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11 HIPAA Right of Access Violations Brings $646,000 in Fines

Compliancy Group

The patient made requests in December 2020 and January 2021 and filed complaints with OCR in January and April 2021. Danbury Psychiatric Consultants, LLC (DPC), of Danbury, Connecticut, received a request from a patient for her PHI on March 24, 2020, and three days later, a complaint was filed with OCR.

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Nursing Home Update: CMS Unwinds Vaccine Mandate and More Regulations as Public Health Emergency End Nears

Hall Render

Interim final rules are effective for a period of three years from the date of publication if CMS does not take further action. In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80 In 2020, CMS revised the nursing home infection control regulations at 42 CFR § 483.80 COVID Testing Requirements.

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3 Reasons the Cloud is Critical for Ensuring Patient-Centered Care

HIT Consultant

For many years, healthcare organizations relied on paper-based files and film images, hesitant to move to onsite software systems and electronic health records (EHR) solutions. Fast-forward to 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. What was a $26 billion global market in 2020 is poised to nearly triple in size to $76.8

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SQA News | Summer 2021

SQA

Following such a rocky 2020, our clients and their suppliers have all found ways to adapt to a post-COVID world and are making up for lost time. Please submit ideas that you’d like to see featured during one of the months of next year. What are your true feelings about how we’ve done collectively over our 26-year history?

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Key Areas of Focus for Skilled Nursing Facilities as the Public Health Emergency Ends

Hall Render

The blanket waivers currently impacted by the end of the PHE include: Pre-Admission Screening and Annual Resident Review (PASRR). CMS expedited any pending or new applications from providers and suppliers, including physicians and non-physician practitioners received on or after March 1, 2020. Expedited Enrollment.

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Mobile patient communication and telehealth tool helps transform Indiana Hernia Center

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

More important, he determined that most dissatisfaction generating negative reviews is centered not on the physician, but on the ancillary providers. My staff knows to tag me in any questions that are outside the norm so the answer comes from me. " Dr. Paul Szotek, Indiana Hernia Center. " RESULTS. rating," Szotek said.

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Pandemic-era burnout: Telehealth managers get pushed to the max

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In 2020, telemedicine truly, finally hit the mainstream in the United States. With much of the country shut down earlier this year, the typical number of weekly virtual care visits grew from dozens, to hundreds, to thousands at hospitals and health systems across the country. “These types of visits are more of.