Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Clinical Decision Support Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Government & Policy Patient Engagement AHRQ is helping the transition towards evidence-based recommendations to guide clinical decision-making that incorporates patients' needs and preferences. healthcare system needs to aspire to and is working towards.

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The Digital Health Corner

JULY 17, 2017

Perhaps the best definition of patient safety is that of the World Health Organization. Simply put, it is “…the prevention of errors and adverse effects to patients associated with health care.” Improving health literacy. In fact, low health literacy is related to higher mortality rates. The use of AI in workflow.

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Provider Trust

AUGUST 24, 2022

The US Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is a financial intelligence and enforcement agency that administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions against targeted countries and individuals that threaten the United States economy, national security, or foreign policy.

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The Health Law Firm

MAY 9, 2016

candidate at Tulane University: Law Clerk, The Health Law Firm On April 20, 2016, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) released updated non-binding criteria that disclosed when a company or individual can be barred from participating in Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health care programs.

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Provider Trust

MARCH 13, 2023

Between 2016 and 2021, over 7,600 fake diplomas were sold to nursing students who used the fraudulent degrees to qualify for the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX). In an interview with Yahoo News , Porrass revealed that undercover agents were used to investigate the fake degree claims. They just paid the amount.”

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YouCompli

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Unfortunately, with a title like “compliance officer,” we have some image issues to overcome if we want our healthcare leaders to see us more like a business partner and less like an obstacle. Let’s imagine someone is conducting an audit involving the review of medical-necessity documentation for physical therapy services.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 18, 2022

Electronic health records (EHRs) are one of many health IT advancements in recent years, and they prove to have a significant impact on both providers and patients alike. While an EHR optimizes workflow efficiencies for providers, it also enables a more comprehensive view of a patient’s health.

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The Health Law Firm

MARCH 31, 2016

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On March 21, 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched a new round of audits to help ensure compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), especially its Privacy Rule and Security Rule.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 22, 2016

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 11, 2016, a federal appeals court stated that a bankruptcy judge did not have the authority to block government health officials from cutting off Medicare and Medicaid payments to a Florida nursing home that was alleged to have violated patient-care regulations.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 1, 2016

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 14, 2016, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) floated a proposal that would make several changes to its cost principles and administrative and audit requirements for grants, including a clarification for awards to Native American tribes and a broad bar on discrimination.

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On February 9, 2016, the D.C. Circuit ordered the US District Court for the District of Columbia to reconsider a lawsuit seeking to compel the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to meet statutory deadlines for reviewing Medicare claims denials.

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The Health Law Firm

JUNE 1, 2016

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On May 24, 2016, the American Hospital Association (AHA) released a letter claiming that Audits of hospital billing by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) contain numerous legal defects.

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YouCompli

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Berger, there are six key psychological drivers for word-of-mouth communication among humans: Social Currency Triggers Emotion Public Practical Value Stories As compliance officers, we play a significant factor in influencing others and shaping our organizations’ culture of compliance. I recently stumbled across a book by Jonah Berger, Ph.D.,

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Natalia Mazina

APRIL 25, 2023

Safety-net providers play a critical role in delivering healthcare services in this country. Hospitals subject to the reductions sued the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) in federal district court, alleging that HHS did not have the authority to reduce 340B reimbursement rates. 10,272 (Mar.

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Hall Render

APRIL 3, 2023

With yet another criminal wage-fixing indictment filed this week, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) signaled its continued commitment to prosecuting anticompetitive conduct affecting the U.S. labor markets, including within the health care industry.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

Since 2008, the US economy functioned with remarkably low inflation and interest rates. We leveraged our experience executing transactions, extensive network, and market analysis from our 16-year history of advising and selectively investing across the ever-evolving Health IT and Digital Health sectors to gather key market information.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2024

David Ting, founder/CTO at Tausight In November, President Biden signed a new Executive Order – titled “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence” – that promises to introduce new national AI regulations that focus on safety and responsibility in the use of this revolutionary new technology. Department of Commerce.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. One of the seven items, #5 is “Enforcing Standards: Consequences and Incentives.” The result?

