New Jersey Healthcare Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Below are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register in September 2021: On September 7, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. 252 directing vaccination or testing requirements for workers in health care facilities and high-risk settings. On September 7, 2021, at 53 N.J.R.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

Below are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register from October-December 2021: On October 4, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. 103, which declared a Public Health Emergency for the state in response to COVID-19. On October 4, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. See N.J.A.C.

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SQA

MARCH 25, 2021

SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary #2, 2021. COVID-19 Pandemic Triggers Development of New Standard for Ventilators, 12 January 2021. PDA Technical Report 60-3 (TR 60-3), Process Validation: A Lifecycle Approach, Annex 2: Biopharmaceutical Drug Substances Manufacturing, March 2021.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

Below are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register in December 2020 and January 2021: On December 7, 2020, at 52 N.J.R. scheduled for September 1, 2020, until September 1, 2021. On January 4, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. On January 4, 2021, at 53 N.J.R. Home health.

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McBrayer Law Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Posted In Health Care Law , Health Reform The COVID-19 public health emergency has impacted the healthcare field in numerous ways. Like the rest of the country, Kentucky has been facing a dire shortage of healthcare workers that was only worsened by the pandemic. percent.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 5, 2022

State laws inhibiting abortion care for EMCs, however, require physicians to choose between breaking oaths to prevent patient harm s and potential license revocation, civil liability, or criminal prosecution. As a Texas state appellate court noted in 2021, “judges are not doctors [and] cannot practice medicine from the bench.”.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The answer to one of the most important public health questions of our time — who gets access to vaccines? — Private decisions did not match public health need. Monopoly control presents profound questions for public health governance. Together, these decisions had a profound impact on global public health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2021

The Protecting Access to Post-COVID-19 Telehealth Act of 2021 legislation was introduced this past week by Rep. Authorize the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service to continue reimbursement for telehealth for 90 days beyond the end of the public health emergency. A bipartisan group of U.S. Mike Thompson, D-Calif.,

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 10, 2023

Not only did 2022’s annual funding total come in at just over half of 2021’s $29.3B2, but it also just squeaked past 2020s $14.7B Between Q3 2019 and Q2 2021, investors continuously increased investments in digital health quarter-over-quarter for seven straight quarters, with one dip in Q2 2020. Notably, 2022’s year’s Q4 $2.7B

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 26, 2023

For example, the Secretary can waive the requirements for out-of-state healthcare professionals to be licensed before being allowed to practice, or exercise discretion when investigating violations of the physician self-referral law (§1877 of the Social Security Act).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Despite the end of the public health emergency, individuals and informed political leaders will continue to work with pharmacies to continue access to vital care for individuals in need of medication for mental health because mental health is part of overall health. Your third prediction concerns medication.

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Verisys

JUNE 13, 2023

It withdraws the regulations issued in the interim final rule published November 5, 2021 in “Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination”. 303, Rule 2) Updates for multistate applicants allowing 60 days to apply for a new multistate license when moving from one party state to another. (§402,

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American Medical Compliance

APRIL 6, 2023

Prosecutors stated that if they passed, they would be able to seek licenses and jobs in numerous locations. Between 2016 and 2021, the students spent a total of $114 million on falsified degrees, according to the publication. The three participating institutions are currently closed. Reference NPR. 2023, January 27).

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 4, 2022

More recently, as I have written previously , the unavailability of patents on genomic sequences has enabled researchers around the world to study the SARS-CoV-2 viral genome without fear of patent infringement and without the need to negotiate complex patent licensing agreements and pay royalties to the first researchers to determine its sequence.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The group claims to have exploited the vulnerability – a pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in the License Response Servlet – allowing the theft of sensitive data. According to Clop, the attacks occurred over a period of around 10 days.

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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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Bill of Health

JANUARY 6, 2022

But in July 2021, Moderna made a filing with the Patent Office disclosing NIH’s contention that its researchers co-invented the mRNA technology, and then noting Moderna’s “good-faith determination that these individuals did not co-invent the mRNAs and mRNA compositions claimed in the [patent] application.” Beyond Recognition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 1, 2021

What's less certain, however, is what that utilization will look like in the future, particularly as the end of the public health emergency looms. And we did see an increase again around early 2021, at the time of the Delta variant. First of all, we should think about the public health emergency.

