Healthcare Compliance Blog

MAY 26, 2022

Healthcare workers, including physicians, nurses, community and public health workers, nurse aides, and others, faced systemic challenges in the healthcare sector even before the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to crisis levels of burnout. In 2019, the National Academies of Medicine (NAM) reported that?burnout

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 10, 2022

The cache of ARP funding for community health centers supports data modernization to improve data quality and, ultimately, patient care and response to public health emergencies. The HRSA seeks to bolster health center capabilities to generate patient health status data and better understand social determinants of health.

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Health Populi

JUNE 22, 2022

deaths per 100,000 population between 2019 and 2020. You’ll spot the trend, that people living in certain states have had poorer health outcomes as well as less productive health system performance. Because these public health emergencies will continue to live with us, in every ZIP code.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

“The pandemic has shown that effective health spending is an investment, not a cost to be contained: stronger, more resilient health systems protect both populations and economies,” the OECD states in the first paragraph of the organization’s perennially-updated report, Health at a Glance 2021. In the U.S.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 15, 2020

The partnership aims to improve health outcomes and save costs by ensuring that clients maximise their investment in the Visionable platform and helping them to design the most effective ways of working. The adoption of telehealth solutions was one of the key healthtech trends of 2019. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER CONTEXT.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Since launching with health plans in Florida in 2019, Brave Health has rapidly grown. The organization now serves over 65M covered lives across more than 200 health plan contracts through their unique approach to patient engagement, treatment, and integration with plans and other providers. . About Brave Health.

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Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

counties revealed that most of observed racial disparities for COVID-19 deaths persisted after controlling for overall 2019 mortality rates and COVID-19 cases per 100,000. suggested social determinants were at play in the disparate outcomes for people of color. Analyzing county-level data for 3,142 U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 11, 2019

One possible consideration for the country is the shift towards value-based healthcare (VBHC), which is about improving healthcare outcomes at lower cost. While VBHC sounds promising, the reality is that it is challenging to achieve as transforming a health system that is truly patient-centred and outcome based requires a lot of work.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2021

the COVID-19 pandemic has revealed disparities in housing, food, and job security, and the role that one’s ZIP code and social determinants play in health outcomes. “Ensuring the health and safety of workers is a national priority and a moral imperative. . In the U.S.,

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 2, 2023

By Jordan Brooks and Tamar Ezer Expanding access to midwives and doulas in the United States is a vital and often overlooked way to increase access to culturally-congruent birthing options during pregnancy and improve health outcomes for birthing individuals and their children. The Maternal and Infant Health Crisis The U.S.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

These agencies help maintain the integrity and quality of healthcare services in Indiana , protecting the public and promoting patient safety. Regulations Unique to Indiana To meet the standards of healthcare compliance in Indiana , there are a few additional regulations.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

New Jersey Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) oversees various departments and initiatives aimed at ensuring public health, such as disease control, environmental health, emergency preparedness, and health equity.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Georgia Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) plays a crucial role in safeguarding the health and well-being of Georgians. This means increased accessibility for patients.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In 2019, for instance, Tom stated that voters “should realize what they’re legalizing is ‘psilocybin-assisted therapy,’ rather than wholesale access to the drug,” and that the effort is “ specifically focused on treating mental illness in a safe, controlled setting.”

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

As we emerge from a public health crisis that magnified and exacerbated health disparities, the need to address social determinants of health (SDOH) has reached a pivotal moment. In both social and healthcare, the pressure is mounting to address key drivers of health and amplify value-based care models. .

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Chromebooks also helped physicians conduct visits from home or the office, which was critically important as the health system’s network experienced a significant increase in the number of telehealth visits—from approximately 8,600 in 2019 to nearly 200,000 in 2020. Garrett, FACHE, CEO, Hackensack Meridian Health.

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Health Populi

JUNE 30, 2020

feel this way, up from 56% in 2018 and 2019. APA synthesized evidence in this report that stressors related to social and economic advantage have downstream effects on psychological, neurobiological, physiological, and behavioral processes that shape health outcomes. Furthermore, 4 in 5 people in the U.S.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2022

A new study from CIGNA and its subsidiary MDLive touts the cost-effectiveness of telehealth to improve health outcomes, reducing the need for unnecessary lab work, reducing duplication of care, and connecting patients with high-performing providers. 55 percent of U.S. CES recognized OMRON’s U.S.

