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

C&M Health Law

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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Healthcare Compliance Certification Is Within Your Reach

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The professionals who manage compliance are the front lines of preventing medical errors, deterring fraud, and staying in good standing with federal payers like the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Healthcare compliance is a critical part of any organization’s business model.

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Digital Health in the Metaverse: Three Legal Considerations

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The FDA has also hosted public workshops to discuss evaluation techniques for hardware, standards development, and assessment challenges for applications of extended reality in medicine. [5]. For example, services that are billed to Medicaid or Medicare must comply with regulations that may not apply to services that are paid for in cash.

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Health Provider News

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Maryland’s Department of Health campaign for Medicaid redeterminations Could a new model of education ease the nursing shortage? hospitals spent $1.5B on temporary labor in 2022 Mass.