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In the shadow of escalating cyberthreats and intensifying regulatory scrutiny, compliance is no longer just a checkbox—it’s a war zone. Organizations today operate in an unforgiving environment where the cost of a data breach is measured not just in dollars but also in broken trust, lost contracts, and legal fallout.

From healthcare’s HIPAA Security Rule to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to the US Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) to SOC 2, PCI DSS, and other security standards, the rules are tightening, and the penalties are rising in response to surging breach rates. In 2023 alone, GDPR fines totaled more than €4.4 billion (approximately $4.92 billion), while large-scale HIPAA violation fines totaled nearly $9.2 million in 2024—a record-setting year which saw an increase of over 64% in breached healthcare records to nearly 278 million, impacting more than 81% of the U.S. population.

The post "Revolutionizing Healthcare with Artificial Intelligence" discusses how AI is reshaping preventive care through insights from Shaji Nair, founder and CEO of Friska AI. The platform enhances collaboration between patients and physicians by integrating health data to personalize treatment plans, making healthcare more accessible and effective. As Friska AI continues to innovate, it stands out as a vital tool in the future of health management.

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In this episode, Dr. Nazif interviews Shaji Nair, the founder and CEO of Friska AI. Shaji shares his journey from a career in technology to developing Friska AI, an innovative platform that employs advanced artificial intelligence and mobile technology to assist with preventive healthcare. The discussion covers how Friska AI provides personalized meal plans, health alerts, and activity recommendations to both patients and physicians, helping to ensure continuous health management. Additionally, Shaji talks about the unique approaches and engines behind Friska AI, such as the Nutri AI engine and clinical decision engine, and the platform’s potential to democratize healthcare access at low or no cost.

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In a healthcare landscape dominated by rising chronic condition rates and associated costs, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool for physicians seeking to integrate aspects of lifestyle medicine and preventive care into their standard practice. Whether it’s used to enhance patient compliance, inform clinical decision-making, or provide remote monitoring and virtual care, AI helps providers better support the 60% of Americans managing at least one chronic condition — and the 40% managing two or more.

The rise of AI is particularly timely in this respect, as most chronic diseases can be effectively managed and, in some cases, prevented through behavioral and nutritional changes. However, doing so requires a level of patient education and monitoring that many providers don’t have, given the rising patient volumes and greater administrative burdens diverting time and other resources away from direct patient care.

If anything, fraud abatement efforts at the federal level have intensified these revenue cycle challenges, with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) joining the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in a commitment to identify and claw back improper reimbursements to both healthcare providers and insurance companies.

For healthcare finance leaders, the current revenue and reimbursement landscape necessitates a new approach to revenue cycle management (RCM), one that eliminates silos between compliance and finance and transforms RCM by emphasizing continuous risk monitoring. This includes transforming payer audit workflows by automating and accelerating manual tasks and leveraging AI to analyze and democratize data to eliminate systemic and other issues contributing to audit failures and missed deadlines.

Shaji Nair, the CEO & Founder of Friska.AI that provides an innovative healthcare platform leveraging advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and mobile technology to empower individuals to partner with their physicians to take control of their health journey joins eHealth Radio and the Health Care and Technology Channels.

From large acute systems to ambulatory practices, healthcare organizations are plagued by an often-overlooked but significant revenue challenge: underpayments.

Occurring when payors fail to reimburse the full eligible amount for healthcare services provided, underpayments are a multifaceted issue requiring a combination of resources, expertise, technology, and collaboration between healthcare organizations and payors to resolve. By proactively identifying and addressing underpayments, healthcare provider organizations can protect their financial health and ensure fair reimbursement for the critical services they provide to patients.

Headline-making mass outages—think 2024’s CrowdStrike event and 2023’s Google Cloud services disruptions—can bring multinational corporations and small businesses to their knees. But smaller technical events are far more common and can shut down business functions with equally devastating effects.

Cybersecurity attacks like Change Healthcare and Snowflake data breaches that impacted millions wreak even greater havoc, especially for small- and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) that rarely have strong protections in place to fend off potentially business-ending attacks.

Wellesley, MA — April 2, 2025 — MDaudit, an award-winning cloud-based continuous risk monitoring platform for RCM that enables the nation’s premier healthcare organizations to minimize billing risks and maximize revenues, today announced the latest AI-powered enhancement to its award-winning revenue integrity platform. AI Assist leverages artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and natural language processing (NLP) to instantly transform an overwhelming volume of billing, audit, and payment data into clear, intelligent, and actionable insights.

FriskaAi, a groundbreaking healthcare platform that leverages advanced AI and mobile technology to empower individuals to take control of their health journey in partnership with their physician, has launched a slimmed-down version of its Friska NutriAi platform revolutionizing nutrition and wellness through the power of AI.

Available at no cost to consumers, this special version of Friska’s nutrition management tool provides personalized dietary guidance to enhance well-being, manage chronic diseases, and optimize health outcomes.

ARLINGTON, Va. – March 25, 2025 – FriskaAi, a groundbreaking healthcare platform that leverages advanced AI and mobile technology to empower individuals to take control of their health journey in partnership with their physician, has launched a slimmed-down version of its Friska NutriAi platform revolutionizing nutrition and wellness through the power of AI. Available at no cost to consumers, this special version of Friska’s nutrition management tool provides personalized dietary guidance to enhance well-being, manage chronic diseases, and optimize health outcomes.

A new wave of malware is gaining traction in the form of infostealers, potent data-harvesting tools that have quickly become the go-to choice for threat actors due to their ability to quickly and effectively siphon sensitive information to sell on the dark web. Use of infostealers by groups specializing in ransomware surged by 266%, according to IBM’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index.

Infostealer malware has become ransomware operators’ reconnaissance tool of choice for its ability to stealthily gather login credentials that provide unilateral access across networks, escalate privileges, and tailor attacks to inflict maximum damage before deploying a ransomware payload. IBM reports a 71% year-over-year increase in cyberattacks using stolen or compromised credentials. Further, with the share of cyber incidents involving data theft and leaks hitting 32% in 2024, indications are that cyber attackers are beginning to favor outright theft and sale of data over encryption and extortion.

Chuck Papageorgiou, the CEO of NeuroEM Therapeutics, a Tampa-based biotech medical device company dedicated to advancing Alzheimer’s treatment joins eHealth Radio and the Alzheimer’s and Health News Channels.

While two new drugs – lecanemab and donanemab – have recently been approved for the treatment of the condition in the US and the UK, there is a desperate need for innovative new therapies.

One such innovative approach is the use of Transcranial Electromagnetic Treatment (TEMT), which works by modulating brain activity through electromagnetic pulses. It is thought that the pulses are able to impact plaque buildup in the brain that is associated with the development of Alzheimer’s.

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While mass outages like 2024’s CrowdStrike event can bring small businesses and major corporations alike to their knees, small technical issues or IT events are far more common and can shut down business functions with equally devastating effects. Cybersecurity threats raise the stakes even more, especially for small- and mid-sized businesses that rarely have strong protections in place to stave off potentially business-ending attacks.

“Surging security and cybersecurity threats don’t discriminate by company size, industry, or geographic footprint. In today’s high-risk security environment, an attack is all but inevitable,” says Erik Eisen, CEO of CTI Technical Services, a leading provider of IT support and cybersecurity services. “Which is why every business today needs to make—and keep—a resolution to start the year with an evaluation of their network and security status to identify and address areas of weakness so they’re around next year.”