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Government Watchdogs Attack Medicare Advantage for Denying Care and Overcharging

Kaiser Health News

Congress should crack down on Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors that sometimes deny patients vital medical care while overcharging the government billions of dollars every year, government watchdogs told a House panel Tuesday.

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Government Delay Reduces False Claims Act Verdict – How Can This Protect Your Practice?

Hall Render

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals refused the defendants’ request to overturn the entire verdict but enforced the consequences of the government’s prejudicial delay by tying the conduct together with the government’s failure to toll the statute of limitations for many of its claims. The ruling in U.S. Aldridge v. Corporate Mgmt.,

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Non-State Actors and Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

States maintain these obligations even when non-State actors are involved in health care financing, provision, and governance, albeit further normative development in this area is still urgently needed.

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HHS Issues Proposed Rule to Provide Clarity on Rights of Conscience in Healthcare

Healthcare Law Blog

BACKGROUND The Proposed Rule is the latest in a long line of federal legislation and rulemakings governing the conscience rights of healthcare providers and entities. The Church Amendments In the 1970s, the federal government enacted the Church Amendments, 42 U.S.C.

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‘Care Anywhere’ is the new normal, according to new industry report

Healthcare It News

Another result concerns innovation through ‘femtech’: digital technologies and applications related to women’s health are increasingly gaining importance – more so as this has been a gap in care in the US with only three per cent of all health deals since 2011 focusing on this area.

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Australia ends support for 128 telehealth items

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Fran Boyle , president of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, told the Guardian Australia in a recent interview that patients will have a "major problem" with phone consultations that are no longer subsidised by the government. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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‘Care Anywhere’ is the new normal, according to industry report

Healthcare It News

Another result concerns innovation through ‘femtech’: digital technologies and applications related to women’s health are increasingly gaining importance – more so as this has been a gap in care in the US with only three per cent of all health deals since 2011 focusing on this area.

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