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What is Non-Compliance in Healthcare?

MedTrainer

Here are some common non-compliance activities: Failure to Maintain HIPAA Compliance: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) sets strict guidelines for safeguarding patient health information. Significant fines also can be levied by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for overbilling Medicare and Medicaid.

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OIG Advisory Opinion Alert: Yet Another Favorable Decision for Medical Device Manufacturers

Healthcare Law Blog

22-05 , relating to subsidization of certain Medicare cost-sharing obligations in the context of a clinical trial involving medical devices (the “Proposed Arrangement”). Like these other AOs, OIG found that while the Proposed Arrangement could generate fraud and abuse risks under both the Federal anti-kickback statute (i.e.,

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Federal and State Healthcare Compliance Requirements

MedTrainer

These regulations and laws help maintain patient confidentiality, ensure quality care, and prevent fraud and abuse within the healthcare industry. These requirements are designed to protect patient rights, privacy, and safety, as well as to prevent fraud, abuse, and other improper practices within healthcare organizations.

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

Medicare covers many telebehavioral and telemental health services including audio-only services. Store-and-forward is less commonly reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid programs. Obtaining informed consent with your patient is typically done before the first appointment.

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Western states embark on new telehealth partnership

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Patient privacy and should be protected, the governors said, and patients should provide informed consent to receive care via the specific technology used to provide it. Virtual care should enable and promote "adequate, culturally responsive, patient-centered equitable access" to healthcare. Confidentiality. Patient choice.

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Health Provider News – February 10, 2023

Hall Render

over Claims Practices Where things stand in Central California 1 month after a community hospital’s closure California hospital names Kelly Linden CEO Upcoming California health bills to watch, including a conversation with Rep. million to UMass Memorial Health Care for COVID-19 costs Four Mass.

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The BFDs – The Ten Best Prescription Drug/Medical Device Decisions of 2023

Drug & Device Law

2023) (rejecting any express anti-preemption presumption in Medicare case) ( here ); Baker v. 2023) ( Buckman preemption barred MDL asserting fraud on EPA), cert. Plaintiff knew about it, too, since he signed an informed consent document mentioning it. Executive Health Resources, Inc. , UnitedHealthcare, Inc. ,

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