Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Despite the important enactment in 2010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which increases access to care by expanding Medicaid eligibility and protecting insurance coverage of people with pre-existing health conditions and disabilities, more than 25 million people remain uninsured. First, while the U.S.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In the FY 2024 IPPS Final Rule (the “Final Rule”), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) incorporated certain social risk factors into the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing (“VBP”) Program (“the Program”).

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Bill of Health

MAY 19, 2022

Incremental benefits of novel pharmaceuticals in the UK: a cross-sectional analysis of NICE technology appraisals from 2010 to 2020. Epub ahead of print. Polak TB, Cucchi DGJ, Darrow JJ, Versteegh MM. 2022 Apr 8;12(4):e058279. Rome BN, Sarpatwari A, Kesselheim AS. State Laws and Generic Substitution in the Year After New Generic Competition.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In addition to highlighting the Patient’s Bill of Rights, NABIP’s keynotes and general sessions will speak to similar topics being brainstormed at VIVE this week — including mental health, maternal health, pharmacy and prescription drugs (pricing, PBMs), population health, and Medicare and Medicaid innovations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 26, 2020

From 2006 to 2010, they explained, an integrated delivery system staggered implementation of an integrated EHR across 17 hospitals. WHY IT MATTERS. The research team studied nearly 250,000 hospital discharges in patients with diabetes from 2005 to 2011.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 14, 2023

The ransomware attack prevented the hospital from submitting claims to insurers, Medicare, and Medicaid for months, piling even more financial pressure on the already struggling St. The ransomware attack itself did not trigger the closure, but it did play a key part in the decision to close. Margaret’s Health.

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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.

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 12, 2024

Medicare and Medicaid (1960s): The introduction of government-funded healthcare programs brought about increased scrutiny and regulation. Affordable Care Act (2010): The ACA introduced the concept of value-based care, emphasizing quality and patient outcomes over quantity of services.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 10, 2023

On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) and Long-Term Care Hospital (“LTCH”) PPS rule for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule increases the rate for IPPS payments by 3.3% in FY 2024 but applies a 0.2%

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken a bold step by mandating a standard for prior authorization. The release of FHIR in the mid-2010 decade changed everything. The Dilemma of Prior Authorization Prior authorization, also known as a pre-approval, strikes fear into both patients and providers.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The State of New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services oversees the state’s Medicaid enrollments and programming. Additionally, for Medicaid, NJ FamilyCare necessitates proof of submission for enrollment when a Medicaid ID isn’t included in the application.

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The Health Law Firm

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

On December 9, 2010, he entered a plea of nolo contendere in federal court to a charge of conspiracy to commit fraud upon the United States in violation of 18 USC. § Mendelsohn is licensed to practice medicine in Florida pursuant to the provisions of chapter 458, Florida Statutes. Doctor Pleas Nolo Contendre to Fraud Charge.

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CMS.gov

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

On December 19, 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, which was included as section 6002 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

Medicaid and Medicare The Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Public Law 105–33, 111 Stat. The Medicaid and Medicare statutes also contain conscience provisions related to the performance of advanced directives, religious nonmedical healthcare providers and their patients.

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Compliancy Group

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

healthcare system since 2010’s Affordable Care Act. Under MACRA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services created regulations for healthcare providers’ use of health information technology. In 2015, legislation known as the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was enacted.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

The change to the Division’s name reflects the merger of the former Division of Mental Health and the former Division of Addiction Services under the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 State Appropriations Act. The Manual extends Medicaid eligibility to certain persons not eligible under the provisions at N.J.A.C.

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The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The woman was arrested for allegedly stealing money from 11 clients in 2010 and 2011. Investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) Led to Arrest. To see the press release from the AG, click here.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

in 2017, about the same proportion as in 2016 — but nearly 20 million fewer than in 2010, as the line chart illustrates. Note that the states where the rolls of uninsured people grew the most were led by Governors who chose not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. About 28 million people were uninsured in the U.S.

