HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 31, 2023

As well as supplying private customers, the company works with more than five hundred health plans, managed care organizations, and other agencies to provide access to meals for people covered by Medicare and Medicare.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) is a state’s Medicaid agency that provides essential support and services, such as healthcare, mental health, and social services, to improve the welfare and quality of life for families and individuals in Indiana. Learn more about MedTrainer today!

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MedTrainer

APRIL 27, 2024

The visit usually lasts three days, during which the surveyor will meet with center leaders and board members to gather information and assess compliance. Verification of current licensure, registration, or certification Primary source verification (PSV) directly from the state licensing agency/body.

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AIHC

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Written by Joanne Byron, BS, LPN, CCA, CHA, CHCO, CHBS, CHCM, CIFHA, CMDP, OHCC, ICDCT-CM/PCS This article addresses the Information Blocking Final Rule regarding enforcement, associated Civil Monetary Penalties (CMPs) and entities subject to these penalties. Information blocking is defined in § 171.103.

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Dot Compliance

MARCH 30, 2022

The bar chart of your defect categories is arranged in descending order, and the line graph is added to track the cumulative percentage total. Quantifying Categories for a Pareto Diagram. Once your categories are defined, you can arrange the bars representing each category on your chart in descending order from left to right.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Since its passage, Standards have been introduced to improve patients´ rights and safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI). Unauthorized release of PHI to individuals not authorized to receive the information. HIPAA Violation Categories. There are four HIPAA violation categories. Mishandling and mis-mailing PHI.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

This sweeping new rule is designed to cast a wide net over entities that, except in the case of taxes, do not regularly report to federal agencies (i.e., For additional information on a particular topic, links to helpful resources have been provided in the footnotes. There is time to think through those questions.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Vulnerabilities can then be categorized into one of four categories: Track – No immediate action is required, but the vulnerability should be tracked and reassessed if further information becomes available, with the vulnerability updated within standard timeframes.

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Health Law Advisor

MARCH 1, 2023

Federal agencies in health care publish large amounts of data, and my posts typically analyze that data. Information is important, and thus so is access to it. One of the reasons FDA was able to respond so quickly is that all the data I needed were in spreadsheets in the FDA’s Division of Freedom of Information.

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Total HIPAA

APRIL 25, 2022

For organizations that deal with sensitive client or employee information, (e.g., Building a security program that can ensure the safety of information at rest, in transit, and in storage should be a top priority. NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) is an agency within the United States Department of Commerce.

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Provider Trust

APRIL 26, 2023

An increasing trend of nurse strikes and hospital staffing shortages across the country in early 2023 has led many healthcare organizations to turn to travel nurses and staffing agencies to fulfill their workforce needs. But working with staffing agencies and travel nurses comes with its own unique set of compliance risks.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 20, 2023

ILOS permits Medicaid managed care plans to provide food, transportation, housing transition services and many more categories to meet enrollees’ needs. Please refer to our prior blog for more information on CalAIM. Further, agencies with existing ILOS offerings must comply with the new policy framework by January 2024.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Connecticut has made strides in developing health information exchange (HIE) systems, facilitating secure data sharing among healthcare providers. The act defines personal data broadly and includes a category for “sensitive data.” This centralized repository ensures all employees have easy access to essential information.

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Compliancy Group

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Violations of the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard are one of the most common citations issued by the federal agency. Properly label dangerous chemicals This is another item that belongs in the “common sense” category. SDSs should contain the same information that can be found on labels. It’s common sense.

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Health Law Advisor

APRIL 4, 2023

There is no reason to believe that the categories would be obvious and completely distinct from one another. The ones that seem to fall into somewhat defined categories include the following: 2. They don’t fall into cookie-cutter topics. Complaint Investigation/Adverse Events 3. Drug Inspections 4. 483/EIR Drug 6. Warning Letters 9.

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AIHC

JUNE 14, 2023

AI is advancing rapidly, so we encourage you to reference the new Artificial Intelligence article category for the latest articles. This article only scratches the surface of various regulatory agencies involved in the regulation of AI. Much has happened since then.

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Provider Trust

JANUARY 26, 2022

According to the OIG site on Fraud Risk: OIG applies published criteria to assess future risk and places each party to an FCA settlement into one of five categories on a risk spectrum. OIG uses its exclusion authority differently for parties in each category (as described in the criteria…). So what are the risk categories?

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 2, 2023

The implementation of HIPAA cybersecurity and compliance frameworks are crucial in safeguarding patients’ protected health information (PHI) and electronic PHI (ePHI). The Privacy Rule outlines how healthcare providers must obtain patient consent before disclosing their health information for treatment purposes.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 8, 2022

. “Knowing” is defined to include not only actual knowledge but also instances in which the person acted in deliberate ignorance or reckless disregard of the truth or falsity of the information.?The Include information on how to report concerns and suspected violations, and that prompt reporting is mandatory.

