Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2023

BACKGROUND The Proposed Rule is the latest in a long line of federal legislation and rulemakings governing the conscience rights of healthcare providers and entities. The Church Amendments In the 1970s, the federal government enacted the Church Amendments, 42 U.S.C.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 31, 2023

More importantly, understanding them will help you make informed decisions and maintain the highest standards of integrity in practice. Healthcare compliance refers to the process of adhering to the laws, regulations, and ethical standards that govern the healthcare industry. What Is Healthcare Compliance?

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MedTrainer

MARCH 28, 2024

Health Information Management (HIM) Department Ensures the integrity and security of patient health information (PHI). Establishes a governance structure, reviews compliance reports, and ensures the organization operates ethically and within legal boundaries. Can become bureaucratic and slow-moving.

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Medisys Compliance

APRIL 25, 2023

By following these guidelines, you can make an informed decision and establish a partnership with a billing company that meets your practice’s specific requirements. Such comprehensive evaluation will help you make an informed decision that can ultimately lead to improved billing processes and financial success for your practice.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

1] In addition to the challenges presented by provider shortages, even when patients are able to locate an available mental health provider, many are hesitant to engage in treatment due to cost uncertainties, which often arise due to limited availability for in-network care and the subsequent need to seek out-of-network care. [2]

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In the United States, there are several compliance frameworks and entities that govern requirements for the healthcare industry. Each governing body oversees a different aspect of regulatory compliance. To understand which compliance frameworks govern which requirements, we need to break it down entity by entity.

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The Digital Health Corner

APRIL 28, 2017

I would add that the enactment (and some would say the design) of the ACA itself spurred payer consolidation. Payers are consolidating as well because of pressures to scale for clients across large geographical regions and to support costs of technology. Clinical applications.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 6, 2022

. “There are still some gaps that need to be filled,” said Katie Keith, a researcher at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University. Your insurance matters. The ACA does set parameters. As the ACA went into effect, trouble spots emerged. Here are five other things to know: 1.

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MedTrainer

JANUARY 26, 2024

healthcare providers – health systems, hospitals and post-acute care facilities – must comply with 629 discrete regulatory requirements across nine domains. At the top of the list is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 2, 2023

Information integrity is paramount in the world of healthcare. Federal Government Audits These audits are performed by government agencies such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Even simple errors like a misplaced decimal point or a misspelled word can impact patient care. appeared first on Medtrainer.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 16, 2019

Co-pay accumulators are being discussed across health plan types, including government-sponsored plans like Medicare along with commercial health insurance programs. Federal government Blueprint for reducing prescription drug costs. Across party identification, U.S. Much now depends on the U.S.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

Connecticut ditches $20M health information exchange software. Two Health Insurers Grilled for Proposing Rate Increases of 20 and 25 Percent. Signify Health to layoff 489 people, including 45 in Connecticut. State officials nixed health information network computer software they spent $20M developing.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

Guidance from the DOL reminds group health plans and health insurance issuers are required to notify in advance their participants, beneficiaries, and/or enrollees of reductions in benefits, which could include changes in coverage of COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment, including testing.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Here’s why Grady Health System recognized as health care I.T. Million Health Care Fraud Conspiracy in Idaho Orthopedic activity in the 5 most underserved states St. Louis-based health system to form Michigan joint venture Mercy opens ‘high-tech’ multispecialty center, ASC in St.

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Health Populi

MARCH 13, 2019

The authors note that “consumer-driven” health care is, “associated with neoliberal efforts to emphasize market factors in health reform,” de-emphasizing government regulation and financing. This concept can be potentially harmful, they believe, assuming that health care is a traditional market.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MAY 17, 2022

The 2023 NBPP final rule makes regulatory changes in the individual and small group health insurance markets and establishes requirements for the 2023 benefit year. CMS also acknowledges, however, that limitations in medical research may restrict availability of such clinical evidence. Clayton County.

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Health Law Gurus

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Created as a response to the President’s October 12 th executive order on health care, the report criticizes laws and regulations that govern the health care industry and describes how they stifle competition, and as a result, lead to ever-growing health care spending.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 27, 2023

to revisit whether to set limits for numbers of patients assigned to a nurse Tufts spent $70M on EHR install Wait times for long-term psychiatric care span months for some patients Health care leaders applaud appointment of Kate Walsh as Massachusetts health secretary As ER waits stretch for days, Mass.

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Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 27, 2022

million Americans have signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act for 2022. But many millions of those newly insured could face significantly higher premiums for 2023 unless Congress extends the temporary subsidies it passed last year. The Biden administration announced that 14.5 Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Women were surveyed on perspectives for health care in America in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prospects for the Affordable Care Act and health insurance security, and views on health, well-being, and health care. Women identified the top five personal health issues they face as: Mental health.

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Kaiser Health News

DECEMBER 23, 2021

million Americans have signed up for health coverage for 2022 on the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, with nearly a month remaining to enroll in most states, the Biden administration announced Wednesday. They also said enhanced personal assistance and outreach helped connect more people to health insurance plans. A record 13.6

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Hall Render

MAY 12, 2023

Cloud Hospital names Chief Quality Officer Tampa’s Lions Eye Institute adopts new name Troubled Cano Health records $60.6M Holcomb signs bill allowing pharmacists to prescribe contraception How 1 Indiana hospital rebuilt after a ransomware attack ‘I just love delivering babies’ | Meet Ascension St. billion state budget.

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2018

Another unifying health care issue is prescription drug prices, which KFF has tracked for several years. Most voters across party have told previous KFF polls they believe in more government regulation or intervention on drug costs. ” For over a year, the KFF polls have tracked that one-half of voters are in favor of the ACA. .”

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Kaiser Health News

APRIL 7, 2022

The Biden administration this week moved to fix the so-called family glitch in the Affordable Care Act, which has prevented dependents from getting federal subsidies to buy health insurance even if the insurance offered by the employer is unaffordable. And subscribe to KHN’s What the Health?

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Kaiser Health News

MARCH 24, 2022

health care system, including expanding private insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage to millions of people, banning restrictions based on preexisting medical conditions, providing no-cost preventive care, and adding restrictions on health insurers’ profits. And subscribe to KHN’s What the Health?

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Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2020

” Health Populi’s Hot Points: In a public health emergency, health citizens need to trust the sources of information available to help them make informed decisions — for business operations, for travel, and most importantly, for our families.

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Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Indeed, one of the first orders of business in the new Congress was the re-establishment of a committee on the covid pandemic with a new focus on investigating the origins of the virus and the government’s response to it. But also, for the first time, Medicare, or the federal government is starting to take on drug prices directly.

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Kaiser Health News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Biden’s lively, informal exchange with lawmakers over potential cuts to Medicare and Social Security seemed to steal the show, though the political fight over cutting costs in those entitlement programs is rooted in a key question: What constitutes a “cut”? But first, this week’s health news. Cohrs: Right.

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