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Health Care Law Brief

APRIL 12, 2023

On April 5, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the 2024 Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Benefit Programs Final Rule (“Final Rule”), which will be codified at 42 C.F.R. The SRFs include low-income subsidy, dual eligibility (meaning eligible for Medicare and Medicaid) and disability.

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Innovaare Compliance

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Health plans (collectively, “plan sponsors”) that contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide health services to eligible Medicare beneficiaries are responsible for legal, contractual, and fiduciary obligations whether performed by the plan or those to whom the company delegates those obligations.

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MedTrainer

MARCH 28, 2024

Law by law, regulations were added, increasing the complexity of maintaining compliance for healthcare organizations.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2024

The changes attributable to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) were published as a Proposed Rule in April 2009, while the proposed modifications to the Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules were published in July 2010.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2022

However, in 2015, Congress partially relented its stance by passing the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act which requires the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to remove Social Security Numbers from Medicare cards and replace them with Medicare Beneficiary Numbers. billion and $11.5

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Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

” That was written in the 2001-2010 period of healthcare spending, so an old story giving me feelings of déjà vu. Even with moderating medical trend growth, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expect that healthcare spending will account for 20% of the U.S. economy by 2026. Now, to Figure 4 (the third graphic).

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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. Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 31, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requires records of healthcare providers submitting cost reports to be retained for a period of at least five years after the closure of the cost report, and that Medicare managed care program providers retain their records for ten years.

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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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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

In addition to funding, the Act modifies certain telehealth provisions, expands and extends components of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and supports initiatives within the behavioral health and substance use treatment spaces. Medicaid & CHIP Adjustments. Medicaid Improvement Fund. The Act provides for nearly $1.7

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In 2010, the Affordable Care Act ushered in a new era for Medicaid Modularity, an approach anchored by breaking down large, monolith systems into smaller, more nimble and self-contained modules that can de-risk healthcare delivery and unlock innovation. Prior to SAS, he was the Chief Information Officer of Arkansas Medicaid.

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Innovaare Compliance

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Annually, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) releases star ratings, which measure the quality of care health plans deliver for its members. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid. December 2010. . Centers for Medicare & Medicaid. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid. References. CMS Newsroom.

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Medisys Compliance

AUGUST 4, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on June 21, 2022, issued a proposed rule that proposes to update payment rates and policies under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for renal dialysis services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries on or after January 1, 2023. Proposed ESRD Payment System.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

According to Dr. Colin Banas, chief medical officer at DrFirst , they initiated EPCS in 2010, partnering with the Massachusetts Department of Health. How do you transmit the prescription to the pharmacy and record it in the PDMP? Later in this article, we’ll look at some solutions from Imprivata.

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Hall Render

JUNE 29, 2022

On June 9, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) published a notice seeking public comment on its plan to revise the way information is collected under its voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (“SRDP”). CMS will accept comments on the proposed rule through August 8, 2022.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

On November 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) posted a pre-publication copy of the Calendar Year (“CY”) 2024 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update Final Rule (“2024 Final Rule”), which has since been filed in the Federal Register. CMS is finalizing this proposal.

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 16, 2022

La deuda de los pacientes se acumula a pesar de la histórica Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (ACA) de 2010. Las protecciones de los seguros son más débiles, muchos de los estados no han ampliado Medicaid y las enfermedades crónicas están más extendidas.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 14, 2020

Since January 2010, 126 rural hospitals have shut down, with nearly 600 more on the brink of closing. Now, admitted patients "require very complex, specialized sophisticated technology and a host of specialists to take care of [them]" - specialists who may not be easily recruited in rural areas.

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 16, 2022

Patient debt is piling up despite the landmark 2010 Affordable Care Act. Insurance protections there are weaker, many of the states haven’t expanded Medicaid, and chronic illness is more widespread. Miriam Atkins, a Georgia oncologist who, like many physicians, said she’s had patients give up treatment for fear of debt.

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