Health Populi

JUNE 14, 2021

What’s underneath the sobering forecast is a combination of aging patients and aging doctors. Health Populi’s Hot Points: How to mitigate the supply-and-demand gap between growing health citizen needs for care as we age, and a shortage of doctors? The population under 18 years of age is expected to grow by 5.6%

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YouCompli

JUNE 1, 2022

This month’s article looks at interstate licensing actions. The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) allows nurses to have one multistate license with the ability to practice in their home state and other compact states. For the individual nurse, the risks include fines, loss of license and even jail where criminal activity is involved.

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Verisys

DECEMBER 8, 2022

A professional career can take a provider across state lines, and through an evolution of various license types. In order to see the full picture of an individual, the comprehensive whole of each state licensing board across all license types must be searched. Take the process back another step.

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Health Populi

MAY 21, 2020

Doctors maintain their top status as U.S. However, as patients continue to be concerned about exposure to COVID-19, 3 in 5 are concerned about being at-risk to the virus in their doctor’s office, according to research from the Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP) and AMCP , the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

"With the recent rise in virtual care, I'm hopeful that soon your ZIP code will no longer decide the type or quality of healthcare you receive, no matter where you live," said Dr. Ian Tong, chief medical officer at Included Health (formerly known as Doctor on Demand), in a statement about the report provided to Healthcare IT News.

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Verisys

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Did you know that for every 1,000 licensed healthcare practitioners there will typically be 20 with inactive licenses, 10 with a suspended license, and another six practitioners with either a restricted or revoked license, or on probation? By carefully screening the practitioner and continually monitoring his license.

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The Health Law Firm

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On November 2, 2021, a doctor and his wife who had been indicted for their roles in a $1.3 The doctor argued that the bail condition impeded his ability to practice medicine. Indest III, J.D., million Medicare fraud scheme asked a New Jersey court to eliminate a bail condition.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2023

When sourcing potential doctors and nurses for your telemedicine business, pay close attention to the states they are licensed in.To legally prescribe medicine to patients, the doctor needs to be licensed in the state that your customer is in. How easy is it for customers to communicate with doctors through the platform?

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Florida Health Care Law Firm

DECEMBER 6, 2021

If you’re a house physician who has recently moved to Florida from out of state, or out of the country, it’s a good idea to get the ball rolling to get your medical license in Florida. Many doctors move to Florida, a highly sought after location, with the intention to live and practice medicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2023

But even if some important questions about virtual care's staying power have been answered recently , health systems and telehealth startups continue to face major challenges navigating licensing requirements to operate across state lines. Not only does this process create inefficiencies and confusion, but mistakes can be very costly.

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The Health Law Firm

JANUARY 29, 2019

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Doctors ask patients about their medical histories every day for in treating them. But what happens when physicians are requested to divulge their own past medical history to the state as part of the licensing process? Indest III, J.D.,

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Florida Health Care Law Firm

APRIL 20, 2022

They require medical professionals of all kinds to attain a certain level of education in order to gain license to practice in the state. When a patient feels their doctor has violated their code of ethics or responsibility, they are encouraged to file a complaint with the state. How to File a Complaint Against a Doctor in Florida.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

MultiCare Health System will be the first health care system to license the 98point6 virtual care technology within its leading hybrid ambulatory care platform, Indigo Health. To support the rapid growth of this new vertical, 98point6 has quickly raised over $20 million from investors to help scale the new offering.

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The Health Law Firm

JULY 21, 2020

Unfortunately, some physicians do not know that a special Home Medical Equipment Provider (HMEP) license may be required in Florida in order to legally bill patients for TENS units, and other durable medical equipment that the physicians provide to their own patients.

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NY Health Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The Supreme Court will hear argument next week in two consolidated cases that will decide what standard applies when a doctor asserts a good faith defense to a criminal prosecution for unlawful drug distribution. The doctors argue that the trial courts failed to properly instruct the juries on their good faith defenses.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The survey also reveals the importance of health systems aligning with virtual care partners to increase access for traveling patients, while decreasing the risk of their own physicians violating state telehealth licensing regulations.

