Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

to establish a new requirement for nursing homes to test their nursing home residents and staff, including individuals providing services under arrangement and volunteers. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-886. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-887. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-888.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

This allegation includes over reporting the number of hours that nurses provided care to residents to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Appoint a monitor to oversee compliance at one of the facilities. · These over inflated star ratings were used to attract prospective residents and their families.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

The Oklahoma Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) initiated the investigation after a referral was received by the Oklahoma State Department of Health – Protective Health Services Long-Term Care regarding the report of a nursing home resident missing money from her room.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 25, 2022

OCR has taken the following enforcement actions and ensured that complainants received copies of their records: An Illinois podiatry practice failed to provide a former patient with his requested medical records. A dental practice in Baltimore, Maryland, failed to provide timely access to a patient’s medical record.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 2, 2023

Provider credentialing is a systematic process used by healthcare organizations to verify and evaluate the qualifications, competence, and professional background of healthcare providers. Here’s a closer look at provider credentialing: how it works, why it’s important, and how organizations can build strong processes around it.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 2022

Nursing homes face possible citations, civil monetary penalties, denial of payments and—as a final measure—termination of participation from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as they embark on complying with the new CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their staff.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

– Additionally, it speeds up implementation, provides strong security features, and supports one-to-many data sharing. Similar to a URL for a web page, every resource has an own identification tag. Devices and apps can easily obtain necessary data through that tag without going through laborious data exchange procedures.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

They provide health measures of patients and transmit them back to providers – or in some cases are reported back to providers – to facilitate healthcare decisions from afar. Connected health devices run the gamut from wearable heart monitors, to Bluetooth-enabled scales, to Fitbits. Biofourmis.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Accountable Care Compliance & Legal Government & Policy Telehealth Workforce Healthcare organizations must urge the Senate to pass critical telehealth legislation, and enact at least a two-year extension of the important PHE-era policies while working toward a permanent solution. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

To qualify, facilities must close their beds Amazon’s physician acquisition strategy As Many Hospitals Continue to Face Significant Financial Challenges, MedPAC Recommends Highest Ever Medicare Payment Update Change competitors step in but breaking up may be hard to do CMS to launch new primary care ACO program Congress unveils $1.2T

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Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals 40

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

KU Health-Liberty Hospital deal faces lawmaker opposition Missouri Supreme Court again says state can’t deny Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood National health care company adds merger to acquired former Cerner clinics Primary care companies with 13 St. The health system’s prices are already high.

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