Med-Net Compliance

JULY 8, 2022

The company is a not-for-profit corporation located in Florida that oversees healthcare facilities on its campus, including a nursing home and an assisted living facility. Before submitting claims to any government agency, review to ensure documentation and categories of billing codes are accurate. .

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued new General Compliance Program Guidance (“GCPG”) for members of the health care compliance community and other health care stakeholders. Key Highlights of the GCPG Much of what is covered in the GCPG is not new to the health care compliance industry.

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Compliance Compliance Officers Fraud Governance 40

Hall Render

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Skilled Nursing Facility Change in Ownership Screening Category Change. SNFs are currently in the “limited-risk” screening category under 42 CFR § 424.518. SNFs that are initially enrolling or undergoing a change in ownership fall within the “high” screening category under 42 CFR § 424.518. The NSVC will perform the site visit.

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Nurses Nursing Homes Medicare Medicare 40

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

in those corporations during the preceding year. New Natures of Payment Categories. CMS has identified 78 different categories, referred to as “natures of payment,” into which reportable transfers of value may fall. These categories are: Debt Forgiveness. Long-Term Medical Supply or Device Loan.

Hospitals 40

Hospitals Payment Systems Nurses Compliance 40

Bill of Health

JANUARY 18, 2024

Emphasizing that the Principles indicate that non-State actors must “respect rights,” “contribute to their fulfilment,” and “refrain from impeding international solidarity efforts,” De Falco stresses that “corporations exercise ever-growing influence in both global health and domestic health systems.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 9, 2022

Consultation with the Compliance and Narcotics Division in the Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau of the MHLW, which centrally accepts and manages request for consultations on the review, would be a possible pathway to complete the review in such difficult situations. Article 31(1)(i) of the Medical Practitioners Act.

Licensing 155

Licensing Telemedicine Governance Compliance 155

HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

The HIPAA changes will take effect 60 days following the publication of the HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy in the Federal Register and the compliance date is 180 days after the effective date.

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HIPAA Compliance Doctors Health Insurance 86

AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. This plan, whatever it was set up the perverse incentives by not looking at critical elements to ensure compliance.

Compliance 52

Compliance US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hospitals 52

AIHC

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Lessons Learned about Consequences & Incentives Submitted by the AIHC Education Department Introduction The Office of Inspector General has released the new General Compliance Program Guidance or “GCPG” in late 2023. This plan, whatever it was set up the perverse incentives by not looking at critical elements to ensure compliance.

Compliance 52

Compliance US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Hospitals 52

SQA

DECEMBER 16, 2022

China’s Center for Medical Device Evaluation (CMDE) Update Compliance Guidelines and Recommended Paths for Clinical Evaluation Paths for Certain Medical Devices, 25 July 2022. 29 of 2022 , Technical Guidelines for Compliance with the Essential Principles of Medical Device Safety and Performance. CMDE Announcement No.

FDA 40

FDA Compliance COVID-19 Licensing 40

HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

OCR prefers to resolve HIPAA violations using non-punitive measures, such as voluntary compliance or issuing technical guidance to help covered entities address areas of non-compliance. Each category of violation carries a separate HIPAA penalty. Penalties for Non-Compliance with HIPAA. HIPAA Violation Penalty Structure.

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HIPAA Compliance Hospitals COVID-19 122

Health Law Advisor

AUGUST 10, 2023

Medical Device Data Systems Prior to FDA’s Mobile Medical App Guidance, this topic was addressed by FDA when it created the category of Medical Device Data Systems (“MDDS”). Whether these state boards of medicine are in a position to provide such regulatory oversight is another story – more on that later.

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FDA Licensing Hospitals Medicaid 98

SQA

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The products had been improperly regularized in ANVISA as cosmetics since they are indicated for injectable use, a form that is not authorized for this category of product. The reported irregularities and the manufacturing conditions of the products, that is, compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices, were verified on the spot.

FDA 52

FDA Compliance COVID-19 Public Health 52

Drug & Device Law

JULY 31, 2023

Defendant’s game] is not sufficiently different in kind to fall outside the “intangible” category that is demarcated in the case law. to treat software as a good simply because it was contained in a tangible medium that fits within that category. Conversely, a “medical procedure” was not an LPLA “corporeal movable” in Wagner v.

Governance 52

Governance Payment Systems Hospitals Licensing 52

Drug & Device Law

JANUARY 15, 2024

That is significant because, unlike (now) every other state in the country, since 1987 Pennsylvania precedent prohibited defendants from introducing evidence of their compliance with government and/or industry standards (“standards compliance” or “compliance” evidence, for short) in strict liability design defect cases – generally.

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