Joe takes the lead role in generating news for Health Data Management's award-winning website. He also coordinates the magazine’s news coverage. Before joining the magazine in 1998, he was editor of a sister publication, Health Data Network News, which was replaced by the magazine's website.
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Aetna has signed on to the Synaptic Health Alliance, a group started by Humana and four other insurers earlier this year and which is also adding hospitals.
December 4 -
Health insurer Cigna is launching a mobile app to connect members to its Healthy Pregnancies and Healthy Babies prenatal program.
November 12 -
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is reporting unauthorized access to consumer data in systems that support federal insurance exchanges.
October 23 -
The OCR has hit the health insurer with the fine as part of a settlement from its massive January 2015 breach.
October 17 - Hackers access healthcare, personal info from Toyota entity
Hackers accessed information systems at Toyota Industries North America, compromising personal and protected health information.
October 1 -
The wearables company has created the platform for health insurers, employers and healthcare delivery systems.
September 21 -
Independence Blue Cross is alerting nearly 17,000 members after an employee put protected health information on to a public-facing website.
September 20 -
Healthcare companies take steps to safeguard against backdoor risks.
August 13 -
The goal is to avoid traditional time-consuming tasks of communicating via fax, mail, email, courier and web portals, while reducing costs and speeding processes.
July 26 -
Progress toward a value-based care reimbursement system is slow, with clinicians hampered by a lack of information technology that could help them, according to a new survey of healthcare executives.
July 18