Tag: Medicare
AT&T launches mPERS unit
December 13, 2013Leif Kothe
ATLANTA—AT&T has launched its mobile PERS units, called the EverThere, a small wearable device manufactured by Numera, a Seattle-based provider of mobile health solutions.
Powered by AT&T mobile broadband network, monitored by a CSAA Five Diamond central station, with geo-redundant infrastructure, Penrose added. the device automatically detects falls, has two-way emergency calling, and will deliver both enterprise and direct-to-consumer solutions.
Chris Penrose, SVP, AT&T, emerging devices,...
SIA: Biometrics can cut fraud in Medicare, Medicaid
July 3, 2012SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—Biometrics can reduce fraud in Medicare and Medicaid programs and provide assurance that patient information is protected, the Security Industry Association told the Senate Finance Committee on June 29.
SIA, responding to a open letter from the panel to combat the “multibillion-dollar problem of waste, fraud and abuse” in the federal health care programs, issued a white paper stating that the use of biometrics in identification and authentication would meet...