The Health Law Firm Blog

APRIL 30, 2024

Ron DeSantis signed a bill that protects businesses, governments, and healthcare providers in Florida from COVID-19 lawsuits if they make a reasonable effort to follow guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus [.] Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On March 29, 2021, Florida Gov.

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Med-Net Compliance

JUNE 22, 2022

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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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 20, 2020

These will aid greatly in COVID-19 diagnosis, clinical decision making and managing manpower and hospital beds’ capacity. “Much of the COVID-19 conversation has focused on the lack of ventilators. Meeting the increased demand for professional healthcare products and solutions.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 11, 2020

Australian GPs using the PrimaryClinic practice management software by software provider Global Health can conduct remote video conference consultations with patients showing symptoms for COVID-19, the company recently announced. million visits monthly, is also working on a series of measures to combat COVID-19.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 20, 2022

Among the many failures to mitigate the harm from COVID-19 in the U.S. Hospital bed shortages, overwhelmed intensive care nurses, and scarcities of needed medical equipment have been embarrassing but constant features of the American health care landscape. By Barak D. Richman and Steven L.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association released a joint statement this past week criticizing Kaiser Permanente's aims to expand advanced hospital services into patients' homes. "Nurses, more than any other healthcare staff, spend the most time with patients," said the unions in the statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

Bendigo Health in regional Victoria will become one of the first hospitals in Australia to roll-out telemonitoring used for suspected COVID-19 patients. In the worst-hit countries, hospitals have been overwhelmed and the contagious nature of COVID-19 has led to high rates of infections, as well as deaths, among healthcare workers.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 15, 2022, the United States again renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans special access to free tests, vaccines, and treatments. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 2, 2020

Hard data on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis is difficult to come by, because many providers are enlisting all hands in handling the surge of cases, said Bob Cash, vice president of provider relations for KLAS. " Some key IT staff in provider organizations are feeling the brunt of the COVID-19 surge, said Cash of KLAS.

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2020

The median charge for hospitalizing a patient with COVID-19 ranged from $34,662 for people 23 to 30, and $45,683 for people between 51 and 60 years of age, according to FAIR Health’s research brief, Key Characteristics of COVID-19 Patients published July 14th, 2020. One in five were diagnosed somewhere else.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 30, 2020

South Korea has been lauded as a role model in its containment and flattening the curve of COVID-19 infections through a combination of rapid intervention, extensive testing for the virus, contact tracing/surveillance and enlisting the public’s health, according to a report by The New York Times. Challenges. (1) Lessons learnt.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2023

Eugene Chan, MD, co-founder and chairman of Abpro The material cost of COVID-19 has been at the center of public discourse since the early days of the pandemic. In 2020, growth in federal government spending on healthcare increased 36 percent , compared to the 5.9 percent bump in 2019. Employment across healthcare is down 1.3

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The Health Law Firm Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Ron DeSantis signed a bill that protects businesses, governments, and healthcare providers in Florida from COVID-19 lawsuits if they make a reasonable effort to follow guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus [.] Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On March 29, 2021, Florida Gov.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 3, 2022

In January 2021, the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness went live with LouVax, a vaccine scheduling and management system focused on increasing access to the COVID-19 vaccine. After operating on paper for a few weeks, the agency launched the tool.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

JULY 18, 2022

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 15, 2022, the United States again renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency, allowing millions of Americans special access to free tests, vaccines, and treatments. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 3, 2022

As a Board-Certified Internist and Geriatrician with over 35 years of providing care in nursing facilities, this sentiment has guided me throughout my career. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated these challenges. Our nursing facility industry is about to crumble. million to 1.35 As of late February 2022, 35.9%

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2021

The Australian government has set aside A$106 million ($76 million) over four years to support what it calls "permanent" telehealth, which will ensure flexibility in healthcare delivery and continuous health consultations via phone or online. WHY IT MATTERS. Around 89,000 providers are now using telehealth services. million ($22.8

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2022

The 2002 telepsychiatry items will be replaced by video telehealth items introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, while inpatient telehealth items introduced in September 2021 will no longer be available. Patient-end support items linked to pre-COVID telehealth services by GPs and other medical practitioners have ended as well.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 6, 2023

Joel Landau, founder and chairman of The Allure Group Nursing homes have embraced technology, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, to help seniors, staff, and clinicians better communicate with one another and for residents to stay in touch with loved ones. Nursing homes are evolving.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 22, 2023

NP-C, CSE Nurses have the highest level of public trust across medical professions, yet there’s a huge chasm between Americans’ appreciation for nursing and the profession’s uncertain future. Left unchecked, the country will experience a critical shortfall of nearly 200,000 nurses in just a few years, according to the latest U.S.

