Health Populi

DECEMBER 28, 2021

.” As we enter Year 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and civic chasms and economic uncertainty (inflation, health care costs, Great Resignations), I took this page out of Dr, Seuss in my last monthly post for Medecision’s Liberate Health blog. As we all enter 2022, we can all use a dose of joy and self-compassion.

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Health Populi

APRIL 21, 2022

As health care industry stakeholders and policymakers have begun to recognize and address the underlying drivers of peoples’ health, there’s another acronym that is taking hold in health care beyond SDoH: that is ESG, standing for. The post Health Care and ESG on Earth Day 2022 appeared first on HealthPopuli.com.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, now entering its fourth year in 2023, legislators, executives, and judges at every level of government have sought measures to derail efficacious public health interventions. And that’s where they are wrong. Some victories came easy. Yet, only 185 of these bills actually passed.

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Kaiser Permanente

JANUARY 1, 2022

With federal waivers and flexibilities associated with Medicaid in mind, there are three key trends we’ll be watching evolve in 2022: Increasing access to telehealth. Maximizing eligibility redeterminations in 2022 and beyond. This move will support greater access to care for people dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid.

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YouCompli

JANUARY 4, 2022

While we don’t know when the public health emergency will end, it’s critical to have a plan in place to operate without the flexibilities that came with it. The post Compliance expert Martie Ross explains critical regulatory change management issues facing healthcare in 2022 first appeared on YouCompli.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 5, 2022

I wrote the Change.org petition, as well as this blog post, in my free time, because I’m concerned about the full-scale jettisoning of protections needed to keep medically vulnerable people safe. To be clear: my area of expertise is workplace law, so these efforts are out of my usual wheelhouse.

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Health Law Attorney

MARCH 16, 2022

In an effort to combat the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE), the Dept. The Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) oversees and processes the claims for reimbursement on behalf of the HHS. on March 22, 2022 – the Uninsured Program will stop accepting claims for testing and treatment. At 11:59 p.m.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MAY 8, 2023

In 2022, the OIG issued 21 new advisory opinions regarding arrangements and modified two of its existing opinions. This post provides an explanation of the OIG’s review process, a summary of the OIG’s 2022 advisory opinions, and an overview of the OIG’s new FAQ process.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

This blog is the second installment of our Digital Health Trends series. Overview Digital health services have exploded since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and behavioral health services have seen large increases in utilization. billion in the first three quarters of 2022. [ii] In December 2022, the U.S.

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C&M Health Law

MARCH 4, 2022

In a recent analyst note from the Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”), HHS describes the cyber capabilities of Russia, one of the world’s major cyberpowers, and analyzes two malware variants most likely to impact the U.S. health care and public health sector.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

To design systems and policies that promote the right to health, a holistic and proactive approach is needed, one in which people, institutions, and corporations have a shared responsibility in promoting physical, mental, and social well-being. health care system. By the end of 2022, nearly 1.7 COVID-19 and the U.S.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

In the CY 2022 Rule, CMS set December 31, 2024, as a termination date for most COVID SNF notification requirements. The authority to make those blanket waivers was granted under Sections 1135 and 1812(f) of the Social Security Act and allowed the Department of Health and Human Services to implement certain regulatory waivers during the PHE.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Below are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register in January 2022: On January 3, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. On January 3, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. On January 3, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. On January 3, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. On January 3, 2022, at 54 N.J.R.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

billion in False Claims Act (“FCA”) related settlements and judgments in the federal fiscal year 2022. Whistleblowers continue to be one of the federal government’s greatest assets in FCA cases, as whistleblowers filed 652 qui tam suits in 2022 with recovery totaling $1.9 Health Care Fraud Actions Medicaid.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Americans are no doubt conditioned to expect spectacular failure in the face of public health crises. In both contexts, these reporting failures make it difficult to mount a competent public health response to prevent unnecessary mortality. By Jennifer D. Just as COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. Meyer’s musings were prescient.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 18, 2022

Our Health Care Real Estate Briefing is your comprehensive summary of weekly health care real estate highlights currently happening across the nation. The Department of Health and Human Services extended the public health emergency through April 16, 2022. Your primary Hall Render contact.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Experts warned at the beginning of the pandemic that people with IDD might experience higher rates of severe outcomes, due to the disproportionate percentage of the population that lived in congregate settings, differential rates of pre-existing conditions, and the lack of prioritization of this population within the public health care system.

