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What is HIPAA Enforcement Discretion?

HIPAA Journal

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also temporarily expanded telehealth options for all Medicare and Medicaid recipients. Typically, Notices of Enforcement Discretion last between 72 hours and 60 days, are state or region-specific and apply to specific provisions of the HIPAA Rules.

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The Healthcare and Macro-Economic Impacts of Living with Endemic COVID – Listening to Fitch

Health Populi

Translation: watch out for winter and flu season, especially if people don’t re-mask and take care to protect themselves and others — particularly important in geographies where more folks have opted out of getting vaccinated.

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10 Tips for Improving COVID-19 Employee Immunization Initiatives

HIT Consultant

Additionally, singled out specifically, COVID-19 vaccinations will now be required for all healthcare workers at Long-Term Care facilities who serve Medicare and Medicaid enrollees. (No No reimbursement from Medicare/Medicaid unless all workers are fully vaccinated.)

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Key Healthcare Provisions of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023

Healthcare Law Blog

In addition to funding, the Act modifies certain telehealth provisions, expands and extends components of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and supports initiatives within the behavioral health and substance use treatment spaces. Medicaid & CHIP Adjustments. Medicaid Improvement Fund. The Act provides for nearly $1.7

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What Will Expiration of the Public Health Emergency and National Emergency Mean for Employers? 

Hall Render

Importantly, when the NE ends, the HHS projects that an estimated 15 million individuals will lose Medicaid or CHIP coverage and will be entitled to a special enrollment period to enroll in an employer-sponsored group health plan. However, due to the enactment of HELSA, these added provisions will be in place in the event of a future PHE.

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April-July 2022 State Regulatory Developments

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

509(a), Governor Murphy issued an Executive Order updating and clarifying timeframes for requiring covered workers at health care facilities and high-risk congregate settings to be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, including having received a booster shot. On April 4, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. See Executive Order No.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

native Drew Weissman wins Nobel Prize for contributions to Covid-19 vaccines Massachusetts health system files for bankruptcy Milford Regional signs letter of intent to join UMass Memorial Health State report calls 2022 a ‘devastating year for hospital finances’ ‘The environment has been improving’ for women in Mass.