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Kaiser Health News

JANUARY 28, 2022

A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule that left hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries without coverage for nursing home care, and no way to challenge a denial. But it can have serious repercussions. The trial took place in 2019.

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The Health Law Firm

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Ron DeSantis signed a bill that protects businesses, governments, and healthcare providers in Florida from COVID-19 lawsuits if they make a reasonable effort to follow guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus (whatever that means).

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 20, 2020

GOOGLE BLOCKS MILLIONS OF COVID-19 SCAM EMAILS DAILY. They stated that, in the past week alone, they saw “18 million daily malware and phishing emails related to COVID-19” with millions more spam emails, and were able to stop 99.9% ” NHS WALES CREATES SYSTEM TO STORE COVID-19 TEST RESULTS.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 8, 2022

A nursing home health system has agreed to pay the United States $1.75 A nursing home health system has agreed to pay the United States $1.75 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.

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Provider Trust

OCTOBER 12, 2021

License verification, especially nursing license verification, is essential to ensuring that only the most qualified practitioners are seeing your patients. And according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing , nursing is the largest healthcare profession in the U.S. are employed in nursing.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 5, 2023

THE LARGER CONTEXT At the start of the pandemic, the South Korean government immediately permitted the temporary conduct of telemedicine to help stem the spread of COVID-19 infections. Following this positive uptake, the government is now working to institutionalise the service.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The general consensus is that COVID-19 in some form is here to stay. – Evusheld is a preventive medication meant to be given before exposure to COVID-19. When a patient calls with questions, be sure your nurses can easily pull up the individual’s health record. What are the pros and cons of each vaccine?

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

One of the major impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic was a significant reduction in the hospital’s international business and a need to refocus strategically on the needs of domestic patients during the crisis, as Ua-Anant explains. Strong foundations. Find out more here. Enterprise Taxonomy:

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The general consensus is that COVID-19 in some form is here to stay. – Evusheld is a preventive medication meant to be given before exposure to COVID-19. When a patient calls with questions, be sure your nurses can easily pull up the individual’s health record. What are the pros and cons of each vaccine?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 21, 2024

The Australian government claims it has been committed to addressing the supply and demand crisis in the sector by pursuing reforms and making significant investments in both workforce training and retention and filling gaps in and raising mental healthcare access. Interview responses have been edited for brevity's sake.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Taffy for the nursing homes, lollipops for the device manufacturers…. for protecting the not-sovereign sovereigns: “governments must have discretion”. (to But in the crisis, immunities rained down, Tossed freely around like candy at a 4th of July parade. Most healthy, smiling faces in the crowd got some. just raise your hand.

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Health Law Advisor

AUGUST 14, 2023

During the COVID-19 PHE, CMS issued temporary waivers, including a waiver of the “location requirement” of the In-Office Ancillary Services (“IOAS”) exception. 3] As indicated above, the temporary waiver that allowed mailing or home delivery of DME during the COVID-19 PHE expired May 11, 2023 and is no longer available.

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YouCompli

AUGUST 2, 2022

This month’s article looks at COVID enforcements.?? ?. Healthcare compliance history has shown that when the government disperses significant funds, audits and enforcement associated with the disbursement of those funds will shortly follow. Remember when immunizations for COVID first became available? Let’s look at a few.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Within the first three weeks of the WHO declaring the COVID-19 pandemic , telehealth visits skyrocketed 154 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, compared to the same time period just one year prior. The new baseline appears non-reactive to the emergence of new COVID-19 cases.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 24, 2021

In March 2020, the number of new COVID-19 infections was rapidly increasing in Washington. With no vaccination or specific treatment on the horizon, Howard University Hospital, an academic medical center in the district, prepared for a major surge of COVID-19 patients. Multi-way communication.

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Healthcare Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

As hospitals have become increasingly complex organizations, effective governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) strategies have become essential for ensuring patient safety and regulatory compliance. What are the Key Components of a Successful Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Strategy? Clinical practice guidelines. Epub 2020 Oct 6.

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Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 4, 2022

One example is the Digital LifeCare programme , which was launched in collaboration between Dell, the government of India, and Tata Trusts in 2018. Big pharma and labs took advantage of DataOps to aid the fast creation of vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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