Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 29, 2023

Understanding ASCs Regulatory Changes and Their Billing Practices Outpatient surgery centers (ASCs) perform many surgical procedures outside of hospitals. 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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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

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In this regularly updated special collection, we explore how hospitals and health systems are rolling out RPM initiatives: where they're seeing hurdles, which use cases are most successful, how they're getting help from their vendors, what policy and regulatory imperatives may be shaping the future of virtual care, and much more.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

The CDSiC will support four workgroups focused on scaling and measurement, outcomes, trust and patient-centeredness and standards and regulatory frameworks. Addressing gaps in existing PC CDS standards and regulatory frameworks. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 4, 2021

As more guidelines get published in the future and possible label expansions are incorporated, real-word evidence and regulatory imperatives will drive the need to deliver the promise of precise therapies to patients and accelerate the adoption of these tests.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 14, 2021

While Congress and CMS have considered permanently expanding access to telehealth and virtual care, there is a big price tag attached. CMS has taken regulatory action to increase availability of telehealth. What do you think will happen with telemedicine in 2022?

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Compliancy Group

JULY 29, 2022

For the 12th consecutive year, healthcare breaches had the highest price tag. This cost over time can be attributed to legal and regulatory costs in healthcare ( HIPAA ). Each year IBM works with Ponemon Institute to research breaches across several sectors of the economy. This is an increase of 9.4% compared to 2020.

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Dot Compliance

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

For example, a smaller, earlier stage company will likely require core quality processes, such as document management, change control, and training management, while a larger company with a broad product portfolio across global markets may need from day one more advanced capabilities, such as product lifecycle management and regulatory affairs.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 16, 2023

Oracle Health (Cerner) respondents note the solution has an expensive price tag and lacks expected functionality and stability. All respondents report they are not nickel-and-dimed and receive no unexpected charges.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

As drug prices become a broader concern, it becomes even more likely that there will be additional legislative and regulatory activity around drug pricing in the coming months and years. Additionally, these services can have a substantial price tag for pharma manufacturers, adding further to the financial burdens of compliance.

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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In this episode of Health Care Law Today, Nate Lacktman and Maureen Stewart are joined by Mark Josephs, Deputy General Counsel of LifeMD to discuss the current regulatory and legal environment for telemedicine companies regarding online subscription services, and the recent investigations by the federal government of these services.

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Healthcare Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

Employee Compliance Concerns: Regulatory rules require organizations to ensure employees perform their roles competently. Keywords and keyphrases can be tagged to guidelines, allowing employees to find what they need even when they don’t know the title. It is a one-stop hub for policy creation, approval, and retrieval.

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SQA

JULY 19, 2023

Tag us on social media with #SQAAlreadyHere, or email your photos to media@sqaservices.com. Don’t forget to send us your Already Here photos! How can we help you? SQA facilitates the realization of supplier quality goals.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Medicare and Medicaid-certified skilled nursing facilities are expected to comply with all applicable regulatory requirements, and CMS has a variety of established enforcement remedies. F-888 is the citation tag that was created under 42 CFR Section 483.80(i), Key Surveyor Guidance Revisions. Enforcement. 42 CFR Section 483.80(i)

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 22, 2021

Depending on this classification, a medical device must undergo different regulatory processes, including a clinical trial. However, an FDA approval ensures a medical device is safe and effective for its intended use. FDA classifies medical devices into three classes based on risk to human life.

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Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2023

The end of the PHE has a significant impact on skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) as it ends the remaining regulatory blanket waivers, revisits resident Medicaid eligibility and changes many COVID regulations that were issued during the PHE. The F-Tag associated with this regulation is F-886.

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SQA

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

PDA/FDA Joint Regulatory Conference, The Roaring 20s: Crisis, Collaboration, Commitment to Quality, September 27-29 [link]. Tag us on social media with #SQAAlreadyHere, or email your photos to media@sqaservices.com. American Society of Quality (ASQ) virtual meeting October 25-26, Quality 4.0: Advances, Adoption and Advocacy [link].

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 16, 2021

For years, however, thanks largely to reimbursement and regulatory challenges, and sometimes limited technology access, telehealth didn't quite catch on as much as many hoped. Region Tag: Global Edition. But since the start of the COVID-19 public health emergency, our organization has expanded its telehealth capabilities.

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Health Law RX

AUGUST 31, 2021

The argument made by creative employers this fall is that, even without official regulatory guidance, a similar analysis could potentially be approved in the near future for vaccine status, and it is reasonable to roll out this approach in good faith in the meantime.

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MedTrainer

AUGUST 2, 2023

Legal and Regulatory Compliance Healthcare facilities and insurance companies are legally obligated to credential providers before allowing them to practice or join their networks. By verifying education, training, and experience, organizations help prevent unqualified or incompetent individuals from delivering care to patients.

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SQA

DECEMBER 21, 2023

From there he studied different quality standards, ended up in different regulatory roles in various industries (Aerospace, Medical Device, Pharma), and now services clients by designing, consulting, and auditing for various quality standards. Tag us on social media with #SQAAlreadyHere, or email your photos to sqa-media@sqaservices.com.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 5, 2024

Unauthorized consumer data collection through third-party trackers, tags, and pixels. Alarmingly, given the considerable media coverage, HIPAA guidance, regulatory fines, and lawsuits associated with website tracking technologies, 33% of healthcare organizations were still using Meta pixel on their websites.

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SQA

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

With 1,000 quality, manufacturing, and regulatory experts in more than 75 countries, we are a world #leader in providing managed supplier quality services. Tag us on social media with #SQAAlreadyHere, or email your photos to media@sqaservices.com. Interested in learning more about what sets us apart? Scan the bar code! Hey Associates!

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COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Governance 52

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

5 highest paid anesthesiologists in Washington, DC D.C.’s

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

Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Following the hypothetical above, as the number of cycles required to become pregnant skyrockets from one or two to twelve, the price tag also goes up from $30,000 to $180,000 or $360,000. A single cycle of IVF costs an estimated $30,000. Fertility care is often excluded from insurance coverage.

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Hall Render

MARCH 22, 2024

Banner Health to expand clinical AI to 33 hospitals, 6 states Banner reports $282.8M family sues hospital over life-altering injuries Calif.

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