HIT Consultant

MARCH 19, 2023

However, few health systems, medical practices, or providers are prepared for the extraordinary public interest in a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease – especially not one targeting mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease – that is likely headed their way soon. billion marketing the medication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 1, 2021

By now, it's become a truism that telehealth use saw an enormous jump in 2020 , spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and enabled by the relaxation of federal regulations. What's less certain, however, is what that utilization will look like in the future, particularly as the end of the public health emergency looms.

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Healthcare Law Today

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It also requires that the Secretary report to Congress on the state of the SNS, and to issue guidance and hold annual meetings with public health officials and stakeholders on how states, territories, and Tribes can access the SNS. Modernizes public health data through biosurveillance and infectious disease data collection.

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Health Care Law Brief

JUNE 2, 2022

The onset of the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”) led to a surge in the use of telehealth by health care providers. Do these encounters comport with telehealth encounter requirements set forth by applicable state laws, or government or private payor requirements?

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released an updated Mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (the “Mifepristone REMS Program”), which reverses the requirement that the drug be dispensed directly to a patient by certified prescriber in a clinic or a medical office (the “in-person dispensing requirement”).

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 8, 2021

More Boomers are concerned with health data app privacy than Gen Z consumers, as the chart illustrates. adults said that health monitoring apps were not an invasion of privacy; 32% said they were, Morning Consult found. Even so, 2 in 3 adults said they would likely get an app to track a medical condition that was approved by the FDA.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2020

"We’ve seen the undue burden and hardship these restrictions create during COVID-19, especially in communities hit hardest by the pandemic," said Skye Perryman, chief legal officer at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which was a coplaintiff in the case. " she said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Despite the end of the public health emergency, individuals and informed political leaders will continue to work with pharmacies to continue access to vital care for individuals in need of medication for mental health because mental health is part of overall health.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 27, 2023

Bard The White House is preparing to shut down their COVID Task Force this May, in conjunction with ending the public health emergency — the latest in a series of astounding and shortsighted decisions that put individual Americans at as great a risk from serious harm as a result of catching COVID-19 as at any stage in the pandemic.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The insights also can help healthcare organizations navigate vaccine distribution, as well as the ebbs and flows of patient volumes due to COVID-19 in the year ahead, according to the new report. “Regulators, for their part, have tried to smooth the way for a pivot to virtual during the public health emergency.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 4, 2023

Regulatory Developments and Adapting Digital Health Startups If circumstances weren’t treacherous enough, digital health startups are bracing for impending regulatory changes. In Q1 2023, an acronym soup of federal agencies (FDA, CMS, DEA, FTC) announced preliminary steps and timelines for refining policies across digital health.

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Exeed Regulatory Compliance

MARCH 5, 2020

A novel coronavirus, now called SARS-CoV-19, was first detected in the Hubei province of China in early December 2019. Travel is being restricted, large scale public events are likely to be cancelled, and schools and businesses may be closed to contain the spread of the virus. There is now an FDA policy released on 29 Feb.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

By James René Jolin and Susannah Baruch On July 13, 2023, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opill (norgestrel) as the first daily oral contraceptive available for non-prescription use in the U.S. James René Jolin (JRJ): This recent move by the FDA is one without precedent. It was a long time coming.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2023

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held a hearing to examine cybersecurity risks to the healthcare sector, how healthcare providers and the federal government are working to combat those threats, and determine what the federal government needs to do to improve defenses against cyberattacks on the healthcare sector.

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Hall Render

MAY 13, 2022

FDA limits J&J COVID-19 vaccine due to rare blood clot risk. Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. Alabama hospital rationing medical supplies due to COVID disruptions in China. Alabama sees bump in COVID-19 cases, state health department monitoring. Colorado’s COVID cases keep rising.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 3, 2022

"Mail is regulated by the federal government," said lawyer David Coale to ABC affiliate KVUE. For instance, a June 2021 study from the Commonwealth Fund found that nearly two dozen states had altered telemedicine laws during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The status quo will remain the same in Texas." ON THE RECORD.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

By Nikhil Chaudhry and Reshma Ramachandran Earlier this month, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it had successfully included a reasonable pricing provision in a $326M investment contract with Regeneron for development of a next generation monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19. pharmaceutical market.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With support from the Foundation for Opioid Response Efforts (FORE), public health law experts from Indiana University McKinney School of Law and the Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research at the Beasley School of Law recently embarked on a systematic review of U.S.

