Verisys

DECEMBER 22, 2021

If you have a provider directory, you probably know about the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (aka H.R. Joining workgroup meetings, like those held for HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), will help organizations learn from other industry participants about best practices. By Donald Potts and Donovan Schwartz.

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YouCompli

AUGUST 16, 2023

Another Tactic: Take an Active Interest in Leaders If you are new to an organization, conduct a meet-and-greet meeting with your healthcare leaders to learn more about them. First, after studying their policies and procedures, you could learn about the department and their processes by interviewing the leader(s) and staff.

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Health Care Law Brief

APRIL 11, 2022

Similar to the AKS, the OIG may initiate administrative proceedings against the person offering or transferring the remuneration. However, through its advisory opinion process, OIG has blessed certain arrangements when cash equivalents have been offered or provided to beneficiaries. See, e.g. , id. at 77781, 77782–3, 77789–90, 77791.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2022

Healthcare IT News sat down with this digital health investor to talk about digital health investment trends during the pandemic and where he sees funding trending in 2022 and beyond. Norden is particularly passionate about funding companies focused on the Medicaid population – a traditionally tricky and often ignored area.

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Health Law Advisor

MARCH 7, 2023

Background on the Ryan Haight Act The Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act of 2008 (the “Ryan Haight Act”) made certain amendments to the CSA which established controls on the remote prescribing of controlled substances. Provider Education and Understanding About New Prescribing and Recordkeeping Requirements.

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Health Populi

APRIL 10, 2019

The study analyzed medical claims for millions of patients, both commercially insured and enrolled in Medicare. In no state did the rate of diabetes decline in the ten years between 2008 and 2018. For families with a member with diabetes, the household economic burden was $3,150, or 5.1% of family income.

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Drug & Device Law

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The manufacturer sought to cover Medicare patients’ Part D cost-sharing obligations for the drug – which were estimated at approximately $13,000 per year – but the OIG said “no thanks,” and the Second Circuit has affirmed that outcome. ATTR-CM only affects about 150,000 Americans, who are mostly elderly. 1320a-7b (“AKS”). 124, 131 n.3

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Drug & Device Law

JANUARY 30, 2023

440 (2008) Buckman was not cited at all in the Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. Plaintiffs Legal Committee , 531 U.S. Kent , 552 U.S. Albrecht , 139 S. 2019), or Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. Bartlett , 570 U.S. 472 (2013), implied preemption decisions, cited only by the dissent in Wyeth v. Mensing , 564 U.S. Davidowitz , 312 U.S. Myrick , 514 U.S.

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Drug & Device Law

MARCH 31, 2022

Thus, we were pleased that the Medicare recipient in Dobson v. But because this claimant’s intractable nausea and vomiting arose from a spinal cord injury, not the particular cancer mentioned in Drugdex, the government denied coverage. But it mattered to the folks that administered Medicare. 1396r-8(k)(6).

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