The Health Law Firm

JANUARY 17, 2013

A group of doctors accused of performing an unusually high number of heart procedures on patients at an Ohio hospital has settled a whistleblower lawsuit, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The Ohio hospital agreed to pay the US government $3.9 The Ohio hospital agreed to pay the US government $3.9

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 25, 2024

About Troy Hawes Troy is a managing director with the Cybersecurity Consulting practice at Moss Adams and has been providing IT consulting services since 2001. He is adept at working with the specialty IT compliance and security needs of hospitals and providers, private businesses, government and tribal entities.

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McGuire Wood

JUNE 10, 2022

Founded in 1980, the company’s products are sold to distributors, hospital systems, payors and laboratories across the U.S. Polymedco , based in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., is a marketer and distributor of diagnostic tests primarily used for colorectal cancer screening and the diagnosis of cardiac conditions.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 7, 2023

Tammi Jantzen, Co-founder, Astarte Medical Protocol Driven Care Often proclaimed as the most effective method of reducing costs for hospitals, standardization is said to promote quality patient care at a cost-effective price. Some hospitals lack standardized feeding practices and rely on the experience of the attending physician.

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Matt Kinley

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Facilities with a large percentage of Medicare and Medicaid patients, rural independent hospitals, and small county facilities will start at $18 per hour in 2024, with a 3.5% 5-2001 specifically covers hospital workers but excludes employees directly employed by the state or any political subdivision thereof.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2023

Prior to launching Snedden Campbell, in 2001, he held senior roles for some of the UK’s biggest recruitment companies. About Ivor Campbell Ivor Campbell is the CEO of Snedden Campbell , a UK-based recruitment agency for the global medical technology industry. IvorIvor has been in a candidate search for more than 30 years.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

VigiLanz: A Powerhouse in Clinical Surveillance Founded in 2001, VigiLanz has established itself as a leading force in clinical surveillance and patient safety software. By integrating VigiLanz’s expertise, Inovalon aims to enhance patient safety, optimize healthcare costs, and ultimately improve health outcomes for all.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Between 1995 and 2001, 75 nursing homes closed in Connecticut, creating opportunities for contractors and developers in the state. Chippewa Valley Health Cooperative is planning a new hospital in Lake Hallie, WI. The 144K sf hospital will include 48 beds and is expected to cost $158M. The hospital will be designed for 72 beds.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 21, 2019

Health care organizations, whether hospitals, health plans and pharma companies, are all quickly working to develop digital health tools to better engage people in health. As digital immigrants, older people are, in the words of Prensky’s 2001 observation, “now in the process of learning a new language.”

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 29, 2024

“QHINs are the pillars of TEFCA network-to-network exchange, providing shared services and governance to securely route queries, responses, and messages across networks for eligible participants including patients, providers, hospitals, health systems, payers, and public health agencies,” according to ONC.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

That’s quite different than West Virginia, where most providers are affiliated with a hospital and there are fewer and smaller associations. In 2001, Sonia was appointed to the West Virginia Health Care Authority (WVHCA). That means outreach to providers functions quite differently in each state. .

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Health Populi

JUNE 13, 2018

” That was written in the 2001-2010 period of healthcare spending, so an old story giving me feelings of déjà vu. In 2007, the year I launched Health Populi , the inaugural post focused on just this issue; the post was titled, “Health care is the #1 line item in our national economy…and taking more out of your pocket.”

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 24, 2023

Waystar is trusted by 1M+ providers, 1K+ hospitals, and health systems, and is connected to over 5K commercial and Medicaid/Medicare payers. Founded in 2001, the solution equips providers with best-in-class POS and online payment portals, plus new patient messaging and analytics engines.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

CMS proposed two changes that would affect reimbursement for graduate medical education (“GME”) programs at teaching hospitals. Second, CMS proposed to allow urban and rural hospitals jointly training residents in a 1-2 separately accredited family medicine program to share rural-track FTE cap space. Hershey Medical Center v.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 23, 2023

According to Consumer Reports , a review of pricing options offered by healthcare providers, hospital networks, and treatment centers are touting big discounts for patients who pay cash upfront and forgo using their insurance. From the associated providers to the surgical centers, there are cash-pay options that may be best in the long run.

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MedTrainer

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The West Virginia Hospital Association (WVHA) is a collective organization that represents and supports hospitals and health systems across West Virginia, advocating for quality healthcare services and the improvement of health standards within the state.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Last week, a surgical team from the National University Hospital (NUH), the flagship hospital of the National University Health System (NUHS) in Singapore, performed a gastrectomy remotely with Fujita Health University (FHU) in Japan. The NUH is the principal teaching hospital for NUS Medicine.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In 2001, Ellen Roche was administered a drug, hexamethonium, as part of a clinical study on asthma at Johns Hopkins University. Why, then, are medical libraries among the first services to be cut when hospitals and health systems trim their budgets? Libraries can also help medical professionals avoid certain worst-case scenarios.

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Bill of Health

JULY 13, 2022

I was living and working in Peru in 2001, when Karen Noelia Llantoy discovered she was pregnant with an anencephalic fetus. Nonetheless, the doctor who was to perform the surgery said approval from the hospital director was required. By Alicia Ely Yamin. Llantoy, a minor at the time, became profoundly depressed.

