Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 27, 2021

Department of Justice announced Monday that four people and one company have recently pleaded guilty in a telemedicine pharmacy healthcare-fraud conspiracy that allegedly lasted for years. "Telemarketing fraud is a major threat to the integrity of government and commercial insurance programs," said Derrick L. ON THE RECORD.

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Hall Render

JUNE 1, 2022

For more than 15 years, Ritu has been an active member of AHLA and has held leadership roles consistently since 2015. AHLA is the nation’s largest, nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) educational organization devoted to legal issues in the health care field with more than 13,000 members across the country.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 24, 2023

For the first time since 2015, there was a year-over-year decline in the number of data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR), albeit only by 1.13% with 707 data breaches of 500 or more records reported. million records in 2021 to 51.9 million records in 2022.

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Provider Trust

MAY 18, 2022

chief executive officer, chief financial officer, general counsel, director of health information management, director of human resources, physician practice office manager, etc.) In January 2015, the OIG settled for $96,259 with a Minnesota Pharmacist, Joseph C. Case Study: S. Martino-Fleming v. Get Daily Vendor Monitoring.

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Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

3 hacker gangs targeting hospitals. 3 maternal health innovations from Banner, Northwell + more. IAFNS and Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center Team Up for 3-Part Webinar Series. Colorado Springs health clinic to pay settlement in fraud lawsuit. 21 top management risks in healthcare for 2022. $1B CALIFORNIA. CONNECTICUT.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 22, 2023

fraud scheme UConn Health is in financial trouble. health care spending hits $4.5 Louis nursing home lost major Medicaid cash infusion Crisis at north St. Louis nursing home: Residents displaced, staff left in the dark Employees without pay, residents displaced after largest St.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 29, 2023

million settlement over false claims allegations Local health care system names new CFO Ransomware Groups Attack 3 Healthcare Providers SSM SLU Hospital nurses walk off the job for second strike this year, demanding better pay, safer conditions St. How a Michigan health system is responding. Louis-area urgent care chain to pay $9.1

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