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License Verification and Monitoring Critical Amidst Healthcare Labor Shortages

Provider Trust

An increasing trend of nurse strikes and hospital staffing shortages across the country in early 2023 has led many healthcare organizations to turn to travel nurses and staffing agencies to fulfill their workforce needs. However, this solution comes with its share of compliance risks, especially if interstate licenses are involved.

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Three Challenges Impacting Healthcare License Verifications

Provider Trust

Organizations across the healthcare continuum have experienced several workforce trends that are creating gaps in license monitoring and verifications. Many of these trends evolved in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but show no signs of slowing despite a wavering rate of hospitalizations.

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How To Prepare for an OIG Inspection

MedTrainer

Earlier this year, an in-depth OIG investigation resulted in a six-day trial of a former Louisiana health clinic CEO , who was ultimately convicted of Medicaid fraud and sentenced to 82 months in federal prison. But what exactly is considered fraud, waste, and abuse? These complaints can trigger an audit. Risk Assessment.

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The Future of Telemedicine Post-PHE and How to Advocate for Change: An interview with Nathaniel Lacktman

Healthcare Law Today

Many of the telehealth flexibilities that became popular with both patients and clinicians during the COVID-19 pandemic will expire when the public health emergency (PHE) ends. The alert outlines seven characteristics that could suggest any given arrangement that poses a risk of fraud or abuse.

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These are the compliance issues providers should be preparing for, post-PHE

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Department of Health and Human Services once again (for the ninth time) extended the public health emergency this past month , stretching it beyond mid-July. But sooner or later, that provision of the Public Health Service Act will draw to a close. Providers have been promised at least 60 days' notice.

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URAC CEO talks virtual care access, tele-mental health, post-COVID regs

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Ain Shams University Virtual Hospital (ASUVH) in Cairo, Egypt, employs a model of care where they reach patients throughout the continent by connecting with local clinics. Further, telehealth providers can help reduce the chance for fraud, waste and abuse by implementing risk-management policies and mechanisms.

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Health Provider News

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