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Nursing Home Psychologist Convicted of Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Med-Net Compliance

A federal jury convicted a licensed Illinois psychologist of defrauding Medicare over the course of several years by causing the submission of fraudulent claims for psychotherapy services he never provided. The post Nursing Home Psychologist Convicted of Healthcare Fraud Scheme appeared first on Med-Net.

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Nursing Home Update: CMS Updates and Expands Surveyor Guidance for Nursing Homes for Phase 2 and 3 Requirements of Participation – Key Areas and Timeline

Hall Render

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has given surveyors new rules and updates to allow surveyors to add extra attention and increase oversight in nursing homes regarding the quality of care and quality of life for residents. Background. CMS also added guidance on §483.70(q)

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Nursing License Verification: Necessary, But Complex

Provider Trust

License verification, especially nursing license verification, is essential to ensuring that only the most qualified practitioners are seeing your patients. And according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing , nursing is the largest healthcare profession in the U.S. are employed in nursing.

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CMS ADOPTS MAJOR CHANGES TO LTC FACILITY SURVEYOR GUIDANCE

Healthcare Law Blog

Some of the changes reflect clarifications to requirements that become effective during Phase 2 of the revised Requirements for Participation for LTC facilities which CMS adopted in 2016. [2] 1] Fact Sheet: Updated Guidance for Nursing Home Resident Health and Safety | CMS. [2]

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2022 – Spring

SQA

The Points is an upgraded version of Practice for Cosmetics Production Licensing , implemented in 2016, with more stringent inspection requirements. Regulatory authorities across China will use the Points as a basis to determine whether enterprises comply with GMP. The products are private labeled for Major Pharmaceuticals.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary | Monthly Update 2022 – June

SQA

The Regulations were first issued with immediate effect in 2002 and were later revised in 2016. Compared to the 2016 revised version, the draft of the 2022 version includes 101 more articles to conform to the pharmaceutical policy reforms in the recent years and the Drug Administration Law revised in 2019.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

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