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SQA

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The new guidance from the European Medical Device Coordination Group (MDCG) covers “borderline products” not easily categorized either as medical devices falling under MDR requirements or medical products for human use falling under Directive 2001/83/EC (MPD) requirements for CE Marking.

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SQA

MAY 17, 2022

Requirements for classification and related issues established under RDC 185/2001, as well as other relevant medical device regulations, will apply for SaMD, as well. The product is packaged for institutional use and is sold to clinics and hospitals nationwide in single use cups with a foil lid.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 16, 2022

In 2001, prosecutors charged McKnight with homicide allegedly caused by her use of cocaine while pregnant. During her “hospital-incarceration,” she lost access to any prenatal care, and state officials did not monitor the fetus’s health. She was a grieving mother, but to the state of South Carolina, she was a killer.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 24, 2023

Small wonder, then, that the exploration of blockchain in the healthcare sector is “very widespread,” as Sean Manion, chief scientific officer for the blockchain company Equideam Health, told Becker’s Hospital Review in a July 2022 interview. Blockchain-based platforms like MyPCR make it possible to track and verify patients’ usage.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 19, 2021

These data inconsistencies get more challenging when a patient transfers care settings – either from critical care to the general care setting or to another hospital altogether – which is common for acute patients. A neonatologist by background, Huiling held various management and leadership positions since she joined Tenet in 2001.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

This stat for the pharma industry was the lowest Gallup ever recorded for the sector since 2001. consumers’ positive views for healthcare, pharma and retail have significantly fallen in just one year, the latest annual Gallup poll of industry rankings in America found as of August 2023.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 21, 2023

Disruption is the new normal for the hospital supply chain due to economic pressures and shortages, a new report from Deloitte concluded. Formed in 2001 as the eHealth Initiative, EHI has advocated for federal reimbursement for e-prescribing, EHR use, and telehealth, all while convening competitors to foster industry-wide collaboration.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Because of the high virulence of the disease, especially within hospitals, telehealth technologies became a cost-effective means of slowing transmission rates, reducing pressures on hospital capacity by filtering out those with moderate symptoms and keeping them at home. 3D Printing.

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SQA

APRIL 30, 2021

In addition, considering the fact that one marketing authorization application is submitted in accordance with Article 8(3) of Directive 2001/83/EC and the other marketing authorization application is submitted under an abridged procedure (e.g.,

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This segment in the Gallup poll would include hospitals and health insurance. Gallup points out that the pharma industry has generally ranked lower than other sectors since 2001, the beginning of this study. Physicians, nurses and pharmacists are ranked relatively highly in Gallup’s poll on U.S.

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Hall Render

JUNE 14, 2024

NATIONAL AHA Comments on CMS’ Inpatient Payment Proposal for FY 2025 AHA urges CMS to make Transforming Episode Accountability Model voluntary AMA adopts new policy to create equity in clinical trials and research DOJ loses bid to toss Humana Medicare Advantage case Drug shortages hit highest number since 2001, impacting patients, hospitals and pharmacies (..)

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Kleinke, titled his book from 2001 Oxymorons , we have lacked system-ness in U.S. Omnichannel comes to health care, from hospital to retail to home DTC advertising is unique to the U.S. As my long-time friend and colleague in the field, J.D. health care for decades.

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Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

Nonprofit hospitals under growing scrutiny over how they justify billions in tax breaks States increase pressure on nonprofit hospitals as charity care scrutinized Senate proposal would give hospitals $385M for emergency preparedness. How did we get here?

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Drug & Device Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Crittenton Hospital , 400 N.W.2d Retroactivity: Intent of the Legislature and Creation of a New Duty The Michigan Supreme Court held that legislative intent is the “primary and overriding factor” to determine retroactivity. Lynch & Co. Flex Techs., 2d 180, 182 (Mich. Nothing about retroactivity. See Smith v. Squibb & Sons, Inc. ,

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Drug & Device Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

et al. , “A Post Hoc Exploratory Analysis: Induced Complications Mistaken for Miscarriage in the Emergency Room Are a Risk Factor for Hospitalization,” 9 H. Doctors Who Perform Abortions: Their Characteristics & Patterns of Holding & Using Hospital Privileges,” 6. Longbons T., Harrison D.J., & Man’l Epid’y. Longbons T.,

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Drug & Device Law

DECEMBER 4, 2023

2001). “[A] federal court in a diversity case should be reluctant to expand state common law.” 341 (2001). 2001), aff’d , 358 F.3d Northwestern Memorial Hospital , 134 N.E.3d Dupont Hospital for Children , 597 F. Camden County Board of Chosen Freeholders v. Beretta, U.S.A. 3d 536, 541-42 (3d Cir. 3d 78, 92 n.7

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Drug & Device Law

OCTOBER 23, 2023

341 (2001), which put an end to any doubt about this proposition. Elizabeth’s Hospital of Chicago, Inc. , Federal courts have uniformly refused to imply a private cause of action under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA). at 356 (emphasis added). Moreover, Martin was decided before Buckman Co. Plaintiffs Legal Committee , 531 U.S.

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Drug & Device Law

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Pennsylvania Hospital , 1999 WL 1133313, at *3 (Pa. 341 (2001). We start back in 1999, when coincidentally the FDA was tinkering with the ASR program, as already discussed. Bexis made a successful preemption argument in Greenwood v. Philadelphia Co. 9, 1999), appeal quashed , 750 A.2d 2d 381 (Pa. Plaintiffs Legal Committee , 531 U.S.

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