MedTrainer

JANUARY 12, 2024

The adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), telemedicine , and data analytics has brought about new challenges and opportunities. Licensing and credentialing were introduced to regulate healthcare professionals and ensure minimum standards of care. Compliance in healthcare began to encompass billing, fraud, and abuse prevention.

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Compliance HIPAA Telemedicine ACA 52

Hall Render

AUGUST 10, 2023

On August 1, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued its Final Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System (“IPPS”) and Long-Term Care Hospital (“LTCH”) PPS rule for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024 (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule increases the rate for IPPS payments by 3.3%

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Health Care Law Brief

JULY 25, 2023

Specifically, OIG signaled that “unconscionable or one-sided business terms for the access, exchange, or use of EHI, or the licensing of an interoperability element” may rise to the level of information blocking if the conduct “impedes a provider’s ability to care for patients.” [4]

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HIPAA Payment Systems Compliance Licensing 52

Hall Render

AUGUST 4, 2023

1 CMS final rule boosts Medicare hospice payments by 3.1% To Address SDOH Needs U.S. sues UnitedHealth over ‘thousands’ of denied claims What’s a fair price for a prescription drug? ranked by U.S.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 Hospitals Nursing Homes Nurses 40

Hall Render

APRIL 21, 2023

Nevada, currently the wild west of birthing, is considering licensing midwifery NEW HAMPSHIRE Dartmouth Health opens new 5-story patient pavilion Report: Anthem has yet to process nearly $300 million in N.H. no longer calls for masks at all health care facilities to fight COVID-19, Gov.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

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

Hall Render

MARCH 15, 2024

assisted technology for colonoscopies Sanford Health found non-compliant in nine areas according to ND agency Sanford Ambulance reports high call volume, worries about workforce retention OHIO Christ Hospital Foundation taps a new president following Rick Kammerer’s retirement Cincinnati Children’s awarded $2.6

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

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