Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

I talked to Nikki Henck, Senior Director of Utilization Management at Sagility , about the implementation and potential impact of this proposed requirement, which, if finalized, will be enacted in January 2026. The release of FHIR in the mid-2010 decade changed everything.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

If a government commits a tort, it can be sued — but the United Nations cannot be. In 2010, Peacekeepers sent by the United Nations to Haiti caused a cholera outbreak which led to over 10,000 deaths. By Bailey Kennedy. If no such remedy is available, the UN cannot operate effectively around the globe. .

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2023

With the rising costs of providing healthcare, it’s essential that physician offices stay on top of their contracts with payers, such as insurance companies and government agencies. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average inflation rate from 2010 to 2020 was approximately 1.5% According to the U.S.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 14, 2023

The proposal would have moved more than 200 people off waiting lists for government-supported care and saved the state money by accessing more federal Medicaid money to cover their costs and the cost of those already in assisted living. But Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte vetoed the measure May 18, two weeks after the legislature adjourned.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MAY 17, 2022

The National Background Check Program, enacted by legislation in 2010, provides grants to states and territories to assist them in developing and improving systems to conduct federal and state background checks of prospective LTC employees. Update your policies as needed.

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Jane Sarashon

APRIL 1, 2022

To innovate more, and more quickly, across the entire ecosystem of health — in government policies, pharmaceutical innovations, and technology developments. As such, MHI concludes, health is “deeply relevant to all companies.” A key factor underpinning deaths of despair is social isolation and loneliness.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 18, 2023

The government agency OSHA was created in 1971 as a result of the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970. 2010: OSHA establishes the Severe Violator Enforcement Program to focus on employers who have demonstrated indifference to their OSH Act obligations. 1972: OSHA starts its on-site consultation program.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 21, 2023

The rise of high-deductible health plans means more financial responsibility has fallen directly on patients, as out-of-pocket costs have skyrocketed by 111% since 2010 and are projected to increase by 10% each year through 2026. But there’s good news.

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MedTrainer

MARCH 28, 2024

Healthcare Compliance Complexities The first healthcare compliance programs began in the early 20th century as a response to concerns about the quality of care provided by medical practitioners. Establishes a governance structure, reviews compliance reports, and ensures the organization operates ethically and within legal boundaries.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 29, 2022

About 10% of people suffer from a communication disorder. This includes three million people who stutter and about 10% of preschool and school-aged children with SSD. These trends run parallel to recent insights about SDoH. In short, medical care can only address about 20% of healthcare needs.

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Total Medical Compliance Resources

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This includes information about patients that could lead to them being identified in: Text Photos Videos “Express consent” is written consent from the patient and PHI can only be used for the purpose specifically mentioned in the consent form.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

What You Should Know: – McKinsey & Company’s latest report reveals inflation could result in $370 billion in an additional increase above the baseline in healthcare costs by 2027, causing the government, employers and consumers to burden the cost. percent according to McKinsey analysis, or about 2.5 trillion and $2.8

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 19, 2021

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. " Healthcare is one of the biggest targets for cybercriminals, alongside the government and the financial services industry. THE PROBLEM. Nimish Shah, cofounder of Progressive Therapeutics.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

BACKGROUND The Proposed Rule is the latest in a long line of federal legislation and rulemakings governing the conscience rights of healthcare providers and entities. The Church Amendments In the 1970s, the federal government enacted the Church Amendments, 42 U.S.C.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The app is actively focusing on erasing misconceptions about periods and educating women about their bodies. Thus, the app is changing the way people perceive, learn, access and talk not only about menstrual health but also about reproductive health for women. About Aditi Basu.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 6, 2022

Since late 2010, when this provision of the ACA took effect, many patients have paid nothing when they undergo routine mammograms, get one of more than a dozen vaccines, receive birth control, or are screened for other conditions, including diabetes, colon cancer, depression, and sexually transmitted diseases.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

New Jersey Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) oversees various departments and initiatives aimed at ensuring public health, such as disease control, environmental health, emergency preparedness, and health equity.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 11, 2023

The district, about an hour’s drive from Philadelphia, had no choice but to trim expenses. The 2010 Affordable Care Act, she noted, imposed additional community benefit mandates. Still, the Government Accountability Office, a congressional watchdog agency, argues that community benefit is poorly defined.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

When in doubt, providers are well-advised to consult legal counsel for further guidance about the best course of conduct based on the specific facts and circumstances at issue. ChristianaCare voluntarily entered into the CIA as part of its settlement of another prior unrelated FCA matter. Christiana Hospital, and Wilmington Hospital.

