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 Are Hospitals Ready for Alzheimer’s Treatment Approval?

HIT Consultant

John Showalter, MD, Chief Product Officer at Linus Health The FDA’s recent accelerated approval of Leqembi was welcome news across the Alzheimer’s community. It is expected to be more than six times the size of the public health campaign for COVID-19. billion marketing the medication.

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OIG Advisory Opinion Alert: Yet Another Favorable Decision for Medical Device Manufacturers

Healthcare Law Blog

On Thursday, March 16, the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued OIG Advisory Opinion (“AO”) No. Section 1128A(a)(5) of the Act), the Proposed Arrangement nevertheless presented a minimal risk of fraud and abuse under the law on the facts presented.

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Healthcare Cybersecurity – 2024 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. With support for multi-cloud deployments, telemedicine and personalized health, patient and clinician devices, and IoT devices deployed in the home, perimeter security will no longer be enough. to build out their cybersecurity program.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Vincent North in Sherwood Washington Regional Medical System Names Lucas Campbell as VP & Chief Transformation Officer 4 more Arkansas hospitals awarded federal funds Arkansas Legislative Council approves Department of Human Services’ requests for $13.4M Opens in North Little Rock CHI St.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

NATIONAL 60% of health systems considering ASC joint ventures 9% of hospitals had ‘vulnerable’ cash on hand levels in 2022 $3.7B

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

health care Skilled nursing providers embrace bill nixing staff mandate, despite uncertain fate US News to begin rating ASCs ALABAMA Birmingham business lands pharmacy contract with Louisiana hospital Madison Co. NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M NATIONAL 8.5M

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Monkeypox: Coding & Documentation for U.S. Cases

AIHC

The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970. The first human case of monkeypox was recorded in 1970. Suspect Case A suspected case is when a patient presents with a new characteristic rash or meets one of the epidemiologic criteria and has a high clinical suspicion for monkeypox. Overview of the U.S.