Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The letter exhorts the DEA to publish the proposed rule for a special telemedicine registration, something the DEA has said it would do since 2009 (yes, 13 years ago; not a typo). ” - Stacey Hughes, EVP Government Relations and Public Policy, American Hospital Association.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 3, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated these challenges. In a setting of staff turnover approaching 100% even prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic , the concept of staff education is not relevant 5. Why should the government be in the job of making nursing homes better?

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Fragmented Healthcare Data is Costly for Patients and Providers Signed into law by President Obama in 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) mandated the adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) across healthcare systems.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2022

At the time, the 2009 HITECH Act and the introduction of the Meaningful Use program represented a momentous step in healthcare’s digital transformation. Jon-Michael Smith, Head of Healthcare & Life Science Analytics – Data Integration at Qlik.

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 15, 2022

Mackey told NPR in this interview that, “In fascism, the government doesn’t own the means of production, but they do control it. Health Populi’s Hot Points: John Mackey has held this view on food for a long time. And that’s what’s happening with these reforms.” Yes, to healthy food.

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 17, 2022

The link in the previous sentence will take you to my post on the Fund’s 2009 report, citing a déjà vu experience of evidence that sounds all too similar to the 2022 profile]. I’ll point to one that’s become a key learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is mental health care.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2025

In response to a growing need for regulation and guidance in the field, the federal government has launched numerous initiatives to improve patient engagement through digital tools since 2009. The Impact of COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic further accelerated the adoption of digital tools among patients.

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Health Populi

JULY 9, 2020

Combine these new life-flows with conflicting information about the nature, severity, and life-span of COVID-19: From three levels of government leaders: The President and the Executive Branch at the Federal Level, Governors of States, and Mayors of cities; Public health agencies, especially the U.S. Health citizens in the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 12, 2024

The acquisition will enable Brightside to help improve access to SUD treatment, which increased significantly beyond the onset of the opioid epidemic and through the COVID-19 pandemic. Centers for Disease Control said it measured 39% more SUD cases between 2018 and 2021, according to the company.

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Health Law Advisor

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The total recoveries in fraud cases brought with respect to the health care and life sciences industries fell to the lowest level since 2009. billion was recovered in qui tam cases in which the government declined to intervene. By contrast, $777 million was recovered in cases where the government intervened or otherwise pursued.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 28, 2022

Act III of COVID: Navigating the Crosscurrents of Post-Inflation. Act I: Pre-COVID (Pre-2020) Act II: Post-COVID (2020 – 2021) Act III: Post-Inflation (2022 – ?). The amount of investment going into Health IT is nearly half the Post-COVID peak, but still 27% higher than Pre-COVID levels.

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Bill of Health

AUGUST 4, 2023

By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer On May 25, 2023 , merely six weeks before the Wuhan Biosafety lab lost its NIH funding amid the controversy of possible lab leaks and connection with COVID-19, the United States proudly opened the doors of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), the 14th biosafety level 4 lab in the U.S.,

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Whistleblowers continue to be one of the federal government’s greatest assets in FCA cases, as whistleblowers filed 652 qui tam suits in 2022 with recovery totaling $1.9 The government initiated 296 FCA cases on its own last year without input of a relator, which is the highest volume of DOJ initiated cases since the 1986 FCA amendments.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

COVID-19 forced a spike in policy-makers’ interest and willingness to invest in public health; a spike that is unfortunately retreating to the old business as usual. To analyze the spread and control of COVID-19, the CDC is interested in data from 2020 and 2021.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 5, 2022

– In addition to federal agencies, the GSA contract supports the procurement needs of eligible state, local, territorial, and tribal governments (including schools). More than 130 government healthcare facilities including VA, Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps hospitals use Xenex LightStrike robots for daily room disinfection.

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Hall Render

APRIL 26, 2024

Colleagues question well-connected doctor’s UMC contract Report: 91% vaccinated for measles in Nevada Lombardo order addresses shortage of health care workers UNLV’s School of Medicine taking steps to fill physician shortage in Nevada Nevada approves using COVID relief funds for West Hills Facility rehabilitation $11.7

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Health Populi

MARCH 5, 2020

Seven in 10 Americans are concerned about the coronavirus outbreak’s impact on the economy, and 6 in 10 people worried about someone they love getting sick from COVID-19. Public health is a real “thing,” I’ve been tweeting and writing about since before the advent of COVID-19.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 9, 2023

Those HIPAA updates were followed by the incorporation of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which saw the introduction of the Breach Notification Rule in 2009 and the Omnibus Final Rule in 2013. HIPAA Changes Due to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) and COVID-19.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

after insurance department investigation Bills taking aim at government mandates on health insurance could hamper prior authorization reforms N.C. after insurance department investigation Bills taking aim at government mandates on health insurance could hamper prior authorization reforms N.C.

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Drug & Device Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

15, 2024) (“ CHD ”), the Third Circuit affirmed the right of a publicly supported university to require COVID-19 vaccination as a prerequisite to its students’ in-person attendance. 555, 573 (2009), and these antivaxxers didn’t come close. at *7 (footnote collecting COVID-19 decisions omitted). Levine , 555 U.S.

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Drug & Device Law

MARCH 31, 2023

Supporting scientific articles as First Amendment-supported speech, here in 2009. Ridiculing a blatantly unconstitutional Missouri statute that sought to silence pharmacists critical of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine as treatments for COVID-19, just yesterday. We have tried to be consistent. Finally, context also matters.

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