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CMS Releases New Guidance Regarding Informed Consent for Sensitive Exams

Hall Render

Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a memorandum to state survey agency directors highlighting revisions and clarification to the Hospital Interpretive Guidelines for Informed Consent (the “Guidance”).

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DHHS Revises and Clarifies Guidelines for Patients’ Informed Consent When Providing Sensitive Medical Care

Foster Swift

In both circumstances, the former doctors carried out their sexual abuse under the guise of medical procedures and without the informed consent of their targets. Read More › Tags: Health Care Reform , Hospitals , Lawsuit , Medicare/Medicaid , Privacy

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Harms and Biases Associated with the Social Determinants of Health Technology Movement

Bill of Health

Per the study, SDOH represent nearly half of the cost structure of Medicare and Medicaid. Informed Consent and Refusal. Therefore, a proper informed consent and refusal process would involve naming all the ways days could be used throughout the intervention and allowing patients to opt in or out of the individual data use cases.

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Telehealth Anesthesia Billing: A Comprehensive Guide

Medisys Compliance

Eligible Services for Telehealth Billing The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) maintains a list of services eligible for telehealth billing. Patient Consent: Obtain informed consent from patients before conducting a telehealth consultation.

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What is Non-Compliance in Healthcare?

MedTrainer

Significant fines also can be levied by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for overbilling Medicare and Medicaid. Failure to Obtain Informed Consent: Before performing any medical procedure, healthcare providers must obtain informed consent from patients or their legal guardians.

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Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano

Kaiser Health News

Earlier this year, DeSantis blasted California for being too generous with public benefit programs, such as Medicaid, which the Golden State has expanded to all eligible residents regardless of immigration status. Obamacare Florida DeSantis has refused to expand Medicaid eligibility to more people under the Affordable Care Act.

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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. Store-and-forward is less commonly reimbursed by Medicare and Medicaid programs. This is also called “store-and-forward telemedicine.”