Healthcare It News

JUNE 28, 2024

Technology makes the mundane better and allows doctors to practice at the top of their license. I left internal medicine in 2018 to cofound Health Note. That just cannot happen, especially at a time when more medical professionals are signaling they want to leave the industry. As cliche as that sounds, it's true.

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Doctors Licensing Nurses Compliance 325

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 9, 2022

License and approval. Only licensed physicians are qualified and permitted to engage in medical practice. It is sometimes difficult for a newly established Japanese subsidiary of a foreign SaMD manufacturer to fulfil all the criteria to obtain a marketing authorization license as a business license.

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Licensing Telemedicine Governance Compliance 192

HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Mulvey, 30, of Grand Island, NY, worked as a registered nurse at Roswell Park between February 2018 and June 2018. On June 27, 2018, Mulvey was observed accessing a medication dispensing machine in a room to which she was not assigned and left carrying a backpack. Mulvey also agreed to surrender her nursing license.

Nurses 102

Nurses HIPAA Fraud Licensing 102

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Luna's reporting found that GoPuff has opened its own "state-licensed cash pharmacy." Amazon, too, has made inroads after acquiring PillPack in 2018. " Its team told her the initiative is a very limited pilot. ON THE RECORD.

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Telemedicine Licensing 164

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 4, 2021

A KLAS report from January of this year found that customer satisfaction with Amwell, another telehealth vendor, has steadily declined since 2018, but that Amwell Now, released in response to COVID-19, received positive early feedback. Amwell had also ranked highest in the J.D. Power survey from this past year. ON THE RECORD.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Licensing Doctors 175

Mobi Health News

MAY 17, 2018

Sanofi’s approach to digital health is broad, but focused, Rachel Sha, the company’s vice president of digital business development and licensing, told MobiHealthNews in an interview ahead of next week’s BIO 2018 conference in Boston, where Sha will be speaking on a range of digital health-related topics.

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Licensing 86

HIPAA Journal

JUNE 9, 2022

The data mostly related to patients who were insured through Humana and received medical services from Platinum providers at acute hospitals and other medical facilities in the Las Vegas area between approximately October 2018 and March 2022.

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Licensing HIPAA Health Insurance Hospitals 132

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 13, 2025

He previously built Kensho Technologies, a Wall Street-focused artificial intelligence firm that sold to Standard & Poors for $700 million in 2018. The company has licensing agreements with peer-reviewed medical journals, and OpenEvidences model was not connected to the public internet while trained, Nadler said.

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Doctors Licensing Hospitals 52

Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 10, 2024

The workforce members accounts contained PHI consisting of names, dates of services, medical record numbers, zip codes, medical diagnoses, social security numbers, and drivers license numbers. CHC did not begin to train these workforce students, who had considerable PHI exposure, as required by law, until November 30, 2018.

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Hospitals US Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Compliance 98

HIPAA Journal

MARCH 23, 2023

Those files contained customer-provided health plan information from December 2018 to January 2019. The exposed information included names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and financial account information. Notifications have now been sent to the 37,095 affected individuals. a Risk Retention Group.

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Licensing HIPAA 111

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 15, 2023

Unlike remote or virtual care, Luna’s licensed physical therapists provide 1:1 hands-on care in the convenience of the patient’s home. A licensed physical therapist is then scheduled to arrive at the patient’s home for a 45-55 minute appointment, and will continue the in-person treatment at home for the duration of the care plan.

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Licensing Patient Satisfaction 97

Pharmacy Law Blog

MAY 7, 2018

Our attorneys include those who are board certified in health law by The Florida Bar, those who are nurses, and those who are themselves licensed health professionals. The Following is a list of little known facts about state investigations (including DOH investigations) that could save your license: 1.

