Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

By the late nineteenth century, North American public policy made use of large-scale isolated institutions, such as nursing homes, asylums, boarding homes, psychiatric hospitals, and group homes to provide services for those labeled as having disabilities. public health policy (e.g.,

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Bill of Health

MARCH 16, 2022

spread between nursing homes. These facilities, like most nursing homes, are for-profit businesses that pad their margins by cutting labor costs. In theory, all this care could be delivered in seniors’ homes and communities. Recall that the first COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Germany has introduced compulsory COVID-19 vaccination limited to all employees in hospitals, nursing homes, facilities for the disabled, emergency services, medical surgeries and maternity facilities which must be applied by mid March. Thus, negative test results or the recovery status would no longer be accepted.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 18, 2020

" Covered entities seeking to use audio or video communication tech to reach patients where they live "can use any non-public facing remote communication product that is available to communicate with patients," said the agency. ON THE RECORD.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Medical and mental/behavioral health providers must adhere to licensing requirements — set by the Alaska State Medical Board and Alaska Division of Behavioral Health — to ensure that patients receive safe and effective care.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Taffy for the nursing homes, lollipops for the device manufacturers…. the pharmacies, the hospitals, the corporate sugar rush. the poor, the sick, the hospital workers, those preparing our food. Most healthy, smiling faces in the crowd got some. just raise your hand. going once, going twice…. thought the safety net.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

billion in annual operating revenue, Memorial Healthcare System is one of the largest public health systems in the U.S. With 15,000 team members, 3,000 providers and $3.1 THE PROBLEM Memorial began offering on-demand virtual urgent care to its employees and patients via a third-party vendor in 2016.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

NATIONAL 382 rural hospitals cut chemotherapy, breakdown by state 1 year after Amazon-One Medical deal finalized: What’s happened since ACOs want increased participation of long-term and post-acute care providers ‘Behind the times’: DC tries to catch up with AI’s use in health care CMS finalizes DSH payment cuts for some safety-net hospitals: (..)

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MedTrainer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Examples of covered entities include health plans, clearinghouses, and certain health care providers including but not limited to: doctors, clinics, psychologists, dentists, chiropractors, nursing homes, and pharmacies.

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Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

3 hacker gangs targeting hospitals. GAO investigating private equity ownership of nursing homes. million in ARP funds to train health workers in local communities. Hospitals to receive a proposed 3.2% Patient generated data can be a key factor in reducing health inequity. HHS is giving $226.5

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Hall Render

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services extended the public health emergency through April 16, 2022. Since the pandemic began, nursing homes and assisted living facilities have lost more than 400,000 jobs. Staffing shortages at home health agencies and nursing homes are creating problems at hospitals.

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Hall Render

JUNE 10, 2022

Lawmakers introduce bill criminalizing violence, threats against hospital employees. Most hospitals failing price transparency rule. Nurses lobby for ‘RaDonda’s Law’ Physician compensation now above pre-pandemic levels. Shooting at Tulsa hospital exposes vulnerability of health care facilities.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 11, 2020

This week, I’m sharing all the letters of the alphabet with you which reminded me keywords and themes emerging as we were learning about this dastardly public health threat beginning early in 2020. In particular, the hottest spot appeared to be a nursing home where one resident had been diagnosed with COVID-19 on February 28.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The early 2020s will be studied by historians as a time of global uncertainty when an unknown pathogen caused a public health emergency that brought the world to the brink. Remote delivery of clinical care services continued through audio-visual conferencing technology that allowed hospitals to be kept clear of confirmed cases.

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Health Law Attorney

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Supreme Court determined that allowing OSHA to impose such a mandate would expand its authority by allowing it to set broad public health measures, which it is not authorized to set. Significantly, the Supreme Court determined that OSHA lacked the authority to impose such a vaccine mandate.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

AHA responds to report on hospitals’ requested price hikes to insurers. AHA asks HHS to continue the public health emergency until conditions stabilize. Considerations for Social Determinants of Health Screening Design. COVID-19 public health emergency set to be extended. Arkansas Gets $3.9M

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The Healthcare Association of New York State provides leadership, representation, and service to not-for-profit and public hospitals, health systems, nursing homes, and other healthcare organizations throughout New York state.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The Nebraska Hospital Association (NHA) represents and advocates for Nebraska’s hospitals and health systems, working to improve healthcare delivery and patient care across the state. The law controls the growth of healthcare services, particularly in areas such as rehabilitation and nursing home beds.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

