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Telehealth and COVID-19 in the U.S.: A Conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, ATA CEO

Health Populi

Let’s travel to Shanghai, China where, “the covid-19 epidemic has brought millions of new patients online. The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated. The President signed the $8.3

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy

Bill of Health

Agreement of treatment effects from observational studies and randomized controlled trials evaluating hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir-ritonavir, or dexamethasone for covid-19: meta-epidemiological study. The global impact of COVID-19 on drug purchases: A cross-sectional time series analysis. J Am Pharm Assoc (2003).

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Amazon taps former head of Prime to lead health efforts

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before that, he served as chief marketing officer of Sprint prepaid brands from 2003 through 2010. It also made its at-home COVID-19 tests widely available and signaled a potential move into other diagnostics, including sexually transmitted infection testing kits.

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Physicians Beware! Groups Providing DME, Prosthetic Devices, and Other Medical Supplies to Their Medicare Patients Risk Violating the Strict Liability Stark Law Since the Expiration of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Health Law Advisor

During the COVID-19 PHE, CMS issued temporary waivers, including a waiver of the “location requirement” of the In-Office Ancillary Services (“IOAS”) exception. 3] As indicated above, the temporary waiver that allowed mailing or home delivery of DME during the COVID-19 PHE expired May 11, 2023 and is no longer available.

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Voting for Health in 2020

Health Populi

concerned about state citizens’ public health in the era of COVID-19. As COVID-19 has re-shaped us as consumers in retail, we are re-shaping as health consumers, too, as well as health citizens via “omni-channel voting” whether via absentee, mail-in, or in-person.

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The HIPAA Definition of Covered Entities Explained

HIPAA Journal

Since 2003, the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has received more than 300,000 complaints and rejected more than 200,000. COVID-19 travel insurance). Prescription drug card sponsors were added to the HIPAA definition of Covered Entities by the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

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What is a HIPAA Violation?

HIPAA Journal

According to the most recent update, the HHS has received almost 300,000 complaints since the compliance date of the Privacy Rule (April 2003). However, there has been some confusion – especially during the COVID-19 pandemic – about who exactly is covered by HIPAA. Who can violate HIPAA?

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