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. Under the Wage Parity Law, which is funded by Medicaid, aides are to be paid a minimum amount in total compensation.

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The Health Law Firm

MARCH 6, 2014

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to stop fraudulent repayment claims before they happen. The six-month moratorium began January 31, 2014. Indest III, J.D., Click here to read the press release from CMS.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 3, 2024

During the 1970s and 1980s, an increasing number of organizations in the healthcare and health insurance industries adopted Electronic Data Interchanges (EDIs) to accelerate manual healthcare processes such as eligibility checks, treatment authorizations, and remittance advices. Health Plan Premium Payments.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 25, 2022

Various smaller health insurance issuers have challenged the risk-adjustment program under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), alleging, among other things, that its underlying methodology favors larger insurers. New Mexico Health Connections v. United States Dep’t of Health & Human Servs. ,

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

They alleged that these procedures were performed unnecessarily, driven by a corporate strategy to maximize profits by overtreating children from lower-income families enrolled in Medicaid. A recent investigation by Kaiser Health News has shed light on the detrimental impact of private equity in healthcare.

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Jane Sarashon

MARCH 22, 2022

health care, disparities persist in cancer care and medical debt: African-Americans were more likely to report having medical debt associated with cancer treatment, and more likely were contacted by collections agencies regarding the debt. As with many aspects of U.S.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 6, 2013

By: Christine Stahlecker, Director, Administrative Simplification Group, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. These requirements are in place to lower costs, create uniform electronic standards, and streamline exchanges between health care providers and payers.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

So far, Georgia has only one Bull Realty Brokers $5.9M healthcare centers receive $935K in federal funding to provide free COVID-19 vaccines New CEO at Mt. So far, Georgia has only one Bull Realty Brokers $5.9M healthcare centers receive $935K in federal funding to provide free COVID-19 vaccines New CEO at Mt.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 6, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued the proposed rule on Contract Year 2023 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Programs (the “Proposed Rule”). Additional Opportunities for Integration through State Medicaid Agency Contracts.

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Hall Render

APRIL 1, 2022

Lawmakers not giving up on bill to expand Medicaid to undocumented kids. Hot debate in NC health care on freeing advanced practice nurses from doctors’ supervision. Rural healthcare providers feel the pain of North Carolina’s “Medicaid gap”. Ohio health system lowers hiring age to 16 to fill workforce gaps. NORTH DAKOTA.

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CMS.gov

OCTOBER 22, 2018

New State Relief and Empowerment Waiver Guidance Gives States Tools to Help Fix Broken Health Insurance Markets. Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. million Americans remain without health insurance. percent in 2019 and more insurers will enter the market—premiums are still far too high.

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Health Populi

JULY 31, 2019

Health care is the top issue Democrats want to hear about in the debates, well ahead of climate change, women’s issues, immigration and gun policy. Let’s start with an overall context statistic from this poll: that is that 86% of insured U.S. ” Health Populi’s Hot Points: U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 8, 2019

Adherence is not equal across every state in America, IQVIA Institute learned: for major chronic conditions of hypertension, cholesterol and diabetes, adherence was a low of around 50% among Medicaid enrollees in Arkansas, Iowa and New York; and as high approaching 90% in Minnesota for Medicare Part D enrollees in that state.

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Health Populi

APRIL 2, 2018

Last month, Amazon extended discounted Prime membership to people enrolled in Medicaid plans and SNAP food benefit programs. That would bring fast, free shipping to people who live in food deserts and potentially pharmacy deserts who could receive fresh, nutritious products that might bolster health and wellness.

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Kaiser Health News

JUNE 13, 2024

“There were a number of practices used by insurance companies to essentially protect themselves from the costs associated with people who have preexisting conditions,” said Sabrina Corlette , a co-director of the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University and an expert on the health insurance marketplace. .

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