HealthStream

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

In early 2020, CMS revised its survey process for long-term care facilities to focus on COVID-19 awareness and preparedness. What do facilities need to know?

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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 $1.19 billion Questioned Costs $1.17 billion $2.17 billion Potential Savings $1.24 billion $279.09 billion $2.73

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

For this alert, “nursing homes” refers to skilled nursing facilities (often known as “SNFs”). COVID Regulations Impacted CMS issued several interim final rules during the PHE. COVID Testing Requirements. In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

One of the most important lessons from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic needs to be about health surveillance of marginalized health populations — indeed, “who counts depends on who is counted.”. This data gap had serious and sometimes fatal implications for people with IDD during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 12, 2020

The Reducing Unnecessary Senior Hospitalizations (RUSH) Act of 2020, bipartisan legislation introduced in both the House and Senate, aims to enable more widespread use of telehealth in skilled nursing facilities. WHY IT MATTERS. The RUSH Act – introduced in companion bills from Sens. THE LARGER TREND.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Taffy for the nursing homes, lollipops for the device manufacturers…. Read more about immunity from liability in the COVID-19 pandemic in Brown’s article, “ When the wrong people are immune, ” published in the Journal of Law and the Biosciences in 2020. . just raise your hand.

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Health Care Law Brief

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Although the COVID-19 pandemic is still active worldwide, health care industry leaders and regulators have already begun to think about how to implement post-pandemic changes to health care delivery based on lessons learned during the global emergency of the past year and a half. All hospitals everywhere were strapped for resources.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 5, 2020

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, Greene County General Hospital in Linton, Indiana, faced challenges in providing access to care because the area has transportation barriers. When COVID-19 flared up, Greene County General faced a whole new set of challenges. In 2020, providers saw 20 students via telehealth.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A study published this month in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine found that safety net providers in New York state reported positive experiences using telephone and video during the COVID-19 pandemic. WHY IT MATTERS. Between April 11 and May 2, more than 60% of visits were conducted via telemedicine.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 1, 2022

HHS Examines Medicare Spending and COVID-19 Tests. This is due to the large amounts of COVID-19 tests that were administered in 2020. Additionally, the report found that spending on laboratory tests unrelated to COVID-19 decreased dramatically. HHS Concerned About Quality of Nursing Homes.

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Hall Render

MAY 11, 2023

On May 8, 2023, CMS updated and revised several questions and answers to provide clarifications to the memorandum that the Quality, Safety & Oversight Group at CMS originally issued on September 17, 2020, titled “Nursing Home Visitation – COVID-19” (“CMS Visitation Memo”), which announced updated visitation standards for nursing homes.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 1, 2022

HHS Examines Medicare Spending and COVID-19 Tests. This is due to the large amounts of COVID-19 tests that were administered in 2020. Additionally, the report found that spending on laboratory tests unrelated to COVID-19 decreased dramatically. HHS Concerned About Quality of Nursing Homes.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 24, 2022

The American Hospital Association is asking Congress to add $25B to the provider relief fund to help hospitals respond to recent COVID-19 surges per Becker’s Healthcare. The number of M&A transactions was down (2020 included 79 transactions and 2021 included 49), but the size of the deals were larger in 2021 (16.3%

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Telehealth providers saw a rapid rise in the need for remote services with the initial spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. Healthcare providers needed to find an immediate solution to care for their patients while keeping them home and maintaining the safety of the community.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

A South Florida-based academic medical center, Memorial operates six hospitals, including the Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital; numerous primary, urgent and 24/7 care facilities; a health specialty center; and a nursing home.

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The Health Law Firm

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Board Certified in Health Law On September 25, 2020, two administrators at a Massachusetts veterans home were criminally charged with negligence for their role in a COVID-19 outbreak that killed 76 veterans. Indest III, J.D.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 29, 2022

By comparison, in the fourth quarter of 2020, there were 4,634 in-person psychiatry visits and 5,221 telepsychiatry visits, accounting for 52.98% of visits. " Hackensack Meridian Health reports the program has been very successful. In the fourth quarter of 2019, there were 7,430 in-person psychiatry visits and no telepsychiatry visits.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

Welcome back to my ABCovid-19 Journal, which I created/curated in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic. This week, I’m sharing all the letters of the alphabet with you which reminded me keywords and themes emerging as we were learning about this dastardly public health threat beginning early in 2020. In the U.S.,

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

COVID-19 public health emergency set to be extended. Covid-19 remains a public health emergency in US, administration says. HHS Announces $15M in Funding For Behavioral Healthcare In Nursing Homes. State Actions to Address Nursing Home Staffing During COVID-19. CALIFORNIA.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

COVID-19 is not the first pandemic within prisons. Like these earlier carceral pandemics, the over 620,000 COVID-19 infections and 3,100 related deaths among incarcerated individuals to date simply expose how U.S. Compare, for example, federal treatment of nursing homes with prisons. By Andrea C.

