Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Despite the important enactment in 2010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), which increases access to care by expanding Medicaid eligibility and protecting insurance coverage of people with pre-existing health conditions and disabilities, more than 25 million people remain uninsured.

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YouCompli

MARCH 29, 2023

In this article, she discusses several issues that hospitals and health systems need to consider as a result of the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. population previously received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) reports that 80% of the U.S.

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Health Care Law Brief

DECEMBER 22, 2021

On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Calendar Year (CY) 2022 Physician Fee Schedule (“PFS”) Final Rule. CMS also extended the permissible breadth of telehealth services (the “Category 3” services) that it had added to the PFS in CY 2020 in response to COVID-19 through the end of 2023.

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Health Populi

JUNE 24, 2021

On the pharma supply side, mRNA vaccines will dominate the market, proving more effective than others at stemming a further outbreak. With growing global supply and competition, we can expect prices for COVID-19 vaccines to fall, anticipating additional volumes from Sinopharm, Moderna, Sinovac, Gamaleya Institute, among others.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

patchwork ” system of incarceration, ultimately fall far short of the extensive regulatory framework governing Medicare/Medicaid, which shapes health care for over 83 million people in the U.S. health law and policy is the exclusion of people in custody in prisons, jails, and detention centers from Medicaid.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 11, 2020

As 2020 comes to a close, healthcare industry leaders are looking ahead to 2021 with excitement and anticipation. The following is a guest article by Mike Noshay, MSE, Founder and Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer at Verinovum.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

As CMIO of Urban Health Plan, a Bronx-based Federally-Qualified Health Center, Connelly-Flores has worked to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates via texting campaigns, online vaccine registration and other patient engagement projects focused on one of the areas in the U.S. New York City. hardest hit by the pandemic.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Statistic FY 2021 (10/1/2020 – 9/30/2021) FY 2022 (10/1/2021 – 9/30/2022) Audit Reports Issued 162 114 Evaluations Issued 46 43 Expected Audit Recoveries $787.29 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations for Facilitating COVID-19 Vaccinations of Ineligible Donors and Prospective Donors | OPA | Department of Justice. [5]

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

COVID Testing Requirements. In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80 COVID Reporting Requirements. COVID SNF Notification Requirements. Additionally, this information is now publicly available on CMS’s COVID Nursing Home Data Website.

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Jackson Lewis

JUNE 5, 2023

The Biden-Harris Administration announced on May 1, 2023, that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) would soon be eliminating COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare providers. On May 31, 2023, CMS issued the awaited Final Rule. Read more.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

In addition to funding, the Act modifies certain telehealth provisions, expands and extends components of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and supports initiatives within the behavioral health and substance use treatment spaces. Medicaid & CHIP Adjustments. Medicaid Improvement Fund. The Act provides for nearly $1.7

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

A separate program, the HRSA COVID-19 Coverage Assistance Fund, is available to reimburse providers for COVID-19 vaccine administration to underinsured individuals whose health plan either does not include COVID-19 vaccination as a covered benefit or covers COVID-19 vaccine administration but with cost-sharing.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

UAMS Study Found Large Segment of Arkansans Still Susceptible to COVID-19 in Late 2020, 2021. How providers and Florida Medicaid manage potentially preventable ED visits via health IT. Mother sues DeVos Children’s Hospital over COVID-19 vaccine requirement for girl’s kidney transplant.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

As the COVID-19 pandemic took its toll, the year 2020 ushered in declarations of a National Emergency (“NE”) and a Public Health Emergency (“PHE”). The PHE is set to expire on May 11, 2023. In addition, H.J. 7 was signed by President Biden on April 10, which ends the NE on May 11, 2023 as well.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

JULY 22, 2022

509(a), Governor Murphy issued an Executive Order updating and clarifying timeframes for requiring covered workers at health care facilities and high-risk congregate settings to be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, including having received a booster shot. 111, 112, and 207 (2020), Nos. See Executive Order No.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 4, 2023

Will Nemours’ Medicaid move leave 10,000 special-needs kids behind? News The 5 best hospitals in Florida for cardiac care Florida COVID-19 cases almost double since May GEORGIA 12 Metro ATL Hospitals Among Nation’s Best: U.S. to settle Medicare fraud claims Maine in top 10 for health care, No.

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Hall Render

MARCH 25, 2022

Moderna wants the FDA to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 6. Alabama COVID hospitalizations drop to lowest point since pandemic started. Alabama lawmaker’s push to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage. $12 State overcounts vaccinations by 600,000 people. increase for 2023 Medicaid budget.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Centene noted that for Centene Medicare members, the inpatient utilization trend was higher than 60%, but lower than 60% for Medicaid and Marketplace members. According to Lloyd Dean, CommonSpirit Health CEO, CommonSpirit Health’s COVID census was nearing what it had been at the Delta peak. billion in net income in the first ½ of 2021.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

native Drew Weissman wins Nobel Prize for contributions to Covid-19 vaccines Massachusetts health system files for bankruptcy Milford Regional signs letter of intent to join UMass Memorial Health State report calls 2022 a ‘devastating year for hospital finances’ ‘The environment has been improving’ for women in Mass.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

native Drew Weissman wins Nobel Prize for contributions to Covid-19 vaccines Massachusetts health system files for bankruptcy Milford Regional signs letter of intent to join UMass Memorial Health State report calls 2022 a ‘devastating year for hospital finances’ ‘The environment has been improving’ for women in Mass.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Vincent Partners With Park Plaza Mall on Community Health Programs Former Arkansas Medical Board Chair Brian Hyatt Arrested for Medicaid Fraud New Provider in Arkansas Focuses on No-Rush Health Care Walker Foundation Pledges $1M to UAMS Radiation Oncology Center Five nonprofits to split $5.9 Luke’s receives $1.5