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The Health Law Firm

DECEMBER 18, 2011

On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). One such change brought about by this legislation was the elimination of the independent Health Integrity and Protection Data Bank (HIPDB), and its merger with the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

But at the tail end of the 'teens, we see a flowering of innovation that could only have been dreamed of in 2010. Experts from across the health IT field will share insights about everything from AI and cloud computing to telemedicine and population health. Collection. by September 30, 2019. What you need to know. needs a plan.

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 16, 2022

And about 1 in 5 with any amount of debt said they don’t expect to ever pay it off. About 1 in 7 people with debt said they’ve been denied access to a hospital, doctor, or other provider because of unpaid bills, according to the poll. about two-thirds ? About 50 million adults ? An even greater share ?

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In 2016, the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General found that federal prison spending on outsourced healthcare increased 24% to $327 million between 2010 and 2014, while the overall prisons budget increased only 11%. In 2020, there were estimated to be over 4,100 corporations profiting from mass incarceration in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 13, 2011

Wagner Graduate School of Public Service Abstract: IT governance has been topic of interest for many years, and even though the concept has been embraced within the healthcare industry, the reality is that it’s still not operationally working well within most healthcare organizations. Click here to download this white paper.

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Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Officials at the FDA remain concerned about breaking the closed supply chain between drugs being manufactured and delivered to approved U.S. And this is “Climavores,” a show about eating on a changing planet. Does anyone know anything about him? I’m Tamar Haspel. Does local food actually matter?

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 25, 2023

trillion spending package, which consists of all 12 fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations bills and funds the federal government through September 30, 2023, provides additional assistance to Ukraine, and makes numerous health care policy changes. 117-164 ) (the “Act”)—an approximately $1.7

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

These daily losses matter inestimably at a human level, yet they do not matter in any meaningful way at all to the public and private institutions that govern our lives. The first is a scene from the film “And The Band Played On,” based on the book of the same name, about the AIDS epidemic. It’s powerful.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 31, 2023

This is because each state has its own laws governing the retention of medical records, and – unlike in other areas of the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – HIPAA does not pre-empt state data retention laws. The HIPAA retention requirements are always 6 years after a HIPAA-related document is last in force.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

However, severe climate hazards coupled with institutional and structural barriers and limited government responses are challenging their ability to adapt. Strikingly, the glacier area in Nepal decreased 24% from 1980-2010, and glacial retreat has decreased mountain slope stability.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 29, 2023

These organizations can start conversations and dialogue within their communities, particularly those that have historically lacked knowledge about available clinical trials and/or have faced barriers to participation, to help drive diverse enrollment. The community category included ambassador programs and work with community advisors.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Digging into the health care cost concerns, the Foundation asked people about their health care affordability cost thresholds — that is, their ability to pay medical bills for an unexpected illness before they hit a personal financial crisis. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Americans’ mentions of “government” as a top U.S.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

Between 2010 and 2020, the NASDAQ experienced a 17.1% Smaller companies that were raising large amounts of capital and feeling bullish about going up against the large incumbents may struggle to access capital and become prime acquisition targets for the incumbents. ABOUT HEALTHCARE GRO WTH PARTNERS.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

The authors note that “consumer-driven” health care is, “associated with neoliberal efforts to emphasize market factors in health reform,” de-emphasizing government regulation and financing. In the article to which this assertion ties , Harris Meyer talks about the growing push for price regulation in the U.S.

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Drug & Device Law

JULY 31, 2023

We have blogged several times about the somewhat esoteric issue of whether intangible items – chiefly computer software, website algorithms, and other electronic information – is treated as a “product” for purposes of imposing strict liability on their creators. at 1291-93 (construing 19 U.S.C. at 1291-92. at 1293-94. Aleynikov , 676 F.3d

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Drug & Device Law

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Despite that waiver, subsequent plaintiffs have successfully converted Riegel ‘s dictum about parallel claims – that “a damages remedy for claims premised on a violation of FDA regulations” would be “‘parallel,’ rather than add to, federal requirements” – into a widely recognized exception to the broad express preemption recognized in Riegel.

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Drug & Device Law

JUNE 1, 2023

Astrazeneca, LP , 2010 WL 1267114, at *7 (Del. March 31, 2010); Hopkins v. Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP , 2010 WL 1267219, at *9 (Del. March 31, 2010); Farrell v. at 772 (2010). “The 2d 677, 690 (Iowa 2010) (citation and quotation marks omitted). See Barnes v. Connecticut Podiatry Group, P.C. ,

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Drug & Device Law

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

These class certifications combined 428 different pharmaceutical products, produced and marketed by 28 separate defendants, with claims governed by the laws of 52 separate jurisdictions. A procedural rule, such as Rule 23 governing class actions, should not, and legally cannot , change that result. Valsartan , 2023 WL 1818922, at *24.

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