Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 28, 2020

With more than 110 years of continuous operation, the organization has grown to 13 locations offering independent, residential and assisted living; Tapestries Memory Care; respite; rehabilitation; long-term care; Bridges Hospice and Palliative Care; affordable senior housing; and live-in and in-home personal care through HomeWorks.

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Medisys Compliance

MARCH 14, 2023

Wound care is provided in various healthcare settings like inpatient hospital, outpatient clinics, long-term care facilities, home health settings, hospice and skilled nursing facilities. Patients who are able to receive wound care at home may receive treatment from home health agencies.

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Healthcare Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (the “PHE”), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued numerous “blanket waivers” to increase access to medical services, and ease the regulatory burden on providers across the health care industry. The declaration of the PHE is currently set to expire on October 15 th.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As an essential skill set in the healthcare industry, thousands of healthcare organizations provide CPR training for their staff. From doctors and nurses to billing specialists and IT, this blog post outlines the CPR training requirements and expectations for each professional role.

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Hall Render

JULY 5, 2023

As skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies work to assess and admit new residents and patients, they often face the challenge of obtaining all of the information about the individual to make a proper admission assessment and to begin to build a care plan designed specifically for the individual.

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Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Division is also responsible for reviewing complaints of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and financial exploitation of patients in long-term care facilities and MassHealth members in any healthcare setting. You can read about some of the cases here.

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MedTrainer

APRIL 12, 2024

It is vital for legal operation, high-quality care, and patient and community trust. Healthcare compliance courses empower employees with the information and skills to meet regulatory requirements and company guidelines. Non-compliance occurs when a patient or healthcare provider fails to stay within guidelines.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Many of the challenges it was facing had obstacles that affected both patients and providers in the telehealth setting. For example: Physicians had to initiate virtual health sessions by manually calling their patients, which contributed to missed appointments and a resulting lower care-capacity. ” MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2019

The skilled nursing sector has undergone a major transition over the past ten years. Because of shifting demographics and the challenges they place on hospitals, skilled nursing facilities are receiving patients who are struggling with more significant health concerns than in the past. "It’s a win-win.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The industry’s first Smart Care Facility Platform reimagines AI-powered care delivery models and optimizes the clinical workforce. The industry’s first Smart Care Facility Platform reimagines AI-powered care delivery models and optimizes the clinical workforce. Reports project that approximately 1.2

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Healthcare Law Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

population size of those 65 years and older continues to increase, the demand for long-term services and supports (“LTSS”) is also expected to increase. [1] 2] The increasing demand for these services will also likely proportionally increase health care expenditures of LTSS. trillion spent on personal health care. [3]

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

The Medicaid Fraud Division is also responsible for reviewing complaints of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and financial exploitation of patients in long-term care facilities and MassHealth members in any healthcare settings.

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Hall Render

MAY 11, 2023

As skilled nursing facilities work and provide health care services after the May 11, 2023, end of the Public Health Emergency, questions and concerns about visitation at these facilities will likely continue to arise. Skilled nursing facilities need to document all of their efforts taken to facilitate visitation.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has announced that they will be enhancing their focus on potentially preventable hospitalizations of Medicare-eligible skilled nursing facility (SNF) residents. Audit resident care plans to ensure they are regularly followed and updated as needed.

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Dossier

DECEMBER 2, 2022

could see a deficit of 200,000 to 450,000 registered nurses available for direct patient care by 2025 if there are no changes in current care delivery models. To put that into perspective, McKinsey estimates that for every 1 percent of nurses who leave direct patient care, the shortage worsens by about 30,000 nurses.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2019

Browse the education sessions scheduled for the American Telemedicine Association's annual conference and expo in New Orleans next month, and you'll notice that many of them are geared toward elderly patients, home-based care and aging in place. It's the " overnight success story that was 30 years in the makin g."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

The Alliance for Integrated Care of New York (AICNY) oversees the healthcare needs of roughly 6,200 dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). " Duane Schielke, Alliance for Integrated Care of New York. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

