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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. The IOAS exception does NOT apply.

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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

Let’s travel to Shanghai, China where, “the covid-19 epidemic has brought millions of new patients online. The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated. The President signed the $8.3

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

Agreement of treatment effects from observational studies and randomized controlled trials evaluating hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir-ritonavir, or dexamethasone for covid-19: meta-epidemiological study. Coverage of New Drugs in Medicare Part D. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2022 May 10;377:e069400. 2022 May 3.

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The HIPAA Definition of Covered Entities Explained

HIPAA Journal

Since 2003, the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has received more than 300,000 complaints and rejected more than 200,000. COVID-19 travel insurance). Prescription drug card sponsors were added to the HIPAA definition of Covered Entities by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

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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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Wistful Thinking: The National Health Spending Forecast In a Land Without COVID-19

Health Populi

” These factors come out of the 2019 Medicare Trustees Report and include but aren’t limited to tax policy, the state of insurance marketplaces, and employer-sponsored health insurance assumptions. medical spending in Health Affairs in 2003. In England, World War II yielded the country’s beloved National Health Service.

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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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