Healthcare Compliance Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

Additionally, she must pay a $500 court fund assessment, $250 to the Victim Compensation Fund, and the costs of the action. The former CNA was sentenced to serve 30 days in jail, and ordered to surrender her nurse aide certification and to hold no employment involving care of elderly or vulnerable adults while on probation.

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Health Populi

JUNE 5, 2018

” A genetic test that costs $3,000 helps to identify women who could benefit from avoiding chemo. The second chart illustrates patient-borne costs for early stage breast cancer. If patients don’t understand what the notes say, and the differential costs of treatment options, full-on health engagement remains elusive.

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Doctors Medical Billing Hospitals Health Insurance 87

Dot Compliance

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Enterprise quality management software supports compliance with increasingly stringent regulations aimed at improving the quality and safety of drugs and devices. Do your research to determine the capabilities and overall value solutions providers can offer compared with their price tags.

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Health Populi

MARCH 19, 2019

For the organization’s 2020 vision, there are three category pillars in sight: over-the-counter (OTC) drugs (the core mission for over a century), dietary supplements, and consumer medical devices (think: the CES digital health aisles, and beyond). The point here is that private-label aspirin costs about five cents per tablet.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Reducing the cost of care requires aligning incentives of providers, payers and patients. Congress, government agencies, presidential candidates, consumers and the industry itself talk about the need to lower healthcare costs, but what does this entail? AWS: AI, data analytics and cloud converging to cut costs, boost care quality.

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Telemedicine Health Analytics Governance Hospitals 82

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Sensory-friendly shirts will have flat seams, softer material and no tags.” As most women manage their households, health care marketers should never forget that, increasingly, as patients become payors, a prescription drug fill at the CVS pharmacy in Target may compete on the day with a great pair of Universal Thread jeans.

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Health Insurance 88

Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

About 1 in 4 adult Americans have behavioral health conditions, which cost the economy about $900 billion annually – and that was looking at statistics from immediately before the COVID-19 pandemic. If you include substance abuse disorders (opioid, alcohol, other illegal and legal drugs) as well, the numbers and costs continue to grow.

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Jane Sarashon

MAY 20, 2022

A couple retiring in 2022 should budget $315,000 to cover their health care costs in retirement, based on the 21st annual Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate from Fidelity Investments. according to Genworth’s 2021 Cost of Care Survey. according to Genworth’s 2021 Cost of Care Survey. in March 2022 was $436,700.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 1, 2023

to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M to Recruit, Train Primary Care Students UAMS Gets $17.5M Corewell Health reports 1.4%

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Hall Render

APRIL 12, 2024

New president tapped to lead major hospital system in Denver area New president to lead opening of $650M hospital in Wheat Ridge Telehealth program offers support to forensic nurses Colorado Medicaid program settles lawsuit over lack of mental health care for children Colorado is trying to cut prescription drug prices.

Nursing Homes 40

Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals Medicaid 40

Hall Render

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Construction Costs Remain Elevated. A number of construction data reports noted a significant increase in construction costs and in the cost of construction materials. At one point, construction costs overall were up 42%, the cost of steel was up 118%, fuel was up 50% and concrete was up 14%.

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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Among other things, prior to joining LifeMD, I spent 10 years at the Justice Department, where I prosecuted healthcare fraud and consumer fraud on behalf of the Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, and while I was there received the Attorney General’s Exceptional Performance Award, which is the DOJ’s highest honor.

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Telemedicine Fraud Governance Compliance 49

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

The treatment algorithms are personalized for each patient based on machine learning and ensure the right drug dosages and treatments for the right patient at the right time. For example, the Brigham Home Hospital program leveraged Biofourmis’ AI-based technology to improve outcomes while lowering costs by 38%, the company reported.

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COVID-19 FDA Hospitals Elder Care 181

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

NATIONAL Amazon Pharmacy, One Medical pilot program integrates medication consultations Bad news for FTC’s noncompete ban Cigna to sell Medicare business to HCSC for $3.3B Beth Israel Lahey cuts annual operating loss by 34% Mass General Brigham executive to head to Rush Mass. Luke’s $1.5M

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SQA

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

We refocused resources, adapted our services, and jumped into an immediate cost cutting plan to minimize losses as we slowly grew our core business back to normal revenues. Parenteral Drug Association Annual Meeting, virtual event, March 15-17th, Advancing People, Connecting Data, and Evolving Manufacturing Technologies, www.pda.org.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

To qualify, facilities must close their beds Amazon’s physician acquisition strategy As Many Hospitals Continue to Face Significant Financial Challenges, MedPAC Recommends Highest Ever Medicare Payment Update Change competitors step in but breaking up may be hard to do CMS to launch new primary care ACO program Congress unveils $1.2T

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Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals 40

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Luke’s launches investigation after social media post stirs controversy St.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

CALIFORNIA 8 ASCs opening in Florida, California and New York A bankrupt California hospital left a health care desert. CALIFORNIA 8 ASCs opening in Florida, California and New York A bankrupt California hospital left a health care desert. medical office sale in Bridgewater Low pay in primary care is leading to a care crisis in New Jersey N.J.

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