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Hall Render

APRIL 1, 2022

Lawmakers not giving up on bill to expand Medicaid to undocumented kids. Hawaii Pacific Health to close all COVID-19 vaccination, testing sites. Hawaii facilities get $1M in COVID-19 funding. Rural healthcare providers feel the pain of North Carolina’s “Medicaid gap”. CALIFORNIA. 2 growing in Hawaii.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

OCR issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on December 10, 2020, that proposed a slew of changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and a Final Rule is expected to be issued in 2022; however, no date has yet been provided on when the 2022 HIPAA changes will take effect and become enforceable. How are New HIPAA Regulations Introduced?

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Hall Render

JUNE 3, 2022

Vincent sued over COVID-19 vaccine religious exemption process. to extend Medicaid coverage up to 12 months after birth. COVID metrics improving in Kentucky. Louisiana bill would ban requiring vaccination proof to enter civic facilities. Montana Hires a Medicaid Director With a Managed-Care Past.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 21, 2022

AMDA releases COVID-19 vaccine medical exemption request forms, guidance. CMS healthcare worker COVID-19 vaccination mandate enforceable nationwide after Texas suit dismissed. CMS Sets March 15 Vaccine Deadline for Health Care Workers in 24 States After SCOTUS Decision. Following Data Breach.

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Hall Render

MAY 5, 2023

Health systems ‘taking a breath’ on major construction projects HHS to drop COVID-19 vaccine rule for hospitals HHS to Start Unwinding COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement How Are Health Care Organizations Working on DEI Efforts?

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Hall Render

JANUARY 7, 2022

Empower Healthcare to pay $1 million penalty in Medicaid fraud settlement. Nearly 24% positive results in covid tests over a week in Arkansas; new cases rise by 1,750 Monday. Arkansas sees record-breaking COVID numbers. COVID patients double in Arkansas hospitals as omicron variant spreads. CALIFORNIA. CONNECTICUT.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 20, 2023

nursing home advocate: industry in ‘death spiral’ from lack of health care providers, low pay Georgia medical center named one of the ‘most beautiful hospitals in the U.S.’ Maryland hospitals have ways to help them stop. grant to train 140 ‘complex care’ nurses Health Foundation of Central Mass.

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Hall Render

MARCH 29, 2024

James Hospital president NEBRASKA Hospital Medicaid funding bill passes on final reading How Nebraska Medicine used AI to reduce first-year nurse turnover by nearly 50% State auditor exposes questionable handling by DHHS of tens of millions of federal dollars Bill passed to bring in more than $1.4 after cyberattack CHI St. Here’s how S.C.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 14, 2022

Short-staffed and COVID-battered, U.S. Supreme Court appears open to CMS COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Vaccine mandate challenge reveals deep divides in the Supreme Court. Alabama nears 2,000 hospitalizations, now averaging 10,000 new COVID cases per day. New Arkansas Law Raises Medicaid Prescription Cap.

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Hall Render

JULY 1, 2022

Arizona Medicaid Director Points to Success of Supportive Housing. Balderas Joins $230M Settlement Against Pharmaceutical Company Over Allegations Of Medicaid Fraud. Report shows Kentucky had second highest increase in deaths from alcohol, drugs and suicide in 2020. COVID hospitalizations on the rise in Mississippi.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 9, 2023

Updates to HIPAA are long overdue but steps were finally made to update HIPAA in December 2020, when the HHS issued a notice of Proposed Rulemaking that detailed several proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, and a Final Rule is now due which will likely see those HIPAA changes implemented in 2023.

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Hall Render

JULY 29, 2022

340B DSH Hospitals Provided $41B in Uncompensated Care in 2020. Kansas expands Medicaid coverage to mothers postpartum. Kansas COVID cases continue upward trend. Medicaid expansion would mean $500 million a month for NC, state health department says. COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations are back up in the Carolinas.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

State officials are noncommittal Nursing home in CT accused of neglect, staffing shortages Lawsuit: Routine procedure would have saved Oxford mom who died after 2020 childbirth DC D.C.’s Danbury, New Milford hospitals to discuss CT nursing homes are requesting more money.

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Hall Render

MARCH 9, 2023

youth Bill aiding rural hospitals, providing coverage for cancer testing passes panel Kentucky House passes bill nixing any COVID-19 vaccine mandates for minors Research shows 72 of Kentucky’s 120 counties are without an OB-GYN LOUISIANA Ochsner CIO moves to Sutter Health UL Lafayette buys 19.2

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

NATIONAL Amazon moves into healthcare generative AI with $4B investment Biden administration to ban medical debt from credit scores CMS encourages physicians to apply for new Making Care Primary model CMS settles $9.2M in Stark law self disclosures: 3 things to know CMS’ staffing proposal will cost nursing homes $6.8B

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The promise of herd immunity, where we would protect each other by protecting ourselves through vaccination, was on the distant horizon. In March 2020 , Congress expanded unemployment benefits at unprecedented levels, subsidized businesses, guaranteed paid sick leave for many workers, and broadened Medicaid eligibility.

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