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Pharmacy Law Blog

MAY 14, 2018

Our attorneys include those who are board certified in health law by The Florida Bar, those who are nurses, and those who are themselves licensed health professionals. The Following is a list of little known facts about state investigations (including DOH investigations) that could save your license: 1.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 19, 2022

Geisinger was awarded $978,935 by the FCC for tablet computers, remote monitoring equipment and telehealth platform licenses to maintain a high level of access to care by providing telehealth visits for primary care appointments and all 72 healthcare specialties within the medical center. In fact, it has doubled in the last 30 years.

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COVID-19 Telemedicine Nurses Licensing 176

HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 10, 2023

For the research study, the data was published on the tool on February 25, 2018, and for the quality improvement project, on January 14, 2023. The research study data was accessible between February 25, 2018 – June 13, 2023, and the quality improvement project data was exposed between January 14, 2023 – June 13, 2023.

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HIPAA Ransomware Licensing Health Insurance 95

Mobi Health News

MARCH 1, 2018

Qualcomm Life announced an exclusive licensing agreement with AlertWatch, creator of an FDA-cleared intelligence care software that assists in the care of patients in the operating room. The deal will give Qualcomm Life the exclusive rights to sell AlertWatch, which the company plans to showcase at HIMSS 2018.

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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. 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. Misdiagnoses. On-demand nursing.

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Telemedicine Licensing Nurses HIPAA 98

MedTrainer

MAY 9, 2024

This is the fourth year MedTrainer has been honored for its compliance management solution, along with 2018, 2020, and 2021. The recognition highlights the consistency of MedTrainer’s compliance software solutions for U.S. healthcare organizations.

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Compliance Licensing 98

HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

. – Prescription hearing aids will require a consumer to have a prescription for a hearing aid from a physician, audiologist or a licensed hearing instrument specialist. These OTC hearing aids do not require a prescription. .

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FDA Public Health Fraud Medicare 98

Health Populi

JULY 26, 2022

With PillPack, I wrote here in June 2018 that Amazon got 50 U.S. State pharmacy licenses with the deal. billion investment makes ONEM the third largest acquisition in Amazon’s portfolio, following Whole Foods at $13.7 bn and MGM Studios for $8.5 The PillPack (pharmacy) buy was $1 billion.

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Health Insurance Doctors Medicare Medicare 165

The Health Law Firm

JUNE 21, 2018

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law On June 4, 2018, the Florida Board of Medicine announced upcoming changes and new requirements for healthcare providers prescribing controlled substances. House Bill 21 , the Controlled Substances Bill, will go into effect on July 1, 2018. Indest III, J.D.,

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Licensing 40

HIPAA Journal

MAY 9, 2023

The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has announced its 44th enforcement action under its HIPAA Right of Access initiative with a $15,000 financial penalty for David Mente, MA, LPC, a licensed counselor that provides psychotherapy services in Pittsburgh, PA. The HIPAA Right of Access allows individuals to obtain a copy of their health information.

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HIPAA Licensing Compliance 73

The Health Law Firm

AUGUST 29, 2018

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law The resignation of Florida’s medical marijuana chief on August 17, 2018, and a series of recent court losses, has once again threatened the state’s efforts for controlled legalization of marijuana. Indest III, J.D.,

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Licensing 40

Med Law Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2021

A previous telemedicine bill was passed in Pennsylvania in July of 2018, when the Pennsylvania Senate approved Bill 780, which was discussed in my MedLaw Blog article of July 30, 2018. This legislation obviously requires passage by both the State House of Representatives and signature by the governor.

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Telemedicine Licensing 40

HIT Consultant

MAY 12, 2022

Platforms such as Motivo , which has raised early venture rounds, are aiming to provide tools for both aspiring providers and clinical experts, while also helping address the licensed provider shortage. HGP qualified US-based companies for the market landscapes based on $1mm+ institutional funding or M&A since 2018.

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COVID-19 FDA Licensing 98

Health Populi

MAY 19, 2020

Milliman bases the MMI on actual claims data from health plans; estimates of cost changes from 2018 and 2019; and, research on how MMI’s costs for the hypothetical family of four differ from those of an individual. That is a 4.1% increase from the 2019 estimate, about twice the rate of U.S.

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COVID-19 Health Insurance Hospitals Licensing 98

Med-Net Compliance

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The inspection objective was to determine whether the direct care licensed nursing hours recorded at the nursing home supported the hours submitted to the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in compliance with federal requirements. Train appropriate staff to accurately document and report direct care hours worked.

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Nursing Homes Nurses US Department of Health and Human Services Licensing 59

Pharmacy Law Blog

APRIL 9, 2018

Illinois clinical psychologists can now obtain licenses to prescribe medications for mental conditions under new regulations passed by the state. Before prescribing, a psychologist must enter into a written collaborative agreement with an Illinois-licensed physician who prescribes medications for mental health conditions. By George F.

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Licensing Nurses Compliance 40

The Health Law Firm

OCTOBER 31, 2019

According to prosecutors, the doctor allegedly authorized genetic testing for patients he never met, in a state where he’s not licensed to practice medicine. billion worth of false Medicare and Medicaid claims between July 2018 and January 2019. The vast fraud scheme totaled $2.1 This appears to be a new national record.

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Fraud Medicare Medicare Doctors 40

Pharmacy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

The bill would assist optometrists who were licensed before July 1993 and, therefore, were not required to be “certified.”. Certified vs. Licensed. However, licensed optometrists who aren’t certified cannot prescribe those drugs. However, licensed optometrists who aren’t certified cannot prescribe those drugs.

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Licensing Doctors 40

Health Populi

OCTOBER 21, 2018

In the same week as the UK government issued the loneliness strategy, the BBC (Britain’s public service broadcaster, and the world’s oldest national broadcasting organization) said they were evaluating whether to charge people who are over 75 years of age for a TV license. million people in Britain.

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Public Health Governance Licensing Health Outcomes 103

The Health Law Firm

OCTOBER 3, 2019

According to prosecutors, the doctor allegedly authorized genetic testing for patients he never met, in a state where he’s not licensed to practice. billion worth of false Medicare and Medicaid claims between July 2018 and January 2019. The vast fraud scheme totaled $2.1

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Fraud Doctors Medicare Medicare 40

HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In 2017, Amazon created a healthcare-focused tech lab, 1492, then in 2018 launched its cloud-based service, Amazon Comprehend Medical, which extracts healthcare data from text such as doctors’ notes and clinical trial reports. Then there is Amazon’s vast workforce of more than 1.6 Privacy Concerns About Access to Medical Data.

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HIPAA Doctors Telemedicine Licensing 102

YouCompli

APRIL 20, 2022

In 2000, the Nursing Licensure Compact permitted nurses licensed in one participating state to practice in other participating states. In 2018 the Enhanced Nursing Licensure Compact (eNLC) added some requirements, such as state and federal fingerprint-based criminal background checks. Are the in-state licenses current?

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Nurses Licensing Hospitals Compliance 40

HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

HHS says the protected health information of up to 9,972 patients was stored on the compromised systems, and included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, health insurance information, and medical information. Those individuals received healthcare services between July 1, 2018, and July 7, 2022.

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Ransomware Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Licensing 109

HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The HIPAA violation penalty that was imposed in 2018 on the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center for a data breach and lack of encryption was overturned on appeal in 2021. OCR HIPAA Fines 2018. There was a year-over-year increase in HIPAA violation penalties in 2018. Two records were broken in 2018.

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HIPAA Compliance Hospitals COVID-19 122

Healthcare Compliance Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A Virginia based medical staffing agency was found to have intentionally violated federal laws and denied 1,105 certified nurse’s aides, licensed practical nurses, and registered nurses their rightfully earned overtime wages. The staffing agency has been ordered to pay more than $7.2 million in back wages and liquidated damages.

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Nurses Licensing Compliance 59