Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 6, 2024

billion in annual operating revenue, Memorial Healthcare System is one of the largest public health systems in the U.S. The project, which included weekly meetings, and sessions focused on billing, reporting and marketing, kicked off November 15, 2022. With 15,000 team members, 3,000 providers and $3.1

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The COVID data reporting through the National Healthcare Safety Network (“NHSN”) was first required of nursing homes in May 2020 through an interim final rule. CMS took regulatory action through the Calendar Year 2022 Home Health Prospective Payment System rule to extend those requirements through December 31, 2024.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 13, 2023

In February, the company announced a partnership to serve as a catalyst for enrolling hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare providers and to help them with targeted population health initiatives. HIMSS will use that time to gather data on the cost of avoidance or the cost control aspects of telehealth, he said.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Department of Health and Human Services extended the public health emergency through April 16, 2022. Since the pandemic began, nursing homes and assisted living facilities have lost more than 400,000 jobs. Staffing shortages at home health agencies and nursing homes are creating problems at hospitals.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A mother and her two daughters have been charged for providing fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards to maintain and obtain employment at a New York nursing home. Vaccination is mandatory for nursing home employment in New York. They are scheduled to appear in court on March 14, 2022.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2025

This stark disparity revealed that nursing homes were particularly vulnerable during the pandemic, with high transmission and fatality rates in these congregate settings. Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs), commonly known as nursing homes, represented about 80% of LTC COVID deaths, making them the deadliest place to live during COVID.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

billion in False Claims Act (“FCA”) related settlements and judgments in the federal fiscal year 2022. Whistleblowers continue to be one of the federal government’s greatest assets in FCA cases, as whistleblowers filed 652 qui tam suits in 2022 with recovery totaling $1.9 Health Care Fraud Actions Medicaid. Standard of Care.

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Hall Render

JUNE 10, 2022

Report: Mesa nursing home fined $500 after negligence leads to resident’s death. Police ID suspect in attack on doctor, nurses at Southern California hospital. California nurses plan for potential 2nd strike of 2022. CU Anschutz program puts focus on mental health for health care workers. .

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 4, 2022

At the micro-level, the lack of data interoperability means that patient data cannot be easily shared between the hospital that the patient visited and the family physician that regularly takes care of them…or between the nursing home and the urgent care clinic. Colin Hung (@Colin_Hung) July 21, 2022.

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Hall Render

MAY 13, 2022

Alaska needs to train more nurses, but it doesn’t have enough nursing faculty to meet demand. Arizona Hospital Safety Grades 2022: The Best And Worst. Banner invests in Atlas Health Partners, plans to double ASC footprint. training initiative for nurses, caregivers who work in long-term care facilities.

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YouCompli

AUGUST 2, 2022

The Federal government spent unprecedented trillions of dollars throughout the COVID public health emergency (PHE). In April 2022, officials at the U.S. MorseLife Nursing Home Health System was alleged to have provided vaccines to individuals who were not eligible under this program. Let’s look at a few.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

AHA asks HHS to continue the public health emergency until conditions stabilize. Considerations for Social Determinants of Health Screening Design. COVID-19 public health emergency set to be extended. Covid-19 remains a public health emergency in US, administration says. CALIFORNIA. Christus St.

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Provider Trust

AUGUST 9, 2023

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released its latest 2023 Spring Semiannual Report to Congress, providing a comprehensive overview of its activities from October 2022 to March 2023. Led by acting Inspector General Christi A.

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Healthcare Law Today

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) has delayed the enforcement penalties for the new notice requirements under the “Patients First Law” until July 1, 2022. 228 to address this inherent challenge in the private insurance and health care coverage markets.

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C&M Health Law

AUGUST 10, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule that updates Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and enacts changes to the SNF Quality Reporting Program and the SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program beginning in FY 2023. Staffing Levels.

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Provider Trust

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Most healthcare services involve some sort of care by nurses including private practices, primary care clinics, home health, nursing homes, hospices, and more. Read on to learn more about nursing license verification in an ongoing pandemic and public health emergency. workforce as a whole.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 18, 2024

For example, Memorial Hermann Health System has created a “healthcare high school” to find workers even before they enter the job market, and Froedtert Health and ThedaCare began working on cultural integration long before the two health systems merged in January. Medical Properties Trust has sued the Mass.

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Provider Trust

JANUARY 25, 2024

Ensuring the Financial Integrity of HHS Programs In fiscal year (FY) 2022, improper payments within healthcare programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) were estimated at a staggering $131.6 HHS estimated that over 15% of payments in FY 2022 were improper.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 31, 2022

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has armed surveyors with detailed instructions on how to survey skilled nursing facilities for compliance with the CMS staff vaccine requirements.

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Hall Render

JANUARY 6, 2022

Note: This article has been revised to include information on the Group 2 states as of January 18, 2022. The timeframes are based on the issuance date of each of the QSO Memos, which was December 28, 2021 for the Group 1 QSO Memo and January 14, 2022 for the Group 2 QSO Memo. Surveys Start.