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Health Law Advisor

MARCH 7, 2023

Telemedicine Prescribing During the COVID-19 PHE During the COVID-19 PHE, among many other regulatory flexibilities, federal and state prescribing requirements were relaxed. This deadline came and went, also without meaningful action taken by DEA. Are the proposed record-keeping obligations reasonable and/or sufficient?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 6, 2023

An end to the Public Health Emergency (PHE) is likely to be announced and end mid-January followed by a grace period of approximately 5 months. And with the Public Health Emergency (PHE) set to expire in January, stakeholders are urgently calling upon Congress to pass the Advancing Telehealth Beyond COVID-19 Act of 2021.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Of interest is a reference to the FDA’s draft document “Computer Software Assurance for Production and Quality System Software,” which was recently published on 13 September 2022. A concerted and collaborative effort is essential to address this threat to global health, economies, and security effectively.

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Health Law Advisor

MARCH 1, 2023

In the era of abortion regulation and the wind-down of the COVID-19 public health emergency (“PHE”), new legislation in states such as Utah may be a sign of what is to come for online and telehealth prescribing. Utah Code § 58-83-306.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

CT’s Medicaid reimbursement rates lower than peer states: report Better safety training, reporting, escorts for CT home health care workers focus of new legislation D.C. biotech pins hopes on 3 drug approvals as battles with FDA continue Luxury senior living facility coming to D.C. And lawmakers are trying to help.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 14, 2023

FDA that federal courts have the power to modify the conditions under which the FDA can approve a drug, may seem separate. These cases have no Constitutional implications, but rather resolve disputes in which billions of dollars are at stake either between private companies or between private companies and the federal government.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

Despite pediatric COVID-19 vaccine availability, many youth remain unvaccinated , and are thus at higher risk of life-altering outcomes as a result of contracting COVID-19. [1]. Youth in the foster care system and those who are justice-involved face additional challenges during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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Hall Render

MAY 19, 2023

to Partners The federal COVID-19 emergency is ending. Supplemental Grant for Rural Health Programs UAMS to Study Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Breast Cancer Treatment Arkansas Children’s Hospital Auxiliary Donates $1.4 These groups are trying to change that.

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Hall Render

MARCH 3, 2023

on 7th medical office building acquisition in a year Baptist Health expanding in Nassau and St. Luke’s Health System asks judge to hold far-right leader in contempt, seeks $7.5M Joseph Regional Medical Center Outpatient surgery center eyes Lewiston site St.

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Hall Render

MARCH 25, 2022

FDA to revive facility visits. Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act becomes law. Here are the top health systems by patient reviews. OSHA accepting new comments on healthcare worker COVID-19 protection rule. OSHA will hold hearing on permanent COVID-19 standard for healthcare workers.

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Hall Render

MARCH 31, 2023

in 2022, survey finds Senate votes to end COVID-19 national emergency Why are 600+ rural hospitals at risk of closing? in 2022, survey finds Senate votes to end COVID-19 national emergency Why are 600+ rural hospitals at risk of closing? buys industrial property in Rancho Cordova for $5.12

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Ransomware group claims responsibility for 2 hospital cyberattacks California found ‘major deficiencies’ at hospital pharmacy on probation California health leaders provide updates on CalAIM implementation California health system uses $1.5M

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Hall Render

AUGUST 4, 2023

News The 5 best hospitals in Florida for cardiac care Florida COVID-19 cases almost double since May GEORGIA 12 Metro ATL Hospitals Among Nation’s Best: U.S. to settle Medicare fraud claims Maine in top 10 for health care, No. Some local ER doctors are adamantly opposed.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The CDC has stopped printing them Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High URAC to offer health equity accreditation Walgreens CIO is latest to leave in company’s C-suite shakeup AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives ALABAMA Alabama hospital to remain on Cerner after sale Alabama gets $3.6M

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The CDC has stopped printing them Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High URAC to offer health equity accreditation Walgreens CIO is latest to leave in company’s C-suite shakeup AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives ALABAMA Alabama hospital to remain on Cerner after sale Alabama gets $3.6M

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Ransomware attacks against hospitals put patients’ lives at risk, researchers say States, FTC continue to target noncompetes: 3 updates The best hospital in each state, per Newsweek What to know about Stark law’s $9.2M for scholarships Yale New Haven investment leader departs DC D.C.’s

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 13, 2021

"The question is instead whether the District Court properly ordered the Food and Drug Administration to lift those established requirements because of the court’s own evaluation of the impact of the COVID–19 pandemic," Roberts continued. THE LARGER TREND. ON THE RECORD.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Mary’s welcome new board members Northeast Georgia Health System named one of nation’s top workplaces for diversity HAWAII How Adventist Health Castle achieved becoming a verified Level III Trauma Center Queen’s debuts $4.5M

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SQA

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Health Canada. Counterfeit COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test Kits Found in Ontario, 05 August 2022. Health Canada is warning consumers about counterfeit BTNX Rapid Response COVID-19 antigen rapid test kits (25-pack boxes) found in Ontario. Counterfeit health products are imitations of authentic products.

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