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Proper Payments for Part B and Part D Drugs

Innovaare Compliance

Until the enactment of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) in 2006 [1] , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services does not cover most outpatient prescription drugs under Part B (“Part B drugs”). drugs given in a hospital or skilled nursing facility) or Part B (i.e., drugs administered with an item of DME).

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South Florida Nursing Home Chain to Pay $17M in Whistleblower Suit

The Health Law Firm

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law A Miami-based nursing home chain has agreed to pay a record $17 million to settle a False Claims Act suit that was brought by its former Chief Financial Officer (CFO). By George F. Indest III, J.D., A Sophisticated Kickback Scheme.

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How Adopting a Hybrid Model with a Virtual Interpreter Call Center Can Make Your In-House Interpreters More Efficient

Healthcare IT Today

Many large hospital systems have a team of in-house interpreters, but it can be challenging to manage those resources—hospitals often expend a lot of time and money as interpreters travel from one facility to another or make house calls with traveling nurses. based interpreting company founded in 1996.

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Whistleblowers Accuse Nursing Care Company of Medicare Fraud

The Health Law Firm

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is investigating a Tennessee-based nursing care company. The company runs more than 200 skilled nursing homes (SNFs), assisted living facilities (ALFs), retirement living communities, home care services, and Alzheimer's centers across the country.

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UMass Memorial Health proves RPM virtual sitting is as effective as in-person care

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Launched in 2006, its tele-ICU program remotely monitors more than 150 adult critical care beds across Central Massachusetts. "In September 2020, the IT team partnered with nursing leadership and Caregility to launch a pilot for virtual observation to prove its effectiveness," he continued. THE PROBLEM.

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How Adopting a Hybrid Model with a Virtual Interpreter Call Center Can Make Your In-House Interpreters More Efficient

Healthcare IT Today

Many large hospital systems have a team of in-house interpreters, but it can be challenging to manage those resources—hospitals often expend a lot of time and money as interpreters travel from one facility to another or make house calls with traveling nurses. based interpreting company founded in 1996.

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AI-powered RPM can help address the rural neonatal care crisis

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Coupled with a worsening nursing shortage , this is a huge problem for rural American families. hospitals rose 45% from 2006 to 2015. Even before the pandemic, maternal and infant outcomes in the U.S. were shockingly poor.