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Kaiser Health News

JULY 28, 2023

The specter of felony charges and losing a medical license has led to futile exercises. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision last summer. Nearly half of them said their ability to practice standard medical care has become worse.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Before the COVID-19 pandemic struck, patients often had to wait for hours in hospital and doctor's office waiting rooms. All of those pages and pages of forms you get at a doctor's office? With prescheduling, doctors are able to populate your medical record before you get there.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Physicians can qualify to practice medicine in multiple states, receiving separate licenses for each, via one application within the compact. The licensing is still state-based, but the application process is streamlined. The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact became operational in 2017. THE LARGER TREND. Twitter: @kjercich.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Topics included the workforce shortage and burnout , increasing access to telebehavioral health , expanding critical and emergency care on demand, cybersecurity, and telehealth waivers and licensing. There are state licensure issues for doctors, where getting a doctor licensed in multiple states is problematic.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

And we know that our prisons, jails, and detention centers employ doctors with suspended and limited licenses as the exclusive source for health care for incarcerated people. CMS issues rules and guidance on licensing requirements, medical facility operations, and data reporting, among a wealth of other topics.

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 23, 2023

Wade , many physicians and hospitals in the states that have restricted abortion reportedly are refusing to end the pregnancies of women facing health-threatening complications out of fear they might face criminal prosecution or loss of their medical license. “But most rational people would be more afraid of going to jail.”

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Modern Healthcare

JANUARY 17, 2023

The bill would also punish doctors who provide the care by revoking their medical license and exposing them to civil litigation.

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Health Populi

JULY 20, 2023

.” While Barbie was a first responder of many types — police officer, firefighter, member of the armed forces, lifeguard — in fact, Barbie did not become a doctor until 1973. In the early vintage era in Barbie’s world, the doctor role (and outfit) went to Ken around 1963. Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy.

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Verisys

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Best Practices for Healthcare License Monitoring Did you know that for every 1,000 licensed healthcare practitioners there will typically be 20 with inactive licenses, 10 with a suspended license, and another six practitioners with either a restricted or revoked license, or on probation?

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Mobi Health News

JULY 30, 2018

Last week, the Medical Board of California launched an iOS app that aims to help consumers more easily learn of any changes to a practitioner’s license status, location of practice, or other records made available by the organization.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 21, 2021

"CrossFit Precision Care offers a better model, in which each patient is treated as a unique human and participates in the development of a tailored plan to meet their health and fitness goals with doctors who also believe that CrossFit is central to health," Roza continued. WHY IT MATTERS. " reads the CPC website.

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The Health Law Firm

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On October 1, 2019, a Florida doctor was implicated in what federal investigators say is one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever charged. Indest III, J.D., The vast fraud scheme totaled $2.1 billion worth of false Medicare and Medicaid claims between July 2018 and January 2019.

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The Health Law Firm Blog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Previously published on June 24, 2022By George F. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law Physicians and other healthcare professionals usually have broad scope to prescribe most drugs, including potentially dangerous ones.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 26, 2021

Medgate's round-the-clock online treatment programme connects patients to licensed specialist doctors; provides e-prescriptions, laboratory requests and certificate of medical teleconsultation; and facilitates medicine delivery. million patients over the past year.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 1, 2022

A line between bodily autonomy and state’s rights, a line between the doctor-patient relationship and the law. In a post- Roe world, we are forcing doctors to practice non-evidence based medicine without any room for recourse. Something is distinctly different about this time.

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HealthIT Answers

JANUARY 10, 2023

Wolfson - ER Doctors Call Private Equity Staffing Practices Illegal and Seek to Ban Them. A group of emergency physicians and consumer advocates in multiple states are pushing for stiffer enforcement of decades-old statutes that prohibit the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors.

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 29, 2018

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law If you are a doctor, nurse, dentist, psychologist, pharmacist or other licensed health professional whose license has been recently revoked or suspended, there may still be hope. By George F. Indest III, J.D.,

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 29, 2023

Participating doctors, all of whom are licensed at the state level and have been vetted for providing quality care, can treat a wide range of health conditions, from flu and pinkeye to migraines and more, and may prescribe medication as needed.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Prior to 2017, only individuals with specific titles were able to obtain the license necessary to open a pharmacy. While pharmacies cannot replace doctors, they can play a substantial role in patients’ health. The total revenue has decreased further due to the peculiar articulation of the network of pharmacies in Italy.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2020

Before the pandemic struck earlier this year, Central Kansas Mental Health Center in Salina, Kansas, had a small telehealth setup that started out of necessity over a lack of doctors available in its rural area. But the center is now down to only two physicians working remotely via telemedicine, with two additional doctors onsite.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Before what he referred to as the major ramp up in attacks against healthcare that began in 2015, there was "an appreciable minority of patients who were uncomfortable providing all their information to their doctors," he told attendees at the HIMSS Healthcare Cybersecurity Forum in Boston earlier this month.

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