HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

From 2019 to 2023, the U.S. These successful projects evolved further into Medicaid demonstration programs and in 2005, the Deficit Reduction Act authorized two more avenues for states to offer a self-directed option. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act officially and broadly authorized self-directed services for Medicaid recipients.

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Electronic Health Reporter

AUGUST 23, 2019

Considering only since the beginning of 2019, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other federal agencies, such as the Office of National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) and the Department of Health and […]. One of the greatest challenges in healthcare is keeping up with the changing landscape.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Brave Health , the largest virtual mental health provider and engagement platform focused on serving Medicaid populations, today announced a $40M Series C funding round led by Town Hall Ventures, with existing investors Union Square Ventures, City Light Capital and others joining as well.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 26, 2021

What You Should Know: – Brave Health , a Miami-based virtual behavioral health provider for Medicaid, today announced it has closed a $10M Series B round ($20.75M in total) led by City Light Capital, Union Square Ventures and Able Partners, bringing its total funding to $20.75M. Recent Traction/Milestones. ”

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Medicaid Medicaid Health Outcomes Public Health 97

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Data released this past week from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services show that more than 34.5 The agency noted that because adults over 65 are dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, these numbers may underestimate telehealth utilization in that group. WHY IT MATTERS. As of June 2020, said CMS, more than 91.8

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 24, 2023

Contrary to perception, access to broadband and mobile phones are not the greatest barrier to digital health among Medicaid recipients. With the infrastructure to deliver remote care already in place, it’s often the most sensible solution for both Medicaid patients and providers. population.

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Mobi Health News

JULY 12, 2018

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its new proposed Physician Fee Schedule and Qualified Payment Program updates for 2019, and the announcement includes some big strides forward in promoting digital health technology, including widened telemedicine coverage, an overhaul of documentation requirements, and a new focus on interoperability. (..)

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 3, 2025

Rates of newly developed and chronic maternal high blood pressure skyrocketed from 2007 through 2019, and show no signs of slowing. Reimbursement challenges exist While RPM could provide immense benefits, some State Medicaid funding falls short. They are particularly vulnerable to blood pressure complications.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 25, 2021

Using data from Blue Health Intelligence data repository – an independent data and analytics company that is a licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association – researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health compared claims data from March through June 2019 with March through June 2020.

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Fierce Healthcare

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Spending on GLP-1s in Medicaid has followed broader industry trends, growing significantly over the past several years, according to KFF.

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Medicaid Medicaid 57

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released Friday found a 154% increase in telehealth visits during the last week of March 2020, compared with the same time period in 2019. " This was 50% higher than the approximately 1 million encounters during the same period in 2019. ON THE RECORD.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 19, 2022

Racial and Ethnic Representation in US Clinical Trials of New Drugs and Biologics, 2015-2019. Raising Medicaid Rebates For Drugs With Accelerated Approval. A full posting of abstracts/summaries of these articles may be found on our? J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Dec 13:1–8. Epub ahead of print. Lolic M, Araojo R, Okeke M, Woodcock J.

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COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid FDA 182

HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) conducted an audit of New Mexico’s state Medicaid agency’s personal care services (PCS) program and found that it did not always ensure that PCS were provided by appropriately qualified personnel, which put Medicaid enrollees at risk.

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Electronic Health Reporter

JANUARY 3, 2019

The CURES Act mandates the use of electronic visit verification, or EVV, for all Medicaid-funded personal care services. On Jan, 1, 2019, these new federal requirements for EVV went into effect for personal care […].

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Medicaid Medicaid 128

Compliancy Group

DECEMBER 20, 2024

In late February of 2019, Gulf Coast discovered that between early September of 2018 and early February of 2019 (after the contractor stopped providing services), the contractor had impermissibly accessed Gulf Coasts electronic medical record (EMR) system and accessed the ePHI of approximately 34,310 individuals.

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Ransomware HIPAA Fraud Electronic Medical Records 98

Bill of Health

JULY 28, 2023

The selections feature topics ranging from a review of modifications to blood glucose monitoring systems and related patent protections, an examination of insulin price changes from 2012-2019, and a discussion of why a proposed federal bill that would ban government health care programs from using the quality-adjusted life-year is misguided.

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Medicaid Medicaid Governance 130

Bill of Health

JANUARY 10, 2022

As the National Academy of Sciences explained in a 2019 report , these two medications reduce risk of death by up to 50 percent and are associated with numerous other benefits, including improved quality of life, reduced rates of use of other opioids, and reduced risk of contracting illnesses including HIV and hepatitis C.

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HIPAA Journal

MAY 19, 2022

million settlement proposed by Solara Medical Supplies to resolve a class action lawsuit related to a 2019 data breach has received preliminary approval from the court. The breach was reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights as affecting 114,007 individuals.

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Licensing HIPAA Health Insurance Medicaid 124

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2022

Meanwhile, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Center for Program Integrity also announced that it has taken administrative actions against more than 50 healthcare providers alleged to be involved in similar schemes. billion, according to the department. healthcare system at the expense of patients."

