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

Health Populi

These projections are based on “current law,” the team from the CMS Office of the Actuary write, “developed using actuarial and econometric modeling methods in addition to judgments about future trends that affect the health care sector.” medical spending in Health Affairs in 2003.

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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. Other exceptions may also apply to health insurance issuers when certain types of benefits are offered separately (i.e., dental care, home health care, etc.) COVID-19 travel insurance).

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Part 2: Understanding How Payers Deny Claims

AIHC

The complex Medicare appeals process is used to demonstrate the importance of appealing claims denied in an audit. The learning objective of this lesson is to help you become familiar with the Medicare Claims Review Program (MCRP). Other payers mirror Medicare’s program. Audited by a payer? What is an “improper” payment?

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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. See Executive Order No.