Healthcare It News

JANUARY 24, 2022

"Our efforts are led by the Institute for Precision Medicine, which was established in 2014 in collaboration with our academic research partner, the University of Pittsburgh." "As AI becomes more ubiquitous, researchers, clinicians, health systems, industry, government and others must be wary of unintended consequences."

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HIT Consultant

JULY 14, 2023

FCA Allegations The allegations contends that NextGen falsely obtained certification for its software in connection with the 2014 Edition certification criteria published by HHS’s Office of the National Coordinator.

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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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Healthcare Law Today

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The case asks whether the government has authority to dismiss an FCA suit after initially declining to proceed with the action, and if so, what standard would apply. The Petitioner-Relator filed an FCA case against EHR on July 26, 2012 which the government investigated for about two years before declining to intervene on June 27, 2014.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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HealthIT Answers

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

By Jordan Rau - The federal government has eased its annual punishments for hospitals with higher-than-expected readmission rates in an acknowledgment of the upheaval the covid-19 pandemic has caused, resulting in the lightest penalties since 2014.

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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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Healthicity

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Specifically, the government alleged that Cigna submitted and failed to withdraw inaccurate and untruthful diagnosis codes in order to increase its payments from Medicare. government joined the action. Allegations Against Cigna Group A whistleblower initially brought forward the allegations and the U.S.

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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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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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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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Health Populi

APRIL 9, 2021

” Note, too, that Raley’s is a tobacco-free zone, making the choice that CVS/pharmacy made back in 2014 to drop tobacco from its stores and re-brand as CVS/health. In 2015, Raley’s eliminated tobacco products from its stores.

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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.

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2018

In March 2014, Danny Wegman, patriarch of the family-held Wegman’s grocery chain, came out in support of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal for a statewide health information network in New York, where Wegman’s headquarters sits in Rochester. Beyond the local economic effects, think about the larger region or State.

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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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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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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 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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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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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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The Health Law Firm

JUNE 20, 2014

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law When I served with the federal government, a frequent saying used over and over was: "It's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission." Indest III, J.D.,

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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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The Health Law Firm

APRIL 21, 2014

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law For years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) kept private its records on Medicare reimbursement payments made to physicians, however, on April 9, 2014, that all changed. Indest III, J.D.,

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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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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

According to CRICO’s national CBS Database, 66% of malpractice cases in telemedicine from 2014 to 2018 were connected to misdiagnosis. Government cooperation. Cooperation between federal and state governments is crucial to ensure multistate licensing, payment parity, and expansion of telehealth services. Misdiagnoses.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2018

The line chart come from a new study into Multimorbidity Trends in United States Adults, 1988-2014 , published in the July-August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine. We need all hands on deck: in the kitchen, grocery stores and retailers, schools, doctors’ offices, and government agencies.

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Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2021

Furthermore, 7 in 10 of the Reimagined folks think companies are just as responsible as governments for the health of societies. Pre-pandemic, we saw the likes of CVS/pharmacy morph into CVS/health in 2014 with their abolishing the sale of tobacco products, rebranding and reorganizing as a vertically integrated health/care company.

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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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