McBrayer Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

In April of 2019, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Service (CMS) finalized rules to increase telehealth benefits for Medicare Advantage enrollees, effectively incentivizing health systems with high numbers of private Medicare plan recipients to invest in telehealth services.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 21, 2023

RFID technology involves using tags and readers to wirelessly identify and track objects. Addressing Security and Privacy Concerns with RFID Regarding security and privacy concerns, one primary consideration is the information stored on RFID tags. As RFID expands rapidly, it can trigger security and privacy concerns.

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McBrayer Law Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

More > Tags: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , CMS , Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) , False Claims Act , health care industry , Health Care Law , Healthcare Compliance Issues , Medicare.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The high cost of compliance without an equitable ROI. "From an implementation perspective, our study finds that the more visible components of CCPA compliance, such as building a website or setting up a helpline service for consumers to raise data access requests, are easy to accomplish," read the study. THE LARGER TREND.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

Each ASC is responsible for ensuring that they are in compliance with the numerous statutes and regulations that are in place at both the state and federal levels. However, ASC billing practices must be followed to ensure proper reimbursement and regulatory compliance. ASCA members can view an ASC-specific surveyor tag tool.

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Compliancy Group

JUNE 16, 2023

It collects and stores user data, including protected health information (PHI) , which makes it subject to HIPAA compliance rules and regulations. Google Analytics & HIPAA Compliance The first step toward using Google Analytics while remaining HIPAA compliant is using Google Tag Manager (GTM). Find Out More! Please Wait.

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MRO Compliance

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The company’s highly efficient, tech-enabled workflow ensures rapid turnaround times while maintaining the highest levels of compliance and security. Together, we look forward to bringing MRO’s award-winning service, compliance driven workflow and leading-edge technology to MediCopy’s clients and the physician practice market overall.”.

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McBrayer Law Blog

JANUARY 14, 2022

More > Tags: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , CMS , COVID-19 , Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”) , employer mandate , Healthcare Compliance Issues , Healthcare Organizations , Healthcare Provider , Healthcare Providers , Healthy At Work , Mandatory vaccination , SCOTUS , United States Supreme Court.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

How RTLS Works Most RTLS systems depend on a combination of tags, sensors, and software. Tags are attached to any vital assets that need to be tracked including equipment, supplies, devices, and even people. These tags come in a variety of sizes and will vary in range and data quality.

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McBrayer Law Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Posted In Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) , COVID-19 , Mandatory vaccination policies More > Tags: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , CMS , COVID-19 , employer mandate , Healthcare Compliance Issues , Healthcare Provider , Healthcare Providers , Mandatory vaccination.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has retooled guidance it armed surveyors with regarding how to survey skilled nursing facilities for compliance with the CMS staff vaccine requirements. F-888 is the citation tag that was created under 42 CFR Section 483.80(i), Documentation of Good Faith Compliance Efforts.

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McBrayer Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

As medspas have generated billions in revenue annually across the country and involve several types of healthcare and cosmetology professionals, it is critical for healthcare professionals offering services at a medspa to understand their specific obligations to maintain compliance with the law and prioritize patient safety.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 31, 2024

One option is Spire ’s solution, which supplies patients with health tags that adhere to the waistband of the patient’s underwear or bra so that the sensor is always touching the skin. Minimizing patient burden is a key to improving compliance with any medical therapy.

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Health Care Performance

MARCH 7, 2023

Why, then, when we talk about compliance with leadership and the board room, do we tend to focus so much on penalties? This is especially important for board members, who have a fiduciary duty to ensure an organization’s compliance program is functioning properly, so as to avoid penalties from the DOJ and the OIG. Improve patient care?

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McBrayer Law Blog

APRIL 16, 2021

More > Tags: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services , CMS , E/M codes , Healthcare Compliance Issues , Healthcare Organizations , Healthcare Providers , Medicare , reimbursement rates.

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Foster Swift

JANUARY 11, 2021

According to HHS, the Final Rule was intended to provide greater flexibility for healthcare providers to participate in value-based arrangements, ease unnecessary compliance burdens, and maintain safeguards to protect patients and Federal healthcare programs from fraud and abuse. The Final Rule will become effective on January 19, 2021.

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Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2024

That means having everyone freed up from phone tag, paper surveys, repeat questionnaires and other unnecessary medical minutiae. Revenue integrity and compliance is another group within health systems that can benefit from a streamlined, automated intake and outtake process.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 19, 2022

Women’s Health Connecticut experiences dramatic reduction in compliance workload by leveraging MedTrainer. The clinical operations team is heavily involved in compliance including trainings, OSHA, and keeping staff up to date. Other programs had a price tag that floated just above reasonable for their budget.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 14, 2024

released its Patient Flow solution , which uses Bluetooth tags equipped with infrared to locate patients. Operations software vendor symplr achieved System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II compliance attestation. Products Greenway Health launched Greenway Health Pay , a payment tool powered by InstaMed.

