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Quick Guide to the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)

Provider Trust

A holistic approach to exclusion monitoring and license verifications must include monitoring of disciplinary databases such as the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and contains medical malpractice payments and adverse action reports on healthcare professionals.

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Cleveland Clinic, RAND hope to tackle telehealth's digital divide

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Reimbursement will almost certainly present another hurdle, with a lack of telehealth coverage possibly standing in the way of giving patients what they want or need. He also cited the importance of affordable malpractice insurance for providers practicing over state lines.

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Managing Healthcare Compliance in Ohio

MedTrainer

Managing healthcare compliance in Ohio presents a unique set of challenges for compliance officers, healthcare professionals, and administrators. The State Medical Board of Ohio provides licensing and regulatory guidelines for medical providers in Ohio State. The license is valid for three years unless revoked.

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New survey sheds light on providers' embrace of telemedicine

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Telehealth can expand provider networks to reach underserved rural and urban areas, particularly in specialties where there just aren’t enough providers to be physically present in all communities. They need to get clarity around what they're allowed to do legally, and certainly what their malpractice coverage will allow them to do.

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How To Prepare for an OIG Inspection

MedTrainer

This ensures that medical facilities are not engaging in malpractice and following program rules and regulations. These eight vital reports will reduce your audit anxiety by having all the data you need on hand and ready to present during a survey. Medicare/Medicaid Compliance Reviews. What Is the Scope of an OIG Inspection?

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

The lack of multistate licensure presents a barrier to telehealth because providers must obtain and uphold licensure (and the associated medical education and financial obligations) in multiple states. 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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AI, licensing and remote prescribing among key issues facing telepsychiatry

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

We hope they review the 38,000 public comments in detail and come back to the industry with a revised set of regulations that is more nuanced for different disciplines and clinical presentations. Today, a telemedicine physician does need to be licensed by the board in the state where the patient is sitting.

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