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Jane Sarashon

JANUARY 18, 2022

“Health is the cornerstone to our core needs, thereby the cornerstone to trust.” ” So wrote Kirsty Graham , Global Leader of Sectors and Global Chair of Health at Edelman, in an essay explaining the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer. The only declining industry segment here was social media, falling over the year.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Below are the most recent health care related regulatory developments as published in the New Jersey Register in February 2022: On February 7, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. 277, regarding New Jersey’s Health Care Cost Benchmark Program. On February 7, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. On February 7, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. Orders Nos.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

CMS released a roadmap for ending the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (“PHE”). CMS will be terminating numerous regulatory waivers that were put in place to offer flexibility to health care providers during the pandemic and will give notice to providers 60 days before ending the PHE.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The attacks have been limited so far, but the healthcare and public health sector in the United States could potentially be a target. The two flaws are being chained together and are being exploited by a Chinese threat actor. The flaws affect Microsoft Exchange Server 2013, 2016, and 2019.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In a public health emergency, pharmaceutical manufacturers’ liability concerns can slow the deployment of urgently needed vaccines and other medical countermeasures (MCMs). Products used during public health emergencies raise unique issues either because of their novelty, scale and type of proposed use, or regulatory pathway.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 19, 2022

When several individuals from a common population, like a cruise ship or restaurant , become ill at the same time, it is more likely that a claim will be filed, as the “ cluster of cases may represent a failure to implement basic food safety and public health guidelines ” like requiring employees to wash hands after using the bathroom.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 6, 2022

The $5,000 limit is adjusted annually for inflation and will increase from the 2022 limit of $5,270 to $5,702 beginning January 1, 2023 for the 2023 calendar year. The Stark waivers continue to be in effect and can be relied upon retroactively to March 1, 2020, until the expiration or termination of the declared public health emergency.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a warning to the healthcare and public health (HPH) sector about Royal ransomware attacks. Royal ransomware is a new ransomware threat that was first observed being used in attacks in September 2022.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 28, 2022

Public health and policy experts have published commentaries on the challenging issues underlying New York’s COVID treatment guidelines and others have offered more detailed guidance, including on this blog, on what criteria should be used in allocating scarce COVID treatments. less likely to receive the treatment than whites.

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YouCompli

JANUARY 4, 2022

Bennett, Lerner and Palumbo addressed the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association’s Healthcare Legal Compliance Forum in December 2021. It also looks at regulatory changes they are planning for in 2022. To access the full session recording, please contact the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association. Read a summary.

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Verisys

DECEMBER 9, 2022

California Board of Pharmacy: Enforcement and Compounding Committee Report – On September 30, 2022, Governor Newsom signed A.B. Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies: During the 2022 Session, Colorado passed several bills related to occupational licensing. after Governor Holcomb signed House Enrolled Act 1003-2022 into law.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

my essay published this week in Medecision’s Liberate Health blog. But medical distancing became a corollary life-flow of the physical version, and for our collective health and well-being, it hasn’t been good for our health in ways beyond keeping our exposure to the virus at bay. Medical distancing?

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

On January 13, 2022, the United States Supreme Court granted emergency relief to the petitions of numerous states, businesses, and non-governmental organizations by staying the implementation and enforcement of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (“OSHA”) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard (“ETS”).

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 26, 2024

Seeking to strengthen reproductive healthcare privacy in the wake of the 2022 Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which overruled Roe v. The Final Rule adds definitions for the terms “public health” and “reproductive healthcare.” What Does the Final Rule Do?

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Bill of Health

APRIL 19, 2022

March 25, 2022). Emery professor of law and professor of philosophy, and adjunct appointments in Family and Preventive Medicine (in the Division of Public Health), Internal Medicine (in the Division of Medical Ethics), and Political Science, at the University of Utah. Dunmire Property Management (D. Allor Manufacturing, Inc.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Site Selection Magazine released its 2022 Business Climate Ratings. The campus will include a full-service hospital, medical office building and several specialty health care facilities. Over 170 ASCs have either been announced or opened in 2022. Honor Health prevailed with a final bid of $84 million dollars.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 27, 2024

According to Rock Health , digital health funding still totaled $15.3 billion in 2022, despite economic challenges. mHealth applications can provide patients with access to health information. This figure underscores the critical role technology continues to play in healthcare, particularly in advancing access and equity.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

By Nicole Huberfeld Once again, health law has become a vehicle for constitutional change , with courts hollowing federal and state public health authority while also generating new challenges. In administrative law disputes, a critical aspect of public health law, clear statement rules enforce separation of powers.

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Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has delayed the enforcement penalties for the new notice requirements under the “Patients First Law” until July 1, 2022. The federal government promulgated the No Surprises Act, which we discussed in prior blog posts here and here.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

If the pandemic has taught us anything about public policy, it is that the model of countercyclical federal aid — which expands at the onset of an economic crisis but abates as that crisis is resolved — is fundamentally inadequate when applied to the realm of public health. public health expenditures fell by 30 percent.

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