Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

The agencies received millions of dollars in funding from Medicaid, which is funded in part by the federal government, and much of that money was meant to pay the wages and benefits of their aides. million to New York State for conduct between 2014–2017. Under the terms of agreement, one of the agencies has paid $1.6

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2021

Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S. workers with private insurance more likely report poor access to health care, greater costs of care, and lower satisfaction with care versus people covered by public health insurance plans — whether Medicaid, Medicare, VHA or military coverage. One-half of U.S.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 14, 2024

She then served as Ghana’s Minister of Health from 1996 to 1998 and as Ghana’s Ambassador to the Netherlands from 1998 to 2001. From Minister to Advocate Dr. Brookman-Amissah returned to Ipas in 2001, where she served as Vice President for Africa until 2014.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

During 2013 and 2014, I endured a very difficult 18 months. If you don’t have a will, state law will govern how your assets are distributed, and they will most likely go to your spouse and your children. By Sharona Hoffman. Only 46% of U.S. adults have wills , and even among seniors, the figure is only 76%.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

Another lens on “who’s trusted” in terms of information sources finds once again that journalists and governments are not go-to touch points for “facts.” where private sector organizations began to more visibly take on public health objectives and missions. ” Who is trusted?

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Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2021

The Reimagined over-index when it comes to demanding companies prioritize health considerations for consumers and employees across their operations. Furthermore, 7 in 10 of the Reimagined folks think companies are just as responsible as governments for the health of societies.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2018

The line chart come from a new study into Multimorbidity Trends in United States Adults, 1988-2014 , published in the July-August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. Decades of research have shown that nutrition, economic stability, and a clean and safe physical environment make individual and public health.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Florida Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The Florida Department of Health (DOH) plays a crucial role in promoting and safeguarding the wellbeing of Floridians. This post offers an overview of must-know compliance requirements for Florida.

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Provider Trust

JULY 26, 2022

District Attorney alleges that Pickering was hired in 2019 as a licensed physician’s assistant at a family practice in Norcross, Georgia but had not been a licensed physician’s assistant in Georgia, or any state, since March 2014. According to the U.S. The Importance of Conducting License Verification and Monitoring.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

.” Concerns about consumer-generated data and third-party data brokers’ and others’ potential to exploit the information outside of pure health care uses is not a new-new thing. The bar chart illustrates this point, capturing how U.S.

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Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2021

” Note, too, that Raley’s is a tobacco-free zone, making the choice that CVS/pharmacy made back in 2014 to drop tobacco from its stores and re-brand as CVS/health. In 2015, Raley’s eliminated tobacco products from its stores.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Whistleblowers continue to be one of the federal government’s greatest assets in FCA cases, as whistleblowers filed 652 qui tam suits in 2022 with recovery totaling $1.9 The government initiated 296 FCA cases on its own last year without input of a relator, which is the highest volume of DOJ initiated cases since the 1986 FCA amendments.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

Among her recent work, Wise is in the process of implementing an industry leading population health tool, has conducted a rapid rollout of an acute and ambulatory telehealth to meet the needs of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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The Digital Health Corner

JANUARY 19, 2017

In a previous post I discussed important public health issues that digital technology can address. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) from 2001 to 2014, deaths due to overdoses in the USA were noted as: 8 fold increase due to prescription drugs. Among them is drug addiction. 6 fold increase due to heroin.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 24, 2022

These are shown in the first diagram from the report, breaking out factors that have exacerbated challenges on both the demand and supply side of the American health economy. Many of these were already in motion before the COVID-19 pandemic emerged; the public health crisis exacerbated several of them. In the U.S.,

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In March 2014, Danny Wegman, patriarch of the family-held Wegman’s grocery chain, came out in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal for a statewide health information network in New York, where Wegman’s headquarters sits in Rochester. Beyond the local economic effects, think about the larger region or State.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MAY 16, 2022

Enrollee Participation in Dual Eligible Special Needs Plan (“D-SNP”) Governance (§ 422.107). CMS believes its proposals would improve Federal and State oversight of D-SNPs (and their affiliated MCOs) through greater information-sharing among government regulators.

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Redox

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Immunization information systems (IIS) have received special focus as part of government health initiatives (Meaningful Use 1 and 2), so every state has one or more: More accurate information about the number of distinct IIS in the US: [link] — Lisa Bari (she/her/hers) (@lisabari) November 17, 2020. Strong late ‘90’s energy here.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

Enrollee Participation in Plan Governance (§ 422.107). CMS believes its proposals would improve Federal and State oversight of certain D-SNPs (and their affiliated MCOs) through greater information-sharing among government regulators. Key provisions of the Proposed Rule are summarized below. Comments are due by March 7, 2022.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

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. 2] E.g. , Racial Disproportionality and Disparity in Child Welfare , Dep’t Health & Hum. Bureau 1, 2 (2014); Robert B. Omicron Surge , Bloomberg (Dec. & Fams.,

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SQA

MAY 24, 2023

The deadline for reporting serious incidents not constituting serious public health threats, deaths, or unanticipated serious deteriorations in state of health was reduced to 15 calendar days. The government is aiming for the revised framework to now apply from July 2025.

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SQA

APRIL 30, 2021

726/2004, the Commission can grant a duplicate marketing authorization: If there are objective, verifiable reasons relating to public health that show an increased availability of medicinal products to healthcare professionals and/or patients. Russia – Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

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SQA

AUGUST 2, 2021

ISO 18082:2014, Anesthetic and respiratory equipment – Dimensions of non-interchangeable screw-threaded (NIST) low pressure connectors for medical gases. Greater API production domestically will help reduce reliance on global supply chains for medications that are in shortage, particularly during times of increased public health need.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

in repairs Sutter Health faces possible $519M payout in alleged double billing case COLORADO Denver Health sued by sons after father’s jail death How a Kaiser Permanente worker strike could affect Colorado patients Kaiser names regional president Medical Office Building in Littleton Sells for $6.1M

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Health Law Advisor

AUGUST 10, 2023

5] But that Interstate Commerce Clause needs to be viewed also in balance with the 10th Amendment of the Constitution, which reserves to the states any powers not delegated to the federal government. But those good intentions and the fact that their employer is engaged in health care do not exempt such innovators from FDA oversight.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The glossary was originally published in 2014 and has been used to define excipient terms and acronyms commonly found in IPEC guides. This standard is a globally recognized standard that provides guidelines for the governance and management of AI technologies.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

"As the assistant secretary for health, I would be committed each day to helping the people of our nation and improving our public health." " The nominees cited the power of a data-driven approach to public health needs, especially disparities in health outcomes. " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 5, 2021

Among the ten awards, I’ve selected three to highlight to synthesize one systemic issue that has plagued America’s response to the public health crisis. Among the ten awards, I’ve selected three to highlight to synthesize one systemic issue that has plagued America’s response to the public health crisis.

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 2, 2022

Some legal and drug regulatory experts argue that because the FDA is the federal agency responsible for protecting public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human drugs, states wouldn’t have the power to overrule its stamp of approval and outlaw the abortion pill.

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Drug & Device Law

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Through the PREP Act, Congress hoped to facilitate the quick deployment of crucial medical resources during public health emergencies, in part by freeing “covered person[s]” from the threat of civil litigation and liability. A Primer on the PREP Act. 247d-6d(a)(1) (emphasis added). See Retail Prop. United Bhd. 3d 938, 941 (9th Cir.

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