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Med-Net Compliance

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A Massachusetts home health aide, who was licensed as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), has been indicted in connection with a home surveillance video showing her abusing an elderly patient, Attorney General Maura Healey announced.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 16, 2024

Despite these benefits, the film documents a quickly shifting legal landscape: the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the insurrection of January 6, 2021, and the Supreme Court’s reinstatement of the FDA’s in-person pill requirements on January 12, 2021.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Bob McCullough, PhD, VP of Clinical Strategy for Kooth Digital Health By providing scaffolding to help build psychological flexibility among young people, we can not only support good mental health for life but reduce the mounting cost of mental healthcare. Mental health is the defining public health crisis of our time.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 8, 2023

Source: Jim Evans via Creative Commons License.) Also in Texas, winter storm Uri in 2021 adversely impacted millions of people with disabilities, particularly those dependent on home medical device s, leaving them without heat or electricity and poor access to water, transportation, health care, and emergency services.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 19, 2022

In addition, missing data within the record can reduce contact tracing, vaccination, and public health reporting. HIMSS, in its 2021 Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey, found that phishing (45%) and ransomware (17%) are the most significant security threats and financial information is the primary target.

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NY Health Law

JUNE 29, 2021

In continuing efforts to address problems exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 18, 2021, the Governor signed legislation (S.1168-A/A.108-B) 108-B) into law to address an urgent public policy priority related to clinical staffing in hospitals licensed pursuant to Article 28 of the New York State Public Health Law.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

An end to the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is likely to be announced and end mid-January followed by a grace period of approximately 5 months. And with the Public Health Emergency (PHE) set to expire in January, stakeholders are urgently calling upon Congress to pass the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021.

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Jane Sarashon

JANUARY 5, 2022

And less than 1 in 4 consumers were comfortable sharing information such as driver’s license numbers, biometrics like DNA or fingerprints, banking information, passport numbers, or Social Security numbers which would be the least likely piece of personal data folks were comfortable sharing. Morning Consult polled 2,200 U.S.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

203(a), the Office of the Governor issued Executive Order 280 declaring that a Public Health Emergency, established in Exec Order No. d), to permit the Committee to count clinical hours obtained before the submission of the proposed plan of supervision toward the number of supervised hours required to become a licensed counselor.

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Health Care Law Brief

MAY 11, 2022

Bonuses will be required to be paid based on the number of hours worked by a covered worker during defined vesting periods to be determined by the state Commissioner of Health.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 30, 2022

CMS updated the Telehealth Originating Site Facility Fee for CY 2023 and is also implementing a number of policies related to Medicare telehealth services in an effort to smoothly transition from changes made during the Public Health Emergency (“PHE”).

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YouCompli

JULY 12, 2022

In Fall 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a national health care fraud enforcement action involving over $1.4 This announcement included nationwide criminal charges against 138 defendants, including 42 doctors, nurses, and other licensed medical professionals. National fraud takedown: $1.1

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Provider Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

Both state and federal expenditures on Medicaid managed care are steadily increasing, with expenditures totaling $421 billion and representing 59% of all Medicaid expenditures in 2021.

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NY Health Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

That application, which is the successor to the state’s Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment (DSRIP) Program that expired in March 2020, was first described in a concept paper issued by the Department of Health (DOH) in August 2021, and was filed with CMS in September 2022.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JULY 5, 2022

As always, with technology comes data, and experts weighed in on issues like data use, licensing, aggregation, new rules on information blocking, ransomware attacks/cyber insurance, and preparing for disasters, whether natural or human-made. Regulatory and Enforcement Environment. non-compete/non-solicit clauses) on a go-forward basis.

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AIHC

APRIL 25, 2022

Most Providers Utilize Audio-Only Telehealth More than two-thirds of providers utilizing telehealth use audio-only, according to a recent Telehealth Survey conducted November 2021 through December 2021 by the American Medical Association (AMA). Click Here for Cross-State Licensing information.

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SQA

DECEMBER 10, 2021

SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary #6, 2021. Brazil’s New UDI Requirements for Medical Devices: Compliance Implications for Manufacturers, 02 August 2021. It is anticipated that ANVISA will review stakeholder feedback on the public consultation through November 2021, then issue a final regulation on UDI in December 2021.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

AHA asks HHS to continue the public health emergency until conditions stabilize. Considerations for Social Determinants of Health Screening Design. COVID-19 public health emergency set to be extended. Covid-19 remains a public health emergency in US, administration says. Arkansas Gets $3.9M

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Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

Bright Health’s financial, legal woes continue to mount. Colorado’s COVID public health order extended a month, but you probably won’t notice. Hospitals in Colorado Springs see an increase in health care workers. Iowa licensing board loses legal fight over subpoenaed patient records. antitrust charges.

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