With funding support from a broad range of federal agencies – Department of Commerce, HRSA, USDA and FCC – the health system has worked with more than 150 community hospitals, clinics, medical practices, schools and other healthcare entities to bring specialty care to underserved communities and patients. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Varrell is chief medical officer and founder of Array Behavioral Care and a practicing psychiatrist. Array Behavioral Care has been at telepsychiatry for 20 years, with a large base of virtual psychiatrists. visit either in an emergency room or their primary care provider, rather than a psychiatrist.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 11, 2023

On August 7, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule (“Final Rule”) that updated Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 10, 2019

Working in partnership with vendor Advanced ICU Care, which provides telemedicine technology and services, the health system kicked off the implementation this week at Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center in Kentucky, with 11 more locations set go go live by July. WHY IT MATTERS. THE LARGER TREND. Digital Transformation in Healthcare.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 5, 2022

They're focused on wanting to use the skills they have to serve people. Telehealth is one of the keys to better work-life balance for providers, because the setting gives them more control. We all must ensure we're providing access to care for people who need it most. More than three-quarters of U.S.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has retooled guidance it armed surveyors with regarding how to survey skilled nursing facilities for compliance with the CMS staff vaccine requirements. Skilled nursing facility staff vaccination rates under 100% of unexcepted staff constitute noncompliance under the regulations.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 18, 2021

The need to quickly integrate telemedicine, and an opportunity for a better patient care model, caused a digital transformation roadmap to get accelerated. "Before 2020, telehealth visits composed a miniscule fraction of our ambulatory care. Today we have sustained virtual visits at about 15-20% of total.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

have proficient health literacy skills. Each of these groups comes together to improve health systems and patient care, which is why mutual understanding and clear communication is vital to patient outcomes. Skilled in Cerner, Software Documentation, Healthcare Management, Clinical Research, and Working with Physicians.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services found that most skilled nursing facilities (“nursing homes”) in Georgia that it surveyed are not correctly complying with life safety requirements or emergency preparedness requirements. The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the U.S. OIG found 155 deficiencies.

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Hall Render

MAY 30, 2023

On April 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year 2024.

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Hall Render

MARCH 30, 2023

One setting did not differentiate between assisted living and skilled nursing facility residents, which presents challenges when reviewing residency agreements and resident handbooks. One facility had a “Daily Care Contract” that was used as the residency agreement. Contract/Residency Agreement.

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Innovaare Compliance

MARCH 4, 2024

The DME benefit is not available to beneficiaries residing in long-term care facilities (i.e. Nursing Facilities, PRC “03”) and Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, PRC “09”). drugs given in a hospital or skilled nursing facility) or Part B (i.e.,

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2021, COVID-19 immunization rates among nursing home staff quickly rose due to federal vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and long-term care facilities participating in the Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. [iv] FOOTNOTES. [i]

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Hall Render

MAY 10, 2024

TEAM is an episode-based payment model in which selected acute care hospitals would be responsible for coordinating and improving care for Medicare beneficiaries undergoing certain surgical procedures. Selection of Participants Mandatory participation in TEAM will be based on a hospital’s geographic location.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Generally, Assisted Living Facility OSHA sets and enforces standards and provides training, outreach, education, and assistance. The same course modules are used whether the course is online or in the conventional classroom setting. Long-term care facilities can pose danger to their workers.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Generally, Assisted Living Facility OSHA sets and enforces standards and provides training, outreach, education, and assistance. The same course modules are used whether the course is online or in the conventional classroom setting. Long-term care facilities can pose danger to their workers.

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MedTrainer

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

It ultimately impacts safety, compliance and, by association, the quality of patient care. Moreover, the increase in substance abuse due to a lack of available medical care is staggering. Understaffed facilities may also struggle to provide adequate and timely care to residents, leading to lower quality of life — possibly even harm.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

A survey from virtual care platform KeyCare concluded that 92% of patients would be somewhat or very likely to use telehealth within the next year for routine medical care such as urgent care, chronic condition management, or mental health services. News and Studies.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MAY 16, 2022

In December 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the California Department of Health Care Services’ (DHCS’) request for a five-year extension of its Medicaid section 1115 demonstration and a five-year extension of its Medicaid managed care section 1915(b) waiver.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2021

In this newest installment in Healthcare IT News ' feature story series, Health IT Lessons Learned in the COVID-19 Era – read others in the series here – we talk with four health IT executives with very different vantage points: a CIO, a telemedicine director, a chief nursing informatics officer and an IT director.

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