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2018

Department of Health and Human Services. The loss of these two bright lights, gone from our lives to suicide within a few days of each other, gives me the sad compulsion to say something, again, about the state of mental health and behavioral health services in America. Physical health problems.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 19, 2019

Data security breaches, access challenges, and privacy leakages plague the current state of Americans’ personal health information (PHI). The Scorecard was developed to gauge the progress (and lack thereof) of patient information access afforded by peoples’ health care providers. What did Ciitizen learn from this process?

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 16, 2022

Ariane Buck, a young father in Arizona who sells health insurance, couldn’t make an appointment with his doctor for a dangerous intestinal infection because the office said he had outstanding bills. beset by a health care system that is systematically pushing patients into debt on a mass scale, an investigation by KHN and NPR shows.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Keith Thompson, Chief Medical Officer of NuraLogix Those of us old enough to recall the 1960s TV series “Star Trek” were fascinated by Dr. McCoy when he would simply point a scanner at his patients and analyze their condition. This future state has been made possible since the advent of “Transdermal Optical Imaging” or “TOI TM ”.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 30, 2019

the health/care ecosystem warmly embraced social determinants of health as a concept in 2019. A few of the mainstreaming-of-SDoH signposts in 2019 were: Cigna studying and focusing in on loneliness as a health and wellness risk factor. CVS building out an SDOH platform , collaborating with Unite US for the effort.

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Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 16, 2022

At first glance, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights HIPAA enforcement for the year 2022 appears to be lax. In 2022, OCR entered into 20 resolution agreements with HIPAA-covered entities, and imposed civil monetary penalties on two more. 22 cases total. . One Security Rule violation case.

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Health Law Advisor

JANUARY 30, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to withdraw approval of Mifepristone, an FDA-approved drug used to end pregnancies in the first trimester. [1] On November 18, 2022, the Alliance Defending Freedom (“ADF”), a conservative legal group, filed a motion with the federal district court in the Northern District of Texas against the U.S.

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SQA

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Health Canada. Health Canada is warning consumers about counterfeit BTNX Rapid Response COVID-19 antigen rapid test kits (25-pack boxes) found in Ontario. The counterfeit devices were sold online by a distributor named Healthful Plus without the required license to import, distribute, or sell medical devices in Canada.

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Hall Render

MARCH 29, 2024

Vincent and Morehouse School of Medicine of Atlanta to launch partnership Fayetteville nonprofit to offer state’s first-ever medical respite program for the unhoused Mercy Arkansas Hospitals receive designation Sage Health to Open Third Central Arkansas Location UAMS snags $11.5M after cyberattack CHI St. after cyberattack CHI St.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Since the COVID-19 public health emergency was declared in 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services has renewed the legislation every 90 days. But by definition, an "emergency" can't last forever. What's at stake.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Rachel Levine expressed her support for telemedicine, emphasized the importance of addressing young people's mental health needs and described her strategy for combating the ongoing opioid crisis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Department of Health and Human Services this past month. " WHY IT MATTERS.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Dunleavy proposes extending Medicaid coverage for new mothers ARIZONA Banner Health pays $1.25M penalty over HIPAA failures from 2016 breach Arizona nursing school at risk of losing accreditation St. billion since pandemic U.S. billion since pandemic U.S. billion since pandemic U.S. billion since pandemic U.S.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Executive Health Resources, Inc. , Executive Health Resources, Inc. , United States Department of Health and Human Services , 58 F.4th In 2023, these include United States ex rel. Polansky v. UnitedHealthcare, Inc. , 3d 239 (Cal. Croda Inc. , 3d 191 (Del. C-8 Personal Injury Litigation , 87 F.4th

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