Health Care Law Brief

AUGUST 10, 2023

On July 27, 2023, California’s Office of Health Care Access and Information (the “ Office ”) released its long-awaited proposed regulations on the notice requirements for material health care transactions in California. A transaction involving a transfer or change in control, responsibility, or governance.

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Health Populi

APRIL 1, 2020

In Brand Trust and the Coronavirus Pandemic , Edelman focuses its trust lens on the pandemic and consumers’ shaken confidence in business and government institutions. These findings have special implications for health and health care. ” The medical community, our most-trusted human capital in the U.S.,

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Health Populi

JULY 27, 2020

Note how little respect people feel from health care insurance companies, the government, and telecomms. The pandemic has accelerated many trends in and beyond health care. One is Americans’ growing understanding of health care as a civil right.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 12, 2024

To maximize the potential of harm reduction requires a whole-of-government approach, involving coordination across levels of government. For many involved in government at all levels, the harm reduction challenge unfortunately falls at the first of those hurdles.”

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Governance Public Health Federal Policy Health Care Access 176

Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2019

Governments should give people more control over digital innovation, invest in and bolster peoples’ learning digital skills, and focus on inclusion and trust when it comes to digital tech. This is why I so often repeat that broadband connectivity is a social determinant of health.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 13, 2019

The fourth chart details five core SDoH factors covered in the survey: financial and economic, housing, education, food quality and access (nutrition), and health care access and health literacy. The overwhelming majority of employers are already attending to financial wellness and health care access and literacy.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 5, 2021

Nearly one-half of consumers said the pandemic compelled them to support provider sharing of data, 4 in 10 people embraced downloading data to apps, and one-third supported government standards to improve patient matching.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

HIPAA consisted of five Titles addressing the primary objectives of the Act: Title I: Health care access, portability, and renewability. Title II: Preventing health care fraud and abuse; administration simplification; medical liability reform. Title IV: Application and enforcement of group health plan requirements.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The pandemic’s sharp reveal of health inequities and income inequality accelerated this trend. While most employers were already addressing health care access, financial equity, and racism in 2021, more will be looking at finance — pay equity, minimum wage, and other household income issues — in 2022.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Carceral health care occurs within a regulatory vacuum. There are no national mandatory standards governing health care access or delivery behind bars. health law and policy is the exclusion of people in custody in prisons, jails, and detention centers from Medicaid.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 20, 2023

1] In addition to the challenges presented by provider shortages, even when patients are able to locate an available mental health provider, many are hesitant to engage in treatment due to cost uncertainties, which often arise due to limited availability for in-network care and the subsequent need to seek out-of-network care. [2]

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 10, 2023

Chelsea King Arthur, Vice President of Population and Digital Health at Get Well. Better Coverage Options Will Broaden Mental Health Access For All: We can expect mental health care access and options to continue expanding with more apps like Headspace and Better Help.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The CDC addressed the issue of social determinants of health disproportionately impacting people of color in July, noting that people from racial and ethnic minority groups were more likely to be uninsured than non-Hispanic Whites. The remedy is, surely, to expand health care access to quality health care to all people in America.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Anne Zink to leave position as Alaska chief medical officer Running on Empty: How Alaskans Cope with a Stimulant Medication Shortage First Alaskapox death reported, officials say residents ‘shouldn’t be overly concerned’ ARIZONA Banner Health sells 3 outpatient facilities UArizona researchers top others in the state with NIH funding (..)

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 2, 2024

Note that the 45 / 60 day timeline is tolled while OHCA awaits additional information from the parties or if the transaction is under review by another government agency. OHCA must notify the submitter within 60 days of the filing if OHCA intends to conduct a CMIR.

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Governance Licensing Hospitals Health Care Access 59

Hall Render

JULY 28, 2023

million for rural hospital expansion Hospices in Arizona & other states receive scrutiny over concerns of fraud, waste & abuse Phoenix Children’s Building New 44,000-Square Foot Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Firefighters oppose Banner’s planned $400M hospital There’s a growing nurse shortage in Arizona.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Nursing Homes Hospitals 40

Hall Render

JANUARY 19, 2024

Patrick Hospital, nurses to begin DPHHS announces hiring incentives for health care workers, bonuses at certain facilities Delays in state contracts leave Montana health providers strapped Montana health system partners with remote monitoring company NEBRASKA Omaha nursing home relocates residents due to heating issue Nebraska lawmakers propose bills (..)

