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Physicians Beware! Groups Providing DME, Prosthetic Devices, and Other Medical Supplies to Their Medicare Patients Risk Violating the Strict Liability Stark Law Since the Expiration of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Health Law Advisor

During the COVID-19 PHE, CMS issued temporary waivers, including a waiver of the “location requirement” of the In-Office Ancillary Services (“IOAS”) exception. 3] As indicated above, the temporary waiver that allowed mailing or home delivery of DME during the COVID-19 PHE expired May 11, 2023 and is no longer available.

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Voting for Health in 2020

Health Populi

The key issues for health care voters were costs (for care and prescription drugs) and access (read: protecting pre-existing conditions and expanding Medicaid). concerned about state citizens’ public health in the era of COVID-19. In the 2018 mid-term elections, U.S. voters were driven to polls with health care on their minds.

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What is a HIPAA Violation?

HIPAA Journal

According to the most recent update, the HHS has received almost 300,000 complaints since the compliance date of the Privacy Rule (April 2003). However, there has been some confusion – especially during the COVID-19 pandemic – about who exactly is covered by HIPAA. Who can violate HIPAA? What are the 3 types of HIPAA violations?

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Part 2: Understanding How Payers Deny Claims

AIHC

trillion government-wide from fiscal years 2003 through 2019. trillion COVID-19 response legislation, and making recommendations about how to improve its effectiveness in dealing with public health issues and the economy. These are reimbursements that should not have been made or that were made in incorrect amounts.

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Only in America: The Loss of Health Insurance as a Toxic Financial Side Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

Nearly 7 million Americans lost health coverage due to COVID-19, a national survey from Civis Analytics found, in The State of Health Insurance in COVID-19 America. Just weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, cracks in the U.S. knew someone who died from COVID-19. Civis Analytics polled 13,000 U.S.

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3 Ways Artificial Intelligence Can be Used to Improve Health Equity

HIT Consultant

Medicare and Medicaid have an obligation to taxpayers who are paying into the system to help as many people as possible. How do we convince people that are wary of health systems to see a doctor every year or get vaccinated against COVID-19? John co-founded BroadReach Group in 2003 and currently serves on the Board of Managers.

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April-July 2022 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

509(a), Governor Murphy issued an Executive Order updating and clarifying timeframes for requiring covered workers at health care facilities and high-risk congregate settings to be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, including having received a booster shot. 3:19-cv-14228-BRM-LHG (D.N.J. On April 4, 2022, at 54 N.J.R.