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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

State government executive orders. As an example, under Section 1135 waivers, CMS has temporarily waived requirements that out-of-state telehealth practitioners must be licensed in the state where the patient is located when furnishing services in a state where the emergency is occurring. Agency enforcement discretion. Federal rules.

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Treatment Center Plead Guilty to Anti-kickback Statute Violations Involving Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers

Health Law Blog

The two individuals owned a licensed substance abuse service provider (or treatment center) offering clinical treatment services for persons suffering from alcohol and drug addiction. Continuing to employ the medical director after the doctor’s license was suspended.

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Supreme Court Rules Against HHS in Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Case

The Health Law Firm Blog

Supreme Court said the federal government improperly cut more than $1 billion a year in Medicare reimbursements to hospitals. By George F. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On June 15, 2022, the U.S. This came in a ruling that limits regulators’ power to control what the program pays for certain [.]

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

Most private insurers and Medicaid cover telebehavioral health care, but check for reimbursement restrictions and obtain professional coding and billing guidance to avoid overpayment situations. This compact does not apply to nurse practitioners (NPs) because they are licensed under state boards of nursing and not medicine.

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Supreme Court Rules Against HHS in Hospital Medicare Reimbursement Case

The Health Law Firm Blog

Supreme Court said the federal government improperly cut more than $1 billion a year in Medicare reimbursements to hospitals. By George F. Indest III, J.D., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On June 15, 2022, the U.S. This came in a ruling that limits regulators’ power to control what the program pays for certain [.].

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Health Provider News

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Health Policy Commission still missing key document in Steward sale to Optum Local obesity drug developer lands deal worth up to $600M with Novo Nordisk Mass. ranks second nationwide in hospital patient safety, with 7 Central Va.

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Health Provider News

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expansion Pennsylvania Hospital to Use Drones to Deliver Meds Superbug Infection Spreading In PA, Around U.S.: