Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

News CMS is seeking feedback on the upcoming electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) update that will go into effect in 2026. Intellectual and developmental disabilities care software provider CentralReach announced an exclusive partnership with AI.Measures , which provides assessments for child mental health.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 22, 2021

By 2026, the market is estimated to witness more than a four-and-a-half-fold growth, garnering €17.35 The report stated the current growth opportunities for the telehealth market: Behavioural health : Partner with focused solutions providers and pharma companies to offer digital therapeutic solutions. billion ($4.41bn) in 2019.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Each will undertake a year-long research project with mentorship from Center faculty and affiliates and will blog here at Bill of Health regularly. 2026) hails from small-town Indiana and worked for three years as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) before attending law school. Spencer Andrews (J.D.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 11, 2019

However, the challenge lies in how government institutions such as the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) can meaningfully engage the private healthcare sector in moving towards VBHC.

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HIT Consultant

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This updated standard focuses on capturing more accurate and complete patient characteristics data, potentially reducing disparities and supporting public health data interoperability. Developers will have the option to move to USCDI v3 earlier than the January 1, 2026, mandatory adoption date.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 14, 2023

USCDI Version 3 : Adopts the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) Version 3 (v3) as the new baseline standard within the ONC Health IT Certification Program (Certification Program) as of January 1, 2026. Developers of certified health IT will also have the ability to move to USCDI v3 sooner.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Three factors will drive healthcare costs to 2026: prices for medical goods and services, changes in income growth, and shifting enrollment from private health insurance to Medicare — driven by the aging of Boomers. trillion in 2026 when healthcare spending will be $1 in every $5 in the American economy (approaching 20%).

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Hall Render

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Set to begin in the FFY 2026 payment year, CMS will be using data on inpatient stays from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024. Background Congress mandated the Hospital VBP Program in 2010 to reward acute care hospitals for the quality of care provided in the inpatient setting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 28, 2023

Even with the public health emergency declared over, a federal budget agreement signed into law in late 2022 extended waivers through the end of 2024. A Chilmark report from May 2023 estimates that hospital-at-home adoption will double by 2026 , reaching $72 billion out of a potential $300 billion total addressable market.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 14, 2023

Furthermore, it predicts that 900,000 nurses will permanently leave the industry by 2026. The study also forecasts that many remaining workers will consider changing jobs this year. Twenty-nine states face a nursing talent shortage, and if current trends persist, they will be short by nearly 100,000 nurses in the next five years.

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 26, 2024

The Final Rule adds definitions for the terms “public health” and “reproductive healthcare.” This requirement will not be enforced until February 16, 2026 , at the earliest. What Does the Final Rule Do? The Final Rule modifies the existing Privacy Rule by changing the definition of the term “person.”

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

MAY 13, 2024

Additionally, new interpretations of “public health” in the context of surveillance, investigation, or intervention, and “reproductive health care” have been introduced. Reproductive health care, a subset of healthcare, encompasses services affecting a woman’s reproductive system and its functions.

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MedTrainer

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

These agencies help maintain the integrity and quality of healthcare services in Missouri , protecting the public and promoting patient safety. Regulations Unique to Missouri To meet the standards of healthcare compliance in Missouri , there are a few additional regulations.

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Healthcare Law Blog

MARCH 14, 2024

2] Public Health Authority Disclosure. De-identified records can be disclosed to public health authorities without patient consent, in accordance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The Final Rule takes effect on April 16, 2024 and entities must ensure full compliance by February 16, 2026. Investigations Safe Harbor.

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Provider Trust

OCTOBER 12, 2021

government estimates that >200,000 new RN positions will be created each year from 2016 to 2026. Most healthcare services involve some sort of care by nurses including private practices, primary care clinics, home health, nursing homes, hospices, and more. Additional Complexities During The Public Health Emergency.

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Redox

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Small physician practices, rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, small rural acute care hