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Digital Health in the Metaverse: Three Legal Considerations

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Medical devices are regulated by the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and many of the applications and technologies used to deliver or access healthcare in the metaverse may be classified as a medical device. [3] The introduction of the metaverse will likely exacerbate these interoperability issues. Medical Device Regulations. 1, 2021).

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Health Provider News

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Sanders pushes funding boost for rural health care Struggling to survive, the first rural hospitals line up for new federal lifeline ALABAMA AARP report puts spotlight on caregiving issues, expenses in Alabama All of Us Research Program launching new enrollment location in Dothan Local partnership to provide cancer screening for rural patients Medical (..)

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President Biden Signs End-of-Year Legislation Including Telehealth, Medicare & Medicaid, Mental Health, Pandemic Preparedness, and Other Health Care Provisions

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hospitalizations and emergency department visits) and to audit Medicare claims to assess potential fraud. In November 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Acute Hospital Care At Home program to provide hospitals expanded regulatory flexibility and allow them to care for eligible patients in their homes.

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