Fierce Healthcare

MAY 2, 2023

White House announces end to COVID-19 vaccination requirements for federal employees, healthcare dmuoio Tue, 05/02/2023 - 10:44

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By Tara Davis and Nicola Soekoe In January 2021, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) observed that the world was on the brink of a “catastrophic moral failure” if wealthier nations did not ensure the equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Impact of the judgment: what have records disclosed shown?

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Bill of Health

JULY 12, 2024

As I previously discussed in October of 2020, Moderna pledged not to enforce its patents against makers of COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic. Then, in 2022, Moderna sued competing vaccine makers Pfizer and BioNTech. Last week, however, the U.K. Conclusion The U.K.

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Bill of Health

JANUARY 18, 2024

The Jurisprudence of COVID-19 Substantial databases of jurisprudence relating to COVID-19 show that judicial decisions continued to proliferate on a range of issues and deep into 2023.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In June 2023, the Assembly adopted Resolution 2500 (2023) on “Public health emergency: the need for a holistic approach to multilateralism and health care.” The report supports the ongoing processes taking place at the international level to transform global health governance.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

Confirmation of Vaccination The pandemic accelerated the use of Surescripts’ platform as an information exchange. “We As COVID-19 vaccines were administered by pharmacy partners, the immunization information for those patients was fed back to healthcare providers so that it could be recorded in their health records.”

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Building on Siracusa to develop new human rights principles for public health emergencies Once again, the ICJ played a leading role in collaboration with the Global Health Law Consortium in drafting the PH Principles—released alongside the World Health Assembly in May 2023. The HR Principles build on the Siracusa Principles.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Against the backdrop of this burgeoning collective amnesia, a project to articulate the human rights norms relevant to public health emergencies led to the development of the 2023 Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles).

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By Rossella De Falco Strong, well-coordinated and resilient public health care services play a vital role in preventing and responding to public health crises.

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Health Populi

MAY 4, 2023

Reviewing the annual 2023 report from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science discussing The Use of Medicines in the U.S. IQVIA’s national prescription data revealed that prescriptions for mental health drugs grew 8% since 2019 — with a 33% rise among girls under 19.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

For example, the fundraising minimum for the Innocence Project — one of the more than 550 charities selected for the upcoming 2023 New York City Marathon — is $3,500 per person. The first type of monetary contribution accepted by the Marathon is through fundraising for a qualifying charity. Minimum fundraising amounts vary by charity.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 26, 2023

By Kayum Ahmed, Julia Bleckner, and Kyle Knight In mid-May, the World Health Organization officially declared the “emergency” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic over.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

By Nerima Were and Allan Maleche Taking into account our experiences as human rights lawyers working in Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic, in this article we briefly analyze the Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (the Principles) and make a case for their utility in guiding State measures to prepare for, prevent, (..)

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 5, 2023

By Silvia Serrano Guzmán On July 4, 2023 the Constitutional Court of Colombia handed down a landmark decision on one of the most difficult dilemmas faced during the COVID-19 pandemic: the rationing of intensive care in situations of scarcity.

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HIT Consultant

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

JP Perez-Etchegoyen, CTO of Onapsis Due to the recent growth of the pharmaceutical industry, the value of highly-sensitive data stored in pharmaceutical systems and the degree of the potential damage that cyberattacks on the industry can cause, it is safe to say that pharma could be one of the most targeted industries by cybercriminals in 2023.

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Verisys

JUNE 13, 2023

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services : The US Department of Health and Human Services has issued a final rule update concerning guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination requirements for Long-Term Care Facilities (LTC) and Intermediate Care for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICFs-IID).

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Hanys

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The update to the CDC's 2023 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule includes new recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to add COVID-19 vaccines to the vaccine schedule.

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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. The convicted individual was employed as a data entry specialist at a vaccination provider company.

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Health Law RX

APRIL 27, 2023

On April 11, 2023, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) confirmed that four notifications of enforcement discretion regarding enforcement of the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules (the HIPAA rules) during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will expire at the end of the PHE.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 31, 2023

By Calvin Wai-Loon Ho With the mainstreaming of digital technology across many spheres of social life, infodemic management must be an integral part of public health emergency prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery.