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Provider Trust

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Most healthcare services involve some sort of care by nurses including private practices, primary care clinics, home health, nursing homes, hospices, and more. The COVID-19 pandemic made license verification schedules even more challenging when many boards paused or shifted batch expirations.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Consider that more seniors are aging at home or in their family members’ homes during the pandemic, especially as COVID-19 deaths in senior living facilities began to climb and facilities tightened visitor restrictions to avoid the spread of infection. since 2015, according to a recent report.

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Hall Render

APRIL 19, 2024

Kuster calls for protection of patient data from cyber attacks NEW JERSEY Cardiologist pleads guilty to $1.9M

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

” For this report, PwC’s Health Research Institute surveyed 2,511 American consumers, 128 health plan executives, 153 healthcare provider organization executives, and 124 pharmaceutical and life sciences executives in August and September 2020. Healthcare right-sizes after the telemedicine explosion.

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Exeed Regulatory Compliance

MARCH 22, 2020

This is a smart action to help the medical industry during the current COVID-19 pandemic. In conclusion , this FDA guidance provides a much-needed relief during a pandemic to medical companies, importers and user facilities, such as hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient centers, from the strict MDR reporting requirements.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The scale of COVID-19 in jails, prisons, and detention centers was expected. None felt the urgency as much as incarcerated and detained people, who responded to the chaos and uncertainty in the spring of 2020 with scores of protests and escape attempts. Yet biosecurity has not resulted in an expansion of prison health care.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

CDC ends social distancing, COVID-19 quarantines. CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow. Nursing homes and long-term care facilities face increased turnover, look to new solution to attract workers. Deadline to Close Nursing Home Extended by 2 Months.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 5, 2024

Wade; expected to remain big issue in 2024 races Most nursing home residents in Arizona still haven’t gotten their COVID-19 booster COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in Arizona and around the U.S.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 3, 2022

On September 23, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released revised guidance for the August 25, 2020, interim final rule that established long-term care (LTC) facility testing requirements for staff and residents. It also gives updated recommendations for testing individuals who have recovered from COVID-19.

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Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2023

On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the COVID public health emergency (“PHE”) will expire and end on May 11, 2023. CMS has allowed states and nursing homes to suspend these assessments for new residents for thirty days. COVID Regulations and the PHE CMS issued several interim final rules during the PHE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, connected health and RPM are more important than ever, because they enable physicians to monitor patients without having to come into contact with them, thus preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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Hall Render

MARCH 25, 2022

Hospital stays for nursing home residents down nearly 9%, federal data shows. OSHA accepting new comments on healthcare worker COVID-19 protection rule. OSHA will hold hearing on permanent COVID-19 standard for healthcare workers. What’s holding up hospital at home? What’s next?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 19, 2023

Healthcare workers were already overworked and struggling to reduce diversion when the COVID-19 pandemic first hit almost three years ago. Drug overdoses were on a steady decline up until 2020. Recently, incidents of HIV medication, Adderall, COVID-19 drugs, and even insulin being stolen have made headlines.

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Hall Render

APRIL 1, 2022

Hospital, long-term care groups again petition Becerra to extend COVID-19 public health emergency. Nursing Home Operating Expenses Could Balloon by $500K With Staffing Minimums in Place. Nursing Home Operating Expenses Could Balloon by $500K With Staffing Minimums in Place. for VA EHR project. CALIFORNIA.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Ransomware group claims responsibility for 2 hospital cyberattacks California found ‘major deficiencies’ at hospital pharmacy on probation California health leaders provide updates on CalAIM implementation California health system uses $1.5M

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The GCPG standardized the seven Elements of a Successful Compliance Program, which differs slightly from the individual compliance guidance documents (CPGs) directed at various segments of the health care industry, such as hospitals, nursing homes, third-party billers, and durable medical equipment suppliers.

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AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The GCPG standardized the seven Elements of a Successful Compliance Program, which differs slightly from the individual compliance guidance documents (CPGs) directed at various segments of the health care industry, such as hospitals, nursing homes, third-party billers, and durable medical equipment suppliers.

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