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3 Compelling Reasons — Beyond the Law — to Expand Consumer Access to Personal Records

HIT Consultant

These safeguards become even more demanding as consumers and government agencies call for increased transparency and access to personal data. Therefore, a patient’s full record can be trapped in multiple systems across a hospital or health system setting. Do we have a data governance team in place, and is it effective?

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COVID-19 Health Systems Impact: What Will Stop The Cash Hemorrhage?

HIT Consultant

In 2020, growth in federal government spending on healthcare increased 36 percent , compared to the 5.9 During the early days, the cost of hospitalizing a patient seemed obvious: the sheer volume of long stays, expensive ventilators, a lack of one-size-fits-all treatment solutions, and the pause of elective surgeries.

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Government Delay Reduces False Claims Act Verdict – How Can This Protect Your Practice?

Hall Render

This decision strengthens potential defenses for defendants in FCA cases who are routinely left in the dark while the government conducts years-long one-sided investigations in secrecy. The qui tam complaint was filed by the Hospital’s former CEO in May 2007. The government must also act with due diligence to preserve its claim.

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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

2] Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Spotlight: Physician-Owned Hospital Expansion Exception Requests – Changes Effective October 1, 2023 , available at [link] (last accessed August 2, 2023). [3] 5, 2007) (emphasis added). [5] 2, 2023). [2] 2, 2023). [4] 2, 2023). [2] 2, 2023). [4] 51011, 51019 (Sept. at 51020. [6]

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Florida Woman Lands Herself 6.5 Years in Prison, Owes $45 Million for Medicare Fraud Scheme

Pharmacy Law Blog

Supreme Court decision in her case holding that the government could not freeze untainted assets. Her case continued in 2017 following a 5-3 ruling by the Supreme Court holding that the government could not freeze assets belonging to her that were not tied to the alleged fraud scheme. To read more on the U.S.

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Can Children Consent to the COVID Vaccine? The Case of Foster Care and Juvenile Justice

Bill of Health

Some children may be unvaccinated by no choice of their own, but instead because of decisions made by parents, guardians, or state or local government officials. 1] E.g., Anna Edney, Kids’ Covid Hospitalizations Hit Record in U.S. In this post, I argue that young people should have the opportunity to consent to vaccines.

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Longevity Stalls Around the World And Wealth, More Concentrated

Health Populi

That core set of services covers consultations with doctors, tests and examinations, along with inpatient hospital care. Health Populi’s Hot Points: This last chart compares gains in life expectancy (longevity) between two periods, 2002-2007 and 2012-2017. In the U.S., The primary care “backbone” in the U.S.