Healthcare Compliance Blog

MARCH 16, 2022

In a March 11, 2022, release by the Northern District of Georgia’s Office of the Department of Justice, it was reported that an investigation determined a Georgia nursing home knowingly submitted claims for unreasonable, unnecessary, and unskilled services for Medicare patients. This amount was based on the nursing home’s ability to pay.

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American Medical Compliance

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Restorative nursing entails several nursing interventions that support the resident’s ability to perform at their highest level. Furthermore, the purpose of a Restorative Nursing Program (RNP) is to restore as much independence as feasible while still preventing functional loss. What is Included in Restorative Care?

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Med-Net Compliance

AUGUST 16, 2022

Five individuals and two for-profit skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) in Pennsylvania were indicted on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States and related healthcare fraud charges. The post Five Individuals and Two Nursing Facilities Indicted on Healthcare Fraud Charges appeared first on Med-Net.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 9, 2023

ShowdMe , the premier compliance training partner for home care agencies and skilled nursing facilities, announces today a Series A investment led by Spring Mountain Capital and Blue Heron Capital. ShowdMe was founded in 2014 by Avi Singer. More information can be found at ShowdMe’s website: showd.me.

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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." " Dr. Matthias J. Kleinz, UPMC Enterprises.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

President, Emirates Nursing Association. Al Mahri is also group chief nursing officer at Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, or "SEHA," where she was the first senior nursing leader to identify the importance of the nursing informatics specialty. They are: Aysha Al Mahri. Abu Dhabi, UAE.

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Healthcare Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Nurses and other healthcare employees must access, read, and follow healthcare policies when caring for patients. Nursing and other healthcare employees Nurses and other healthcare workers depend on these policies, along with the computer software of hospitals and healthcare organizations.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 20, 2025

Many of the hacking incidents between 2014 and 2018 occurred many months – and in some cases years – before they were detected. NY Health Plan 9,358,891 Hacking/IT Incident 10 2023 Perry Johnson & Associates, Inc. dba PJ&A NV Business Associate 9,302,588 Hacking/IT Incident 11 2023 Maximus, Inc. Hardy, D.D.S.,

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Health Populi

JUNE 8, 2022

Fast-forward to her diagnosis in 2014 with Stage IV colorectal cancer, when Stacy emerged as an expert advocate due to her previous personal and professional experience. Stacy was fighting for home nursing services for Emmett. “I Stacy first stepped a toe into social media via online support groups focused on rare diseases for Emmett.

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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

APRIL 25, 2024

Mary joined Conifer Health in 2014 as Vice President of Strategy to help the company identify and implement solutions that ensure individuals receive the right care at the right time, while healthcare providers are aligned to improve the health of the population.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 2, 2022

The National Nursing Board has recognized the value of simulation by allowing nursing students to earn up to 50% of their clinical time on simulation. Suddenly EDs, ICUs and CCUs were at or over capacity and the need for nurses and respiratory therapists was higher than ever. Journal of Nursing Regulation. References.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2020

In health care, these would be our honest-and-ethical front-line workers — nurses, physicians, and pharmacists, the latest Gallup Poll on the question learned (described here in Health Populi). ” Who is trusted? Academic experts and technical experts.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 29, 2023

AI-Enabled Virtual Health Assistants Virtual Health Assistants (VHAs), such as chatbots and virtual nurses, are improving patient engagement and healthcare accessibility. Starting out as an outpatient physical therapist, Palak obtained Orthopedic specialization from the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists in 2014.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Building Sprinter Health brings the last mile of healthcare into the modern age by sending fully-employed nurses or phlebotomists (“Sprinters”) into the home for quick and affordable lab draws, vitals checks, COVID-19 testing and more. CTO and Co-Founder Cameron Behar previously held engineering roles at both Facebook and Google.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Founded in 2014, Radial Analytics uses artificial intelligence (AI) to enable clinical staff to make the best data-driven decisions for each patient at key “crossroads moments” in their healthcare journey. Such opportunities to intervene often occur at care transitions.

