

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revenue earned through the shared savings program.

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Hhs reserve the right to create additional dis

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sentence in the future. The new rules add

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to existing penalties for It companies and developers

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with A fine up to 1000000 dollars for

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information blocking.

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Third,

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on June twentieth, a federal judge to Access

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ruled that Hhs guidance prohibit the use of

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third party online tracking technologies on Hospitals public

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facing webpage pages is unlawful.

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Us district judge Mark Pitt determined that the

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Hhs exceeded its authority with the 20 22

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guidance,

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aligning his decision with the positions of the

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American

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Association, Texas Hospital

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Association, Texas Health resources, and United regional Healthcare

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system.

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This ruling follows a lawsuit Hospital filed in

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20 23 by the A,

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A,

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Texas Hospital Association, Texas Health Resources and United

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Regional Healthcare care system against the Hhs. Who

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The plaintiff has sought to block enforcement of

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the Bulletin arguing that the guidance restricted the

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use of standard web technologies that capture Ip

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addresses,

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without proper regulatory authority,

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thereby hindering hospital's ability to share crucial health

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information with their communities.

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Mister Pitt decision effectively overturn the guidance, allowing

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hospitals to resume utilizing these technologies as outlined

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in court documents.

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