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The History of Healthcare Compliance

MedTrainer

The adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), telemedicine , and data analytics has brought about new challenges and opportunities. Compliance in healthcare began to encompass billing, fraud, and abuse prevention. Moreover, digitization has revolutionized healthcare compliance. Compliance efforts expanded to encompass EHR security.

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States and Feds Signal Big Changes to Telehealth Prescribing

Health Law Advisor

1] Originally enacted in 2010, the Online Prescribing Act has allowed health care providers to register with the State to prescribe and dispense certain FDA-approved drugs via online pharmacies and utilization of telehealth visits. 18 U.S.C. § Under 21 U.S.C. § 802(54), including circumstances designated by the U.S.

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Reforming Health Insurance

Healthcare IT Today

Yes, I know that the Affordable Care Act of 2010 mandated that health insurance companies can only keep to 20% of your premium and have to return the other 80% as benefits. The FBI is also tasked with combating fraud so they can do the investigation The real answer to ‘What are we waiting for?’ is ‘the will of this society.’

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Progressive Therapeutics allays telehealth security concerns with EHR integration

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The practice was an early adopter of telehealth back in 2010, implementing it as a way to care for people unable to attend in-person sessions. Unsecure telehealth connections can open the door for fraud, phishing and ransomware attacks, with serious reputational and financial consequences. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

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