Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Editor’s Note: This feature story initially was published on May 6, 2020. The quickly evolving COVID-19 public health emergency has warranted the growing use of telehealth and non-invasive remote monitoring devices to facilitate patient monitoring while reducing patient and healthcare provider contact and possible exposure to the virus.

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APRIL 1, 2022

Coalition of hospitals, health plans and others urge for stronger guidance around third-party apps. Hospital, long-term care groups again petition Becerra to extend COVID-19 public health emergency. Rural Alabama wastewater infrastructure ‘public health issue’ gets much-needed attention.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

Amazon competes with CVS Health, others in bid for Signify Health. Amazon to shutter virtual health care service Amazon Care. CMS bulletin presses states on Medicaid nursing home spending. CMS informational bulletin urges steps for improving health outcomes in nursing homes. Compliance with Oct.

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JANUARY 27, 2023

California’s healthcare worker retention payments to start in February Julie Miller-Phipps to retire after 45-year career with Kaiser Permanente COLORADO By the numbers: How pandemic-induced staffing issues are leaving Colorado seniors out in the cold Colorado’s rural hospitals could get $3 million a year to end inpatient care.

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JULY 1, 2022

How hospitals should prepare for the end of the public health emergency. Arizona Medicaid Director Points to Success of Supportive Housing. Balderas Joins $230M Settlement Against Pharmaceutical Company Over Allegations Of Medicaid Fraud. Dr. Anthony Torres named CEO of Dignity Health hospital. MASSACHUSETTS.

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JANUARY 14, 2022

New Arkansas Law Raises Medicaid Prescription Cap. Colorado reactivates crisis standards of care for emergency services for 1st time in nearly 2 years. ‘It’s worse than we’ve seen’: Long-term care facilities see staffing challenges driven by omicron variant. DC Mayor Declares Public Health Emergency.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 25, 2023

trillion spending package, which consists of all 12 fiscal year (FY) 2023 appropriations bills and funds the federal government through September 30, 2023, provides additional assistance to Ukraine, and makes numerous health care policy changes. 117-164 ) (the “Act”)—an approximately $1.7

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