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Health Populi

JULY 28, 2020

Twelve years ago, when I began to attend CES, digital health was a nascent category featured with products featured in a couple of aisles in exhibit booths then dominated by Fitbit, Nike and UnderArmour. The company’s Core ScanWatch was a CES 2020 Honoree in the category of Fitness/Sports and Wearable Technologies.

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C&M Health Law

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The agency explains that the December 2020 CMS Interoperability proposed rule will not be finalized due to the concerns raised by the commenters—including concerns related to the short comment period for stakeholders to conduct a thorough analysis and provide feedback, as well as the short implementation timeframes. Patient Access API. (i)

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Provider Trust

AUGUST 16, 2023

While medical providers comprise a large percentage of healthcare vendors, other facility staff members also fall under this category. ProviderTrust data has also shown that 20% of vendor information changes annually. Gather vendor information: Obtain as much information as possible from vendors to conduct exclusion checks accurately.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 26, 2024

On December 13, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a proposed rule, titled Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes (“Proposed Rule”), to improve patient and provider access to health information and streamline processes related to prior authorizations for medical items and services.

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HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 30, 2022

While it is not surprising some complaints are rejected for this reason, the fact it is the most common reason for complaints being rejected is notable when you consider the complexity of HIPAA and the volume of complaints the agency receives and rejects. 2) A health care clearinghouse. (3) dental care, home health care, etc.)

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Health Law RX

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The Florida Legislature previously approved a requirement that hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) conduct patient safety surveys and tasked the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) with implementing a rule specifying the submission process for these surveys. Survey Questions.

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MedTrainer

MAY 21, 2020

Facilities can create custom profiles to manage requirements for accreditation agencies, such as AAAASF, AAAHC and the Joint Commission. The Connector allows customers to automatically sync personnel information between both systems, thereby reducing administrative time. For more information, visit www.medtrainer.com.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

If healthcare data was fully interoperable, care providers, payers, and government agencies could focus more of their precious resources to keep people healthy – a common goal shared by all. It didn’t matter if they were a county government, a federal agency, a non-profit organization, or a for-profit company. GIS Community.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MAY 25, 2023

1] Specifically, the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (the “Act”) adds protections for consumers [2] and their personal data, which includes any information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable individual. [3] 15] In addition, the Act also imposes a number of duties on processors. [16] Section 541.001(19).

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Several Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes are launching this year, including a category for remote therapeutic monitoring treatment-management services, codes for digital ophthalmology services and codes for remote examination by pathologists or in conjunction with the use of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 29, 2021

Consumers want to have more agency in their medical decisions. The 2020 survey found that consumers are increasingly willing to seek information outside of their doctor to understand costs and treatment plans when considering tracking and treating their health conditions. healthcare system. Adopting and Leveraging Technology.

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Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

However, agencies will not see a 3.0% Agencies that fail to submit their quality data will have an additional 2% deducted from their reimbursement. Every year the rates in the final rule change slightly as CMS utilizes more current data, but agencies need to begin planning for yet another rate reduction in 2024. in June 2022.

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NY Health Law

JULY 21, 2021

In addition to programs administered by the Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS), OSF dollars may be used for programs of NYS agencies other than OASAS which oversee programs and services that are considered eligible OSF expenditures. §99-nn(5). Mental Hygiene Law, §25.18(b). Mental Hygiene Law, §25.18(c).

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SQA

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Noteworthy changes consist of the down-classification of 15 device types (including optical endoscopes and medical microscopes) and revisions to the entries for 13 product categories (including additional classification adjustments). 26 of 2020 (link in Chinese), relating to the submission of Unique Device Identifier (UDI) information.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

To that end, the agency doubled its budget for audits in 2022. Begin by setting the scope to establish clear parameters regarding the time period you want to cover and the error categories you will look for in the audit. The information can also serve as the basis for provider education. The next step is to plan the audit.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 2, 2023

Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job. Navina released a generative AI assistant for primary care practices. operations.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 31, 2022

Information Needed within Four Hours of Entrance. laundry room, kitchen, unit, ward, wing) and if the staff is PRN/floater/agency, indicate their assigned work area on the first day of the survey. The sample size will not change if staff in a category do not exist. One whose primary vaccine series has been temporarily delayed.

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Health Law Advisor

MAY 2, 2023

In prior posts here and here , I analyzed new data obtained from FDA through the Freedom of Information Act about FOIA requests. The ones that seem to fall into somewhat defined categories include the following: 2. I looked at response times and then started to dive into the topics that requesters were asking about. 483/EIR Drug 6.

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