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Jane Sarashon

APRIL 8, 2024

consumers between 16 and 65 years of age, and found that Ozempic topped all health care brands considered in the study — beating the companies CVS (Health), Warby Parker (a perennial health consumer favorite in other research), Pfizer (still associated with the COVID-19 vaccine) and Truvani (a brand of protein powder).

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YouCompli

MARCH 29, 2023

In this article, she discusses several issues that hospitals and health systems need to consider as a result of the scheduled end of the COVID-19 public health emergency. population previously received at least one COVID-19 vaccination. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) reports that 80% of the U.S.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

By Sheila Varadan, Ton Liefaard, and Jaap Doek The Principles and Guidelines on Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies (Principles) make a significant contribution towards clarifying the scope of States’ legal obligations under international human rights law during public health emergencies.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 26, 2023

The Notice did not apply to health plans or healthcare clearinghouses when they were performing health plan and clearinghouse functions, nor to healthcare providers or business associates that were not performing COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Site activities, even if those activities were performed at the testing sites.

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Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

By Brianna da Silva Bhatia, Michele Heisler, and Christian De Vos American health care too often fails to protect the right to health or promote health-related rights.

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Hall Render

MAY 11, 2023

As skilled nursing facilities work and provide health care services after the May 11, 2023, end of the Public Health Emergency, questions and concerns about visitation at these facilities will likely continue to arise.

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Health Care Law Brief

DECEMBER 22, 2021

CMS also extended the permissible breadth of telehealth services (the “Category 3” services) that it had added to the PFS in CY 2020 in response to COVID-19 through the end of 2023. Vaccinations. Direct Physician Assistant Billing.

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The thirty-day public comment period ends on March 11, 2023. Part B inflation rebates are measured on a quarterly basis, with the first quarter having begun on January 1, 2023. January 9, 2023 CMS issued this Guidance with a thirty-day comment period on key topics to implement the Rebate Programs.

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MedTrainer

MAY 4, 2023

There are plenty of compliance implications for the end of the Public Health Emergency on May 11, 2023 , and an assessment is a great place to start. Vaccine Requirements End During the pandemic, compliance teams at CMS-certified healthcare facilities were tasked with tracking the COVID-19 vaccination status of all healthcare providers.

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Hall Render

MAY 30, 2023

On April 4, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule (“Proposed Rule”) that would update Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year 2024.

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Hall Render

AUGUST 11, 2023

On August 7, 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a final rule (“Final Rule”) that updated Medicare payment policies and rates for skilled nursing facilities (“SNFs”) under the Skilled Nursing Facility Prospective Payment System (“SNF PPS”) for fiscal year (“FY”) 2024.

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Hall Render

MAY 2, 2023

COVID SNF Notification Requirements. CMS expects all providers to be in compliance with the requirements for PASARR with all admissions taking place after May 11, 2023. The CMS Memo provides that this means that all new SNF stays beginning on or after May 12, 2023 will require a qualifying hospital stay before Medicare coverage.

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Hall Render

MAY 20, 2022

Alabama to Get Inpatient Mental Health Facility in Morgan County in 2023. 2023 Georgia state budget includes $180 million increase in mental health funding. Health officials explore other COVID-19 surveillance options as at home testing skews numbers. Michigan suspends contact tracing contract as COVID cases surge.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

On December 29, 2022 , President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (the “Act”). 13] Rural providers of ambulance services in these areas are entitled to the increased payments for services furnished before January 1, 2023. [14] The 2023 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule provides for an approximately 4.5%

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, now entering its fourth year in 2023, legislators, executives, and judges at every level of government have sought measures to derail efficacious public health interventions. By James G.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This is all very good news, particularly in comparison to where we were pre-vaccine. By the end of January 2023, over 1,100,000 Americans had died from COVID , and the 400-500 deaths a day continue, particularly among older adults and the elderly. Yet there is bad news, confusion, and uncertainty.

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Verisys

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Compliance Updates: November 2023 Here is our monthly regulatory update. Effective July 1, 2023, pharmacy services can be allowed outside the confines of the permitted facility. Proposed rules are as follows: The implementation of HB 2584 (2023) and HB 3036 (2021) shifting physician assistants to the collaborative practice model.

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