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Australia ends support for 128 telehealth items

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Some changes to the Medicare Benefits Schedule for telehealth items in Australia – including the termination of 128 items, amendment of 17 items, and the addition of two more items – have taken effect this week. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. The changes come following the recommendations by the MBS Review Taskforce. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Beneficiary inducements…don’t cross that line

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But tactics common in other industries might be considered illegal beneficiary inducements in healthcare, especially for beneficiaries of federal programs like Medicare or Medicaid. Co-pay waivers,” “insurance only billing,” “Medicare accepted as payment in full,” and “free gift for new patients” are just some examples.

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Supreme Court Discrimination Case Narrows Scope of Restitution for Individuals

Healthcare Law Blog

The entirety of the Court’s reasoning in Cummings came from the contract-law theory established in the 2002 case, Barnes v. In other words, if a Medicare/Medicaid provider is found to have discriminated in violation of the Rehab Act or the ACA, that provider can only be held liable for “traditional” contract damages. 3d 1173 (11th Cir.

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What is HIPAA?

HIPAA Journal

Title III: Tax-related health provisions governing medical savings accounts. Title V: Revenue offsets governing tax deductions for employers. Title II: Preventing health care fraud and abuse; administration simplification; medical liability reform. Title IV: Application and enforcement of group health plan requirements.

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Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Ask EDVa to Allow Cost-Sharing Under the AKS

Healthcare Law Blog

Pharmaceutical manufacturers are challenging the breadth of the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) in federal court, arguing that the government is harming the very vulnerable patients it aims to serve by prohibiting cost-sharing subsidies for life-saving oncology drugs. and $500.39. [4].

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before that she served as director of the State Innovation Models Initiative at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Before that, he spent 17 years as CEO of HealthPartners, a cooperatively governed health plan and care system in Minnesota. Isaiah Nathaniel. CIO, Delaware Valley Community Health. Philadelphia.

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FDA Oversight of AI Software Developed by Health Care Providers

Health Law Advisor

5] But that Interstate Commerce Clause needs to be viewed also in balance with the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, which reserves to the states any powers not delegated to the federal government. 15] Medical Device User Fee and Modernization Act of 2002, Report 107-728 (Oct. 7, 2002), at 21. [16] 8637, 8645 (Feb.

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