HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Mark Warner (D-Va) recently published a white paper framing cybersecurity as a patient safety issue. Warner says the white paper is a starting point to open up a discussion about changes that can be implemented to improve cybersecurity in the sector, rather than a blueprint for change.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The white paper suggests several areas where policies could be changed to improve cybersecurity in the healthcare industry. Cybersecurity can no longer be viewed as a secondary concern; it must become incorporated into every organization’s – from equipment manufacturers to health care providers – core business models.”.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The wide-ranging report – which focuses only on commercial health insurance laws, and not Medicaid rules – notes that, although telehealth coverage has widely expanded, not all of these laws are equally effective at ensuring access to virtual care. It simply accelerated its inevitable growth," Lacktman added. WHY IT MATTERS.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

This is despite a recent announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services indicating a trend toward payment model simplifications. These payment models range from solely FFS to FFS including incentives for reducing gaps in care, to shared upside and downside risk (or both), to full or partial capitation to downstream partners.

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Natalia Mazina

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

On April 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the highly-anticipated Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs Final Rule (“Final Rule”). Inmar white paper [link] [link] References: [link] [link].

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C&M Health Law

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Today, CMS released its strategy for the CMS Innovation Center (the “Strategy”) in a White Paper , Innovation Center Strategy Refresh. In an effort to focus on equity, affordability and “person-centered care” and to address some of these key lessons, the Strategy notes that CMS will launch more Medicaid-focused models.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M

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