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HHS watchdog reiterates importance of preventing telemedicine fraud

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General recognized telehealth's potential while cautioning that steps must be taken to ensure virtual care will not be compromised by fraud. Grimm in her statement also differentiated between telehealth fraud and "telefraud" schemes. THE LARGER TREND.

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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. Employees and applicants of healthcare facilities must provide truthful information regarding their vaccination status and understand the penalties for engaging in fraud.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Statuses of 500,000 VA Employees have been Impermissibly Disclosed

HIPAA Journal

The COVID-19 vaccination statuses of approximately 500,000 Department of Veterans Affairs employees have been impermissibly disclosed. Salud Family Health said impacted employees and patients have been offered free credit monitoring and identity fraud protection services.

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VA looks back on 2019, sees 'year of improvements and continued progress'

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Department of Veterans Affairs recently outlined a year of milestones and service improvements, many of them executed with the aid of telehealth services, as it moves forward with its many wide-ranging wave of digitization initiatives. million times across the country, with more than 900,000 Veterans now getting care this way.

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Toward a Wider Adoption of Digital Insurance Cards

Healthcare IT Today

Web developers have created systems for thwarting such fraud, so let’s look at how they would work in health care. is a greatly expanded version of the classic Blue Button created by the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2010. The CARIN Alliance has created a FHIR implementation of CMS Blue Button 2.0 Version 2.0

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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. health care fraud scheme SA cancer research company entering Dallas market as it eyes more U.S.,

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District Court Hands VA Significant Touhy Loss

Drug & Device Law

In prescription medical product liability litigation, especially in MDLs and mass torts, that means defendants are more likely than not to run into plaintiffs who received at least some medical care from the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”).