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AIHC

JUNE 14, 2024

Abuse According to Title 8 Public Health and Welfare § 192.2400 of the Department of Health and Senior Services, “ Abuse ”, the infliction of physical, sexual, or emotional injury or harm including financial exploitation by any person, firm, or corporation and bullying. Information from that announcement is reproduced below.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Lawmakers call on Biden to end public health emergency. Aspen University investigation: Students vent frustration amid nursing board probe into private college. ‘I feel extorted:’ Former FMC nurses told to pay $5K after being fired for refusing vaccine. 8 recent hospital, health system executive resignations.

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

40% of Nursing Home Residents Haven’t Received COVID-19 Boosters, Analysis Finds. How 5 health systems are spending their innovation investment dollars. No COVID-19 boosters for 70% of nursing home staffs, AARP says. Contract Nurse Agencies Are Making Big Money in the Age of COVID-19. CALIFORNIA.

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Hall Render

APRIL 29, 2022

About 20K nursing home staff now have vaccine medical exemptions. County Struggles with Income Affect Social Determinants of Health. County Struggles with Income Affect Social Determinants of Health. Healthcare deals decline 34% in Q1 2022: 8 things to know from KPMG. CMS Proposes $1.6B in malpractice case.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The pandemic prison has utilized several of the worst features of incarceration as a foundational part of how the institution governs “public health” for its captives. Abolitionists and other critics of mass incarceration joined incarcerated people in proclaiming that prison ran counter to public health. By Dan Berger.

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Hall Render

MARCH 18, 2022

Former CMS Chief Seema Verma Blasts Nursing Home Reform Proposals. Health Policy Brief: Pandemic-Driven Health Policies To Address Social Needs And Health Equity. How the PE Nursing Home Crackdown Could Affect the Home Health Industry. The status of Public Health Emergency declarations.

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Hall Render

MARCH 11, 2022

How the Senate’s Cyber Bill Could Affect Health Sector. Providers happy nursing homes are among White House’s top priorities but disheartened at approach. OSHA conducting new wave of COVID-19 inspections among previously dinged hospitals, nursing facilities. HHS: What cybersecurity means for healthcare in 2022.

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Hall Render

MARCH 28, 2023

On January 30, 2023, the Biden Administration announced the COVID public health emergency (“PHE”) will expire and end on May 11, 2023. CMS ended several of the SNF blanket waivers in 2021 and 2022. CMS has allowed states and nursing homes to suspend these assessments for new residents for thirty days.

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Hall Render

APRIL 22, 2022

21 top management risks in healthcare for 2022. $1B GAO investigating private equity ownership of nursing homes. This nursing home chain reported the highest COVID death rate. UArizona launching new programs to address health care workforce shortages. Primary Health opening new Nampa clinic in late 2022.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Hospitals likely to end 2022 in the red despite August boost, report says. How tight nursing home capacity is bottlenecking hospital operations. Judge rules that HHS must immediately halt unlawful reimbursement cuts to certain 340B hospitals for rest of 2022. Could virtual nursing help combat the shortage of nurses?

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Hall Render

JUNE 3, 2022

AZDHS not protecting nursing home residents by reviewing complaints. Health care company expects to earn nearly $10 million in annual profits from AZ prisons contract. Arizona Becomes 3rd State to Provide In-Home Care for Sick Children. Valley doctor, pharmacy, volunteer among 2022 ‘Health Heroes’ ILLINOIS.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 19, 2022

CDC, amid criticism for COVID-19 response, plans reorganization as public health threats grow. Joint Commission’s New Accreditation Standards Tackle Health Disparities. Nursing homes and long-term care facilities face increased turnover, look to new solution to attract workers. UC San Diego Health names new CIO.

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Hall Render

JULY 22, 2022

Amazon to buy primary health-care provider One Medical for roughly $3.9 Covid-19 public health emergency extended in the US. Healthcare Merger and Acquisition Activity Generates $19B in Q2 2022. Director says multiple Arizona nursing homes had around 300 complaints. Troubled Iowa nursing home closing.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 26, 2022

AHA files reply brief as district court considers 340B payment remedy for the remainder of 2022. Amazon competes with CVS Health, others in bid for Signify Health. Amazon to shutter virtual health care service Amazon Care. CMS bulletin presses states on Medicaid nursing home spending. in net income.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 7, 2022

On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall along western Florida as a Category 4 storm, causing significant property damage, including to many health care facilities. President Biden issued such a major disaster declaration beginning on September 23, 2022.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

CMS gives nursing homes a longer leash on staff COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Daniel Barchi named CIO of CommonSpirit Health. Owner of Chicago nursing home fined after 3 seniors died due to heat wave. Patient sues Advocate Aurora Health in federal court over ‘pixel’ data breach.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Main Line Health shifts pediatric affiliation to CHOP after 25 years with Nemours. Delaware public health officials working to expand monkeypox vaccine access. Children’s Hospital takes over pediatric work at Main Line Health as Nemours affiliation ends. Genesis Health System and MercyOne to partner.

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