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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. On-demand nursing. Particularly the certification and license are one of the main challenges for nurses in telemedicine. Pandemic allowed those who were hesitant to try out telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 12, 2022

"Up to the start of COVID-19, almost all telehealth services were offered in facilities; the place of service was a clinic, hospital and skilled nursing facility," said Chris Meyer, director of telehealth at Marshfield Clinic Health System.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

J Nurse Pract. Telehealth and eHealth in nurse practitioner training: current perspectives. Telehealth mental health services during COVID-19: summary of evidence and clinical practice. Australas Psychiatry. 2020 Oct; 28(5): 514–516. Gajarawala et al. Telehealth Benefits and Barriers. 2021 Feb; 17(2): 218–221. The Lancet.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 8, 2021

– connectRN is a tech-enabled platform connecting nurses and aides with opportunities to improve their work-life. Nurses and aides have long felt overworked and underappreciated, and this feeling reached a tipping point during the past year in which 55% of healthcare workers reported burnout.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In 2016, the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General found that federal prison spending on outsourced healthcare increased 24% to $327 million between 2010 and 2014, while the overall prisons budget increased only 11%. Nurses reported working shifts alone, despite requirements that Wellpath have six nurses in the jail per day shift.

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Health Populi

MARCH 28, 2019

This compromised health data privacy scenario comes out of research published this month in the BMJ , Data sharing practices of medicines related apps and the mobile ecosystem: traffic, content, and network analysis.

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Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2022

Finally, a number of skilled nursing facility (“SNF”) portfolios traded hands. CMS is in the process of creating a rule establishing minimum staffing requirements for SNFs per Skilled Nursing News. The LTV for new construction projects is 60-65% per Skilled Nursing News.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 18, 2023

55,000 1,500,000 Loss of unencrypted hard drive/delayed breach notifications Failure to safeguard PHI, violation of breach notification requirements 2011 Indiana WellPoint Inc. 100,000 32,000 Failure to report breach in a reasonable timeframe Violation of breach notification requirements 2010 Connecticut Health Net Inc.

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Health Populi

APRIL 8, 2019

Here’s the method behind the $285,000 calculation, for those who want to kick tires on Fidelity’s other assumptions: the estimate is based on the 65-year old couple with life expectancies consistent with the Society of Actuaries RP-2014 Healthy Annuitant rates using the Mortality Improvements Scale MP-2016.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 5, 2022

With skilled workers in high demand, many health systems are allocating resources to wooing employees with higher salaries and benefits, paying 2-3 times the typical salary for in-house nurses to fill staffing gaps with traveling nurses. Why not use that budget to invest in digital tools, to fundamentally rethink how care is delivered?

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

– Founded in 2014, Pager’s unique approach to virtual care guides users through the entire healthcare journey and provides turnkey support, including nurse triage, telehealth, e-prescribing, follow-up care, and customer service, all in one platform. million patient encounters in the last 12 months.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 5, 2022

The most recent challenge was the retroactivity of the statute going back to 2014, per Law360. Operators being in a better financial position may mean fewer rent deferrals and rent abatements in the future, per Skilled Nursing News. VMG released its annual Healthcare M&A Report for 2022.

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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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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 21, 2023

This financing brings the total investment in Scene to over $25 million since its founding in 2014. Scene’s mobile app allows patients to connect with a care team of pharmacists, nurses, and health coaches through daily video check-ins anytime and anywhere.

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Provider Trust

JULY 26, 2022

District Attorney alleges that Pickering was hired in 2019 as a licensed physician’s assistant at a family practice in Norcross, Georgia but had not been a licensed physician’s assistant in Georgia, or any state, since March 2014. According to the U.S. You should also be aware of peculiar birth dates and/or a history of frequent relocation.

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Healthcare Blog

JULY 26, 2023

Nurses and other healthcare employees must access, read, and follow healthcare policies when caring for patients. Nursing and other healthcare employees Nurses and other healthcare workers depend on these policies, along with the computer software of hospitals and healthcare organizations.

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Hall Render

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The properties include assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. Over the past nine years, over 800 nursing homes have closed across the country according to new data. One company in Connecticut is carving out a niche by converting vacant nursing homes into market-rate housing.

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NY Health Law

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

New York’s medical cannabis law – Compassionate Care Act – was signed into law on July 5, 2014. To obtain medical marijuana, patients must first be certified by a registered practitioner (which includes physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners). MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM.

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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. More than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments have been recovered by the Department of Justice Department (DOJ) related to civil cases involving fraud and false claims in fiscal year 2021. Total recovery now totals more than $70 billion.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

By 2014, Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer and Dr. Christine Sinsky called out a fourth aim — improving the work-life balance of clinicians and staff, re-coining the IHI’s concept as The “Quadruple” Aim with the fourth pillar of clinician well-being.

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Hall Render

JUNE 2, 2023

During the legislative session, Mayo pushed back on legislation requiring minimum nurse staffing levels. According to a new article , nursing home operators are asking for permission to add 700 new beds to the market. Nursing home beds remain subject to Florida’s Certificate of Need (CON) law. The tax burden is over $2.2M

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