Health Law Advisor

AUGUST 14, 2023

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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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 6, 2023

When UMH-West moved to its current location in 2007, downtown Grand Rapids was already home to the “Medical Mile,” a cluster of large providers and medical schools. Fourteen percent receive Medicaid benefits. Embracing Remote Care Exalta did not utilize telehealth services prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

household budgets in February 2022, highlighted in a poll from Morning Consult : inflationary spikes for housing, food, and energy, and the COVID-19 Omicron variant forcing health care costs up for some consumers driving medical debt up. There’s a trifecta cost challenge hitting U.S. across the U.S.; more granularly, $4.83

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Health Populi

JULY 16, 2021

A recent “House Calls” memo and podcast from two company analysts detailed the state of Medicaid, Motherhood and America’s Future: Giving Birth to Better Maternity Outcomes. ” They lay out the crisis as follows: Medicaid funds nearly one-half of births in the U.S. The impact of COVID-19 on the U.S.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Dr. Robert Pearl has recently written about this, and the phenomenon has been a major recurring theme in this Health Populi blog since its inception in 2007 – when I launched this site in the midst of The Great Recession. There’s a sort of health care “shrinkflation” that has been shaping patients-as-payors of medical bills.

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

JANUARY 12, 2022

103, which declared a Public Health Emergency for the state in response to COVID-19. 10:191, Children’s Partial Care Programs, by the Department in 2007; and N.J.A.C. The Manual extends Medicaid eligibility to certain persons not eligible under the provisions at N.J.A.C. Effective October 19, 2021.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 16, 2025

Advanced Care & Aging States Must Step Up After Federal Court Tosses Key Protection for Nursing Home Residents After the COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic care failures in American nursing homes, the Biden Administration adopted a series of regulatory changes to enhance resident safety. Published April 16, 2025 Author Nina A.

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