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Health Populi

MARCH 7, 2019

Government (#100). Government is the worst “company” in America according to “The Citizens of America,” in the words of Axios and Harris Poll. health security for insurance coverage and wellness services. Government. Government ranking low on character, vision, trust, ethics and, sadly citizenship.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The CDC has stopped printing them Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High URAC to offer health equity accreditation Walgreens CIO is latest to leave in company’s C-suite shakeup AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives ALABAMA Alabama hospital to remain on Cerner after sale Alabama gets $3.6M

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US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals 40

Hall Render

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The CDC has stopped printing them Telehealth Visits Decline 46%, But Telebehavioral Healthcare Still High URAC to offer health equity accreditation Walgreens CIO is latest to leave in company’s C-suite shakeup AI is creating a complex landscape for healthcare executives ALABAMA Alabama hospital to remain on Cerner after sale Alabama gets $3.6M

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US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals 40

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Mary’s welcome new board members Northeast Georgia Health System named one of nation’s top workplaces for diversity HAWAII How Adventist Health Castle achieved becoming a verified Level III Trauma Center Queen’s debuts $4.5M

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Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals 40

Hall Render

MARCH 25, 2022

Negative effects of rural hospital closings go beyond health, study finds. Federal government investigating over 2 dozen ‘major’ medical data breaches in the Carolinas. NEOMED opens new clinic to increase rural health care access in Northeast Ohio. MedCost Names Lisa Farrell as New President.

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Hall Render

APRIL 12, 2024

take aim at implicit bias VAMC Expands Women’s Health Care Options Horizon Behavioral Health celebrates 55 years of service in Central Virginia Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center becomes a sensory-inclusive hospital WASHINGTON 3 physicians suing their former employers Boston company to buy Alpine Immune Sciences for $4.9B

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Hall Render

APRIL 14, 2023

Where does it leave medication abortion in Pa., and Delaware Delaware struggles to investigate nursing homes, assisted living facilities.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Luke’s partners with TytoCare for virtual primary care at home ‘We are heartbroken.’ Humana Foundation pair up on grant awards to boost mental health access Kentucky system plans $145M expansion University of Louisville gets nearly $7 million in grant funding to expand health care access U.S.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses COVID-19 40

Healthcare Law Blog

MAY 10, 2023

The Distressed Hospital Loan Program will be administered by the Department of Health Care Access and Information (“DHCAI”). The plan must include projections detailing the uses of the proposed loan and strategies proposed by the hospital’s governing body to regain financial viability and continue to operate.

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Hall Render

JUNE 23, 2023

Petersburg Cano Health board members re-elected despite opposition from billionaire Cano Health CEO Marlow Hernandez steps down Flagler-UF Health merger agreement expected to be signed Sept. Health system settles orthopedic False Claims allegations for $36.5M Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations S.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals Nursing Homes 40

Hall Render

APRIL 28, 2023

Danny Jacobs’ contract, but not without dissent Between a financial downturn and staffing shortages, Oregon hospitals are feeling the squeeze With Oregon Health Plan review underway, hundreds of callers a day give up on state’s helpline PeaceHealth to cut beds, nurses at Sacred Heart RiverBend PENNSYLVANIA 2 St.

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Hall Render

MARCH 17, 2023

NATIONAL AMA pressures federal government to fix prior authorization problem plaguing radiology AHA pushes back on new 340B alliance Biden’s $6.8T in Indiana aging-in-place work.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes COVID-19 Nurses 40

Hall Render

MARCH 8, 2024

Penn Medicine to build cancer center in $400M project Pennsylvania hospital to pay $12K in overtime dispute Philadelphia health nonprofit lands $48.3M

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Hall Render

MAY 5, 2023

TENNESSEE 2 ophthalmology ASCs to pay $17M to settle alleged Anti-Kickback violations Community Health Systems shares plummet after influx of MA patient volumes drive $51M Q1 loss Envision Healthcare awarded more than $91 million in arbitration against UnitedHealthcare HCA Healthcare to spend $4.6 Question drives Pa.

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US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Nurses Hospitals 40

Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

NATIONAL 6 health systems using GPT and AI tools 100,000 nurses left industry during the pandemic, report finds AHA backs bill to delay Medicaid DSH cuts by 2 years AHA launches info hub for healthcare quality leaders AHA opposes MedPAC recommendations to Congress on site-neutral, Part B drug, wage index policies AHA ramps up 340B protection efforts (..)

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 27, 2020

With President Trump’s Presidential campaign battle cry of “repeal and replace,” more voters-as-patients flooded to their local polling places to express their concerns for holding onto health care access in November 2018. This was a milestone marker for U.S.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 21, 2022

Nursing home industry reacts to health care worker vaccine mandate. Ransomware: 2,300+ local governments, schools, healthcare providers impacted in 2021. UVMHN highlights progress on health care Access Plan, announces additional steps for 2022. Merger reviews to get a revamp: 5 things to know.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

believe that the Federal government should ensure that their fellow Americans, a new Gallup Poll found. This asked people whether they would prefer a government-run health system. Most Democrats believe that the government should both ensure universal healthcare and run it. Most people in the U.S.

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Hall Render

MARCH 9, 2023

Carolina legislators reach Medicaid expansion deal NC Medicaid expansion wins approval from Senate committee Triangle based health data firm closes on $22.5M billion in unpaid care to loved ones 2 RI Hospitals Among Best In U.S.,

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2023

.” A big part of learning about public health and its local value was peoples’ growing understanding of the social determinants, or drivers, of health that shape medical outcomes and residents’ well-being in their communities. ” Tip was the former Speaker of the U.S.

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