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Part 2: Understanding How Payers Deny Claims

AIHC

Government Accountability Office (GAO), improper payments have been estimated to total almost $1.7 trillion government-wide from fiscal years 2003 through 2019. Auditing and denying claims after the claims have been paid is “big money” for the government. According to the U.S.

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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. On April 4, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. See Executive Order No. 290 (2022).

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Terrible Decision Contravenes the Vaccine Act’s Purpose and Would Gut Its Protections

Drug & Device Law

If the antivaxxers win in DeCostanzo , then society as a whole loses, because as the Supreme Court stated in Bruesewitz , “the elimination of communicable diseases through vaccination” is “one of the greatest achievements of public health in the 20th century.” 2003), and Doe v. at 226 (footnote and quotation marks omitted).

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