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Michigan Registered Nurse Pleads Guilty in COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card Fraud

Med-Net Compliance

A registered nurse from a veteran’s hospital in Detroit pleaded guilty to charges related to COVID-19 vaccination record cards fraud. When copies of COVID-19 vaccination cards are presented by the person claiming to have completed the requirements, it is essential that the documentation is reviewed for authenticity.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

As CMIO of Urban Health Plan, a Bronx-based Federally-Qualified Health Center, Connelly-Flores has worked to boost COVID-19 vaccination rates via texting campaigns, online vaccine registration and other patient engagement projects focused on one of the areas in the U.S. Chief Medical Information Officer, Urban Health Plan. Washington.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Acting on SDoH

Healthcare IT Today

According to Karl Ulfers, co-founder and vice president of growth at DUOS , governments offer excellent listings of resources with which care managers and clinicians can address housing, food, transportation, and other SDoH. Dr. Sema Sgaier, founder of Surgo Health, points out that different factors are important for different conditions.

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For Your Information: Government Response to Long COVID

Total Medical Compliance Resources

FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Makes Progress in the Whole-of-Government Response to Long COVID U.S. Today, HHS is releasing this Fact Sheet outlining the progress made in the last year in responding to Long COVID and actions moving forward. AHRQ intends to make up to $9 million in awards by September 2023.

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2023 may bring progress in SDOH tech, telehealth and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

What I have been most excited about is the acceleration in the concrete steps that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services states and accreditation organizations are taking to inspire action in the space of health equity. States are introducing new payment structures that incorporate community-based organizations into the fold.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

health-tech startup MemoryWell pivots, eyes new funding to roll out software for insurers Department of Veterans Affairs health system kicks off multiyear Greater Washington expansion Georgetown to open Southeast D.C.