Consolidating and coordinating information between providers, payers and public health departments is particularly tough, not only because there are so many providers, but because of the variability between data platforms and systems. Different communities are challenged by different population health needs.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

CMS gives nursing homes a longer leash on staff COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Rural hospitals plan to reject Congress’ program. Staff shortages make patient surges harder for children’s hospitals — and the situation won’t get better soon. 2 orthopedic hospitals facing Medicare readmission penalties.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 13, 2023

In February, the company announced a partnership to serve as a catalyst for enrolling hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare providers and to help them with targeted population health initiatives.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

ALABAMA American Family Care opens new health care center in Northeast Birmingham doctors secure $13.9M

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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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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

At the micro-level, the lack of data interoperability means that patient data cannot be easily shared between the hospital that the patient visited and the family physician that regularly takes care of them…or between the nursing home and the urgent care clinic. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

New Jersey Healthcare Compliance Resources Let’s start with the important state government agencies you’ll need to work with: The New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) oversees various departments and initiatives aimed at ensuring public health, such as disease control, environmental health, emergency preparedness, and health equity.

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Provider Trust

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Most healthcare services involve some sort of care by nurses including private practices, primary care clinics, home health, nursing homes, hospices, and more. Read on to learn more about nursing license verification in an ongoing pandemic and public health emergency. workforce as a whole.

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Hall Render

MAY 13, 2022

340B hospitals amplify loss projections as more drugmakers unveil restrictions. Nurses make exit plans after RaDonda Vaught’s conviction. Travel nurses raced to help during Covid. US faces deficit of 450,000 nurses by 2025. Alabama hospitals were just ranked for safety: See how yours fared. HHS awards $16.3M

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Provider Trust

JANUARY 25, 2024

Despite the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) efforts to target long-standing problematic areas (such as hospice, home health, hospital outpatient, and skilled nursing facility care), the battle against improper payments within Medicare fee-for-service programs remains challenging.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

On Average, Two Nurses Are Assaulted Every Hour, New Press Ganey Analysis Finds. Rural hospitals in trouble if Congress doesn’t renew funding programs, AHA says. Why asking about social determinants of health is so important. Rural hospitals on ‘life support’, more closures likely: Report. CALIFORNIA.

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Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has delayed the enforcement penalties for the new notice requirements under the “Patients First Law” until July 1, 2022. ” For in-network providers, this obligation is only required if the patient asks for this information.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

It also requires the Comptroller to study the feasibility of centralizing state-wide contracts to consolidate the purchasing of drugs by state agencies, state hospitals, state-operated mental health authorities, and other public entities. If established, the drug will be removed from the list prior to publication.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The pandemic generated uneven experiences for millions of Americans as physicians, therapists, nurse practitioners, hospitals and other caregivers – all coming to telehealth with varying levels of experience themselves – tried suddenly to meet patients where they were, said PwC researchers.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Google doesn’t take you to a hospital website. It doesn’t take you to a health plan website. – About 23 percent of caregivers say caregiving has made their own health worse , up from 17 percent in 2015. Who Cares for the Caregivers? Try Googling the word “caregiving.” In addition, President Biden’s $1.9

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Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2023

On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the COVID public health emergency (“PHE”) will expire and end on May 11, 2023. CMS has allowed states and nursing homes to suspend these assessments for new residents for thirty days. Three-Day Prior Hospitalization/Qualifying Hospital Stay.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 5, 2024

Wade; expected to remain big issue in 2024 races Most nursing home residents in Arizona still haven’t gotten their COVID-19 booster COVID-19 hospitalizations are up in Arizona and around the U.S.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 31, 2022

Nursing homes face possible citations, civil monetary penalties, denial of payments and—as a final measure—termination of participation from the Medicare and Medicaid programs by the CMS as they embark on complying with the new CMS COVID-19 vaccine requirements for their staff. COVID-19 Staff Vaccination Matrix.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

Amazon to offer behavioral health services through Ginger partnership. Ambulatory surgery centers compete with hospitals for outpatient dollars. CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow. CDC to regain control of hospital pandemic data despite criticism.

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