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Health Populi

JULY 6, 2021

When we’re very young, social and public policies have everything to do with setting us up for successful, healthy adulthood — in mind (in terms of cognitive development and educational outcomes), body (in terms of physical health outcomes), spirit (as social and emotional outcomes), and pocketbook (based on our material outcomes).

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Use of telehealth spiked to more than 32% of office and outpatient visits by April 2020, thanks in part to a relaxation of certain telehealth regulations designed to enable the continuation of care and minimize the spread of the virus by reducing unnecessary office visits during the public health emergency (PHE).

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The consumer-as-medical-bill-payor is now looking at foods with health benefits, first and foremost for heart health. Health care delivery in the U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Loneliness is increasingly recognized as an impactful influence on positive health outcomes, having found that social isolation can increase the risk of premature death by 50%. It’s actually decades…when we slow down to consider the years from 1967 to 2019.

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Health Populi

MARCH 21, 2019

He shared this image from Cracked Labs which illustrates the many data sources beyond the legacy health care claim that stakeholders can access and, if used for good, can benefit patient care and health outcomes. And that will enhance patient/consumer health experience and loyalty. for Americans. What causes eye pain?

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The use of AI has advanced patient safety by evaluating data to produce insights, improve decision-making and optimize health outcomes. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) conducted a systematic literature review of AI in patient safety outcomes. According to the American Hospital Association (AHA), yes.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

At Drexel University’s Urban Health Collaborative , we use neighborhood-level data and spatial analysis to reveal health disparities among and within cities — often finding dramatic differences between neighborhoods that share boundaries. The city with the widest difference, at 71%, was Dallas, Texas. Having, but not Using, the Tools.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 12, 2021

and the issue of pandemic preparedness for the next “Disease X” became part of global public health planning. But the biggest health threat to human life is climate change, according to a new report from the World Health Organization titled The Health Argument for Climate Action.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The rationale for SDOH interventions is that the identification of resource gaps coupled with closing those resource gaps will yield better health outcomes. billion dollars of health system funds were invested into SDOH efforts from 2017 to 2019. million in 2019 to $75.7 million in 2021.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

life expectancy at birth fell by one full year over the first half of 2020 compared with 2019, to 77.8 In 2019, life expectancy at birth was 78.8 years, according to data shared by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). years in 2019.

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Hall Render

JUNE 10, 2022

Local nursing homes fined for health & safety violations. Illinois Department of Public Health issues list of nursing home violators. Top Illinois Behavioral Health Advocate Group Gets New C.E.O. Memorial expands mental health help to Morgan and Scott counties. Hospitalization at home? NORTH CAROLINA.

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Healthcare Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

The Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act, passed on March 18, 2020, includes increased federal funding for state Medicaid agencies to provide care during the national public health emergency. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive Health Services and Outcomes, 2020 , 137 Obstetrics & Gynecology 225 – 233 (Feb.

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Health Populi

JUNE 2, 2021

All categories of health care costs were lower in 2020 versus 2019, with the exception of prescription drugs. and how much care would be postponed or never realized in the health care system. adults living in 17 States and DC who had one of five types of health care coverage, public and private.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 24, 2022

OCR has resolved 38 investigations since launching the Right of Access Initiative in 2019. As described in the latest ONC Standards Bulletin , v3 expands the USCDI from 52 data elements in 16 classes to 94 elements in 19 classes, with additions focusing on equity, public health, and documenting health insurance coverage.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It’s been one year since the White House convened the Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health , kicking off the Biden Administration’s national strategy to improve health citizens’ access to healthy food as a matter of public health and economic security. health care system.

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Health Populi

JULY 5, 2023

Outcomes produced by the NHS for the UK’s health citizen are also less optimal compared with most OECD nations, except for the U.S. which lands dead last in the league table of nations’ mortality rates from avoidable causes in 2019. Why is this the case?

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow. Anchorage’s Mobile Crisis Team hopes funding to operate 24/7 will expand ability to address mental health crises. ChristianaCare backs out of deal to buy Crozer Health from Prospect Medical Holdings. What happened?’ NEW MEXICO.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 20, 2019

By now, most clued-in Americans know the score on the nation’s collective health status compared to other developed countries: suffice it to say, We’re Still Not #1 for health outcomes, albeit we’re the biggest spender on healthcare, per health citizen, in the world.

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Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2019

The health care section of Mary Meeker’s 334-page annual report, Internet Trends 2019 , comprises 24 of those pages (270 through 293). In health care, this is an underlying tectonic trend with implications for research, translation to therapies, individual treatment plans, population and public health.

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