Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

According to one 2014 survey, 10% of patients distrusted health technology, Liederman said, but another recent survey found 87% of patients are unwilling to divulge all their medical information.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

BCG Digital Ventures was founded in 2014 as a multidisciplinary network of entrepreneurs, operators and investors. Enterprise Taxonomy: Operations Strategic Planning Digital Health Emerging Technologies Business Organizational Governance Technology. ” THE LARGER TREND. ” The report is freely available for download here.

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Healthcare It News

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

BCG Digital Ventures was founded in 2014 as a multidisciplinary network of entrepreneurs, operators and investors. Enterprise Taxonomy: Operations Strategic Planning Digital Health Emerging Technologies Business Organizational Governance Technology. ” THE LARGER TREND. ” The report is freely available for download here.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 24, 2023

While at least one Chinese state-sponsored hacking group is known to conduct cyberattacks for financial gain, most groups conduct attacks for espionage purposes and to obtain intellectual property (IP) of interest to the government of the People’s Republic of China, such as IP related to medical technology and medicine.

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Natalia Mazina

JANUARY 26, 2023

According to the government press release, the pharmacy and the marketers provided physicians with preprinted prescription script pads that offered “check-the-box” options to maximize the amount of insurance reimbursement for the compounded drugs.

Governance 52

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2024

Fernald Developmental Center campus in Waltham, MA, which was sold to the city of Waltham in 2014. The documents had been improperly stored in the buildings since 2014 and many had degraded, so it was not possible to tell the exact types of information that had been exposed.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Prescription drugs (and costs) are on the minds of policymakers and legislators as well as prescribers, pharma companies, and payers — employers, government plans, health insurers and, of course, patients who co-pay or c0-share the costs of medicines. In 2024, the average patient share amounts are shown in Figure 9.6

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 31, 2022

The agencies received millions of dollars in funding from Medicaid, which is funded in part by the federal government, and much of that money was meant to pay the wages and benefits of their aides. million to New York State for conduct between 2014–2017. Under the terms of agreement, one of the agencies has paid $1.6

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

While IPs — including the intended mother, where there is one — are not entitled to statutory maternity leave or pay, as this is reserved for those who have given birth (see also C-167/12 CD v ST [2014] 3 CMLR 15), provided the (different) eligibility criteria are satisfied, they may be entitled to statutory adoption leave and pay.

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Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

The government alleged that, between April 2014 and April 2019, Jet Medical introduced devices into interstate commerce that were misbranded under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) because Jet Medical did not obtain approval or clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prior to distribution.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2021

According to the indictment , starting in May 2014 the defendants and their co-conspirators allegedly used telehealth to generate prescriptions for compounded medications and durable medical equipment, regardless of medical necessity. The agency said that patient information had been provided by marketing companies. THE LARGER TREND.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Most notably, the government of Ecuador has enshrined the rights of nature, or Pachamama, into their constitution. The United Nations Convention on Biodiversity’s Nagoya Protocol (2014) stipulates Indigenous rights to “genetic resources” and access to the benefits accruing from their development and commercialization.

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Governance 204

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

During 2013 and 2014, I endured a very difficult 18 months. If you don’t have a will, state law will govern how your assets are distributed, and they will most likely go to your spouse and your children. By Sharona Hoffman. Only 46% of U.S. adults have wills , and even among seniors, the figure is only 76%.

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Health Law Advisor

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

billion, FY 2021 marks DOJ’s largest annual total FCA recovery since FY 2014, and more than twice the $2.3 According to DOJ’s statistics, the government paid out $238 million to relators in FY 2021, the lowest number since FY 2008. With collections amounting to $5.6 billion received in FY 2020.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 8, 2022

Emotet was first detected in 2014 and was initially a banking Trojan; however, the malware has been updated over the years and has had new features added. The HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has issued a warning to the healthcare sector about the threat from Emotet malware.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine has agreed to pay $45 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower suit alleging that the vendor engaged in varied kickback schemes as well as causing its provider customers to submit false claims. The lawsuit was filed in 2017 by law firms Phillips and Cohen LLP and Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC.

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Governance Fraud 63

HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 10, 2023

This is the first major update to the NIST CSF since its release in 2014. The CSF was developed for critical infrastructure like the banking and energy industries, but it has proved useful everywhere from schools and small businesses to local and foreign governments. The draft version of the NIST CSF 2.0

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

This is the second largest annual total in False Claims Act history, and the largest since 2014. Congress strengthened the False Claims Act by increasing incentives for whistleblowers to file lawsuits alleging false claims on behalf of the government. More than $5.6 Total recovery now totals more than $70 billion.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 26, 2022

Since the release of the Health app in 2014 and Apple Watch in 2015, Apple has introduced a wide array of innovative health and fitness features, with the goal to provide users with easy-to-understand, meaningful insights so they can be empowered to live a healthier life. Supporting public health and government initiatives.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

It is alleged that between January 2011 and November 2014, the Georgia nursing home submitted claims to Medicare for unreasonable, unnecessary, and unskilled services for rehabilitation therapy. The Georgia nursing home agreed to pay $400,000 to resolve the allegations. This amount was based on the nursing home’s ability to pay.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 16, 2022

Intermedix Corporation worked with Lee County Emergency Medical Services for almost 15 years, with the contract terminating in September 2014. Lee County Emergency Medical Services has recently started notifying certain patients about a business associate-related data breach.

