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Significant Changes to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute Finalized

Foster Swift

Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) recently issued two highly-anticipated final rules (collectively, the “Final Rule”) to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Physician Self-Referral Statute (“Stark”) and the Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”).

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A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, connected health and RPM are more important than ever, because they enable physicians to monitor patients without having to come into contact with them, thus preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced healthcare provider organizations, the government and payers to embrace telehealth as an essential way to enable physicians to see patients. This put a lot of pressure on the physicians who oversee telehealth programs at these providers: the telehealth managers.