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Foster Swift

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Read More › Tags: Alerts and Updates , Compliance , Health Care Reform , Legislative Updates , Long-Term Care , News. The MDHHS Order became effective immediately, and will remain in effect through October 30, 2020 (and may be renewed through a subsequent order).

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 30, 2024

But even so, the average price tag for a data breach in the healthcare industry sits at a staggering $9.8 This approach, paired with access security features like multi-factor authentication and regular user education, significantly reduces both internal and external threats while simultaneously supporting data privacy and compliance goals.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2024

With an estimated need for 191,000 additional nurses and a price tag of around $6.8 Not only is it lacking in evidence-based support for its efficacy, but it also poses significant financial strains. billion , it’s a burden that operators nationwide cannot bear.

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MRO Compliance

JUNE 29, 2023

Payer Exchange automates work previously performed by hospital staff in the following ways: Requests are digitized, with specific data requirements tagged, and communicated directly to the provider organization’s EHRs and other systems.

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MRO Compliance

JUNE 26, 2023

Payer Exchange automates four critical steps through secure, electronic connections: Requests are digitized, with specific data requirements tagged, and communicated directly to the provider organization’s EHRs and other systems.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

A lack of regulatory compliance, network and technical vulnerabilities, unencrypted information, unsecured mobile devices, and weak credentials all play a part in putting a healthcare organization at risk for a data breach. Today, the cost of a data breach comes with a hefty price tag – an average of $9.44 million in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Security and Compliance. Region Tag: Global Edition Disable Auto Tagging: Short Headline: Technology brings care to home for chronically ill patients Featured Decision Content: Tracking and monitoring the program. Dr. Joyoti Goswami is a Principal Consultant at Damo Consulting.

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Total Medical Compliance Resources

JANUARY 12, 2024

Household appliances like space heaters, fans, microwaves, and heating pads can be used in the office; but to ensure they are as safe as possible they must have a tag from a national testing laboratory. Dangling cords, especially above water sources, could fall into water and cause electrical shock.

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Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The employee posted the photo with emoji symbols and tagged a coworker in the post. In one case, a hospital employee posted a photo on Instagram of a young man shortly after he had been airlifted to the emergency room for treatment of his injuries in a motorcycle accident.

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Compliancy Group

JULY 18, 2022

These actions by OCR illustrate that HIPAA compliance is about ensuring the privacy of patients’ protected health information (PHI) and providing patients with access to their health records in a timely manner. Let’s Simplify Compliance Avoid HIPAA fines. × HIPAA Compliance Simplified. Become compliant today!

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Compliancy Group

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Lastly, in the event of a HIPAA audit, DLP software can generate documentation that demonstrates a “good faith effort” toward compliance. . Safeguard PHI: DLP software identifies, classifies, and tags sensitive information to protect and monitor PHI. DLP Essential to Data Protection in Healthcare .

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-886. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-887. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-888. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-884. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-885. COVID Staff Vaccine.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

When used appropriately, these agreements can streamline conflict resolution processes, but operators must tread carefully to ensure compliance with the regulations. Surveys CMS has two citation tags for violations of the Arbitration Regulations, F-847 and F-848.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

These cost increases have a negative effect on patients and overall drug compliance because people tend to avoid taking medications as prescribed when the cost gets too high. Some companies have addressed this pain point by employing outside experts, in the form of consultants and law firms, to manage compliance efforts.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

During the past year, PointClickCare certified their service as an EHR with the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), which allows the company to demonstrate compliance with laws and standards such as HIPAA. Then comes a div tag that (after stripping away more HTML) leaves the date. A second div tag contains the summary.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 15, 2022

Appoint a monitor to oversee compliance at one of the facilities. · In F-Tags 622 Transfer and Discharge and 624 Orientation for Transfer or Discharge, CMS requires careful preparation before a resident is discharged or transferred from the facility. Misrepresenting nursing hours per day can result in fines and other civil penalties.

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Compliancy Group

JULY 29, 2022

For the 12th consecutive year, healthcare breaches had the highest price tag. Let’s Simplify Compliance HIPAA and cybersecurity go hand-in-hand. × HIPAA Compliance Simplified. The post IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2022 Comes to Shocking Conclusion appeared first on Compliancy Group. compared to 2020.

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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 8, 2022

CMS has identified three (3) specific CoP tags for surveyors to cite, including: 42 C.F.R. Hospital security, human resources, nursing, quality and patient safety, and compliance all have an opportunity to contribute to risk reduction plans. §482.13(c)(2) §482.15(d)(1) The answer is likely several.

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