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Ransomware HIPAA Licensing Governance 104

Bill of Health

OCTOBER 14, 2024

995 (2014) This article examines how the “digitization of commerce” impacts the ability of firms to influence consumers, including by “trigger[ing] irrationality or vulnerability,” and suggests behavioral economics as the best framework for addressing such changes.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 17, 2021

Founded in 2014, Carrot Health provides consumer insights for each and every individual person in the United States to engage patients and members, close gaps in care, and optimize performance for healthcare payers and provider systems. Enabling a Future with No Barriers to Better Health for Everyone.

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Health Populi

JUNE 18, 2021

“The ACA expanded coverage to millions of poor and near-poor families between 2014 and 2016, and the obtaining of health insurance may have staved off financial ruin, perhaps. One-half of U.S. It’s important to know that the incidence of medical bankruptcy fell within two years of the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

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Verisys

MARCH 23, 2023

This is the largest amount recovered under the False Claims Act since 2014. Abuse of government healthcare programs is a federal offense with severe penalties. government or a government contractor. These referrals include any service or item payable by a government healthcare program.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

APT41 – also known as Double Dragon, Barium, Winnti, Wicked Panda, Wicked Spider, TG-2633, Bronze Atlas, Red Kelpie – conducted targeted campaigns on the healthcare sector in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

In 2014 I was involved in an accident that fractured my neck and injured my spinal cord. He wanted to work with patients who needed a certain surgical intervention and ideally had non-government health insurance. Tell the readers about any significant event in your career.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 16, 2024

Because Medicaid is jointly funded by state and federal governments, there’s no standard approach to prioritizing or implementing technology reimbursement. About Anish Sebastian Anish Sebastian co-founded Babyscripts in 2014 with the vision that internet-enabled medical devices and big data would transform the delivery of pregnancy care.

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McGuire Wood

OCTOBER 12, 2023

This guidance outlines the FDA’s recommendations on improving the cybersecurity safety and effectiveness of medical devices in the premarket phase, replacing its 2014 “Content of Premarket Submissions for Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices” guidance.

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Compliancy Group

AUGUST 23, 2023

Deceiving MassHealth: The Disturbing Truth Behind Dental Services From 2014 to 2018, a shocking scheme unfolded within the realm of dental services. The sentencing of Robin Cronin serves as a reminder that those who seek to defraud government programs will be held accountable for their actions.

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Health Populi

APRIL 6, 2021

During the height of the pandemic, there was a predisposition to give up personal health and location tracing data to government to help control the spread of the disease. This last chart from a 2014 PwC/Strategy& report on the birth of the healthcare consumer is data I often turned to as U.S.

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Very few people trust that social media companies, internet service providers, search engines (like Google), the government, and device manufacturers (Apple, Fitbit, for example) will provide the “best protection” of peoples’ personal data.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 20, 2022

Specifically, between January 2014 and February 2018, the doctor billed Medicare and Medicaid approximately $585,000 and was paid approximately $191,000. Self-disclosure gives providers the opportunity to avoid the costs and disruptions associated with a government-directed investigation and civil or administrative litigation.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

Another lens on “who’s trusted” in terms of information sources finds once again that journalists and governments are not go-to touch points for “facts.” But consumers’ trust with other industries, especially finance, energy and telecomms, grew in the past year. ” Who is trusted?

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The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 22, 2016

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On July 11, 2016, a federal appeals court stated that a bankruptcy judge did not have the authority to block government health officials from cutting off Medicare and Medicaid payments to a Florida nursing home that was alleged to have violated patient-care regulations. Indest III, J.D.,

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The Health Law Firm

JANUARY 13, 2014

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is proposing to exclude providers from Medicare if the government determines a pattern of abusive prescribing practices of Medicare Part D drugs. CMS described these efforts on January 6, 2014, in a proposed rule. Smith, R.R.T.,

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Health Populi

JULY 15, 2020

CVS stopped selling tobacco on October 1, 2014. As Quartz put it in their coverage, “Big retailers are establishing the COVID-19 policies the government won’t.” In that moment, a Fortune 100 company stepped an entire foot, and not just a toe, into public health waters. [I That was a watershed moment in U.S.

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