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 29, 2020

Until regulatory changes, such as those enacted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, had made telehealth provision more financially feasible, a doctor "had every economic incentive to require the patient to come to the office in person," he explained.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 22, 2021

Those organizations began working together 2019, focused on a value-based payment agreement to improve care and wellness for Medicaid patients in the state. At first the biggest impact will be for patients in Delaware, where ChristianaCare is based and where Highmark operates a health plan affiliate.

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Medicaid Medicaid Public Health 184

Bill of Health

MAY 19, 2022

from 2018-2019. Therapeutic Value Assessments of Novel Medicines in the US and Europe, 2018-2019. A full posting of abstracts/summaries of these articles may be found on our? Aboy M, Liddell K, Jordan M, Crespo C, Liddicoat J. European patent protection for medical uses of known products and drug repurposing. JAMA Oncol.

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Health Insurance Hospitals FDA Medicaid 208

Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Medicaid Spending on Antiretrovirals from 2007-2019. Using Multiple Authorized Generics to Maintain High Prices: The Example of Entacapone. Value Health. 2022 Oct 17:S1098-3015(22)02181-7. Epub ahead of print. Walsh BS, Kesselheim AS, Rome BN. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Oct 21:ciac833. Epub ahead of print.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

JANUARY 25, 2022

A Missouri woman who had previously pled guilty to Medicare and Medicaid fraud was sentenced in Federal Court to three years imprisonment and ordered to pay $7,620,779 in restitution. Between 2017 and 2019, the Missouri woman owned and managed several durable medical equipment (DME) companies. General Legal Duties and Antitrust Laws.

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Healthcare It News

JULY 11, 2024

Hoping payers will 'step up' On the payer side, ONC said it worked closely with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in creating voluntary certification requirements, for "greater assuredness that systems that go through that certification process will actually be able to interoperate with the provider organizations.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 6, 2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took additional actions to ensure America’s patients, healthcare facilities and clinical laboratories are prepared to respond to the 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

in 2019, the NIH invested $1.9 Some states have implemented initiatives to integrate Food is Medicine into Medicaid , which can be valuable to expand access to broader groups of the population. Another concern is that, given the limited funding allocated towards food and nutrition (e.g.,

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Health Insurance Medicaid Medicaid Health Care Reform 234

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

OCTOBER 19, 2020

According to the filing, Allscripts became aware of CarePortMD – and its use of the name – in November 2019. Earlier this summer, CarePort launched a tool to help hospitals comply with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' interoperability final rules. Allscripts did not respond for a request for comment.

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Telemedicine Medicaid Medicaid Hospitals 164

Bill of Health

APRIL 25, 2022

Anticipated efficiencies, real costs: Medicaid managed care organizations and the pharmacy benefit. US Food and Drug Administration-mandated postmarketing studies for high-risk cardiovascular devices approved 2015-2019. A full posting of abstracts/summaries of these articles may be found on our website. Bendicksen L, Kesselheim AS.

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COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid FDA 147

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 26, 2020

Throughout 2018 and 2019, Northwell Health piloted small-scale programs in partnership with the Gary and Mary West Health Institute Collaboration to bring medical services virtually to the homes of their patients. "I know their baseline and when they call, I send the [mobile telemedicine technicians] there."

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Health Law RX

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Medicaid providers and suppliers have likely discovered this the hard way. A provider’s or supplier’s enrollment in the Medicaid program may be insufficient to assure that their provision of a covered and medically necessary good or service to a Medicaid patient will be deemed reimbursable. First, get the word out.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The optician fraudulently received approximately $74,000 in Medicaid payments between 2016 and 2019 by billing for the optician services that were not provided. The post New York Optician Convicted of Medicaid Fraud for Nursing Home Residents appeared first on.

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Nursing Homes Fraud Medicaid Medicaid 59

Healthcare Law Blog

APRIL 6, 2022

On April 1, 2022 , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced states may seek to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage from 60 days to one year through a new state plan option offered by the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”). In states that have not expanded Medicaid, however, many postpartum women lose coverage.

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Medicaid Medicaid ACA Public Health 52

Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 8, 2019

On April 5, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates the Medicare Advantage (MA or Part C) and Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit (Part D) programs by promoting innovative plan designs, improved quality, and choices for patients. Illegal copying is prohibited.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 19, 2020

A Pew research survey from 2019 found that about two-thirds of black adults and 61% of Hispanic adults said they had access to broadband at home; about a quarter of Hispanic adults and 23% of black people are "smartphone-only" internet users.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In 2019, Kristina Saffran and Dr. Erin Parks founded Equip, with a dream of making sure that everyone had access to evidence-based treatment for eating disorders. But 2019 was hardly the beginning of their dream. In 2021, demand from patients and families for Equip’s care grew 10x.

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Health Insurance Medicaid Medicaid COVID-19 98

Electronic Health Reporter

APRIL 7, 2020

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has delivered near $34 billion in the past week to the healthcare providers on the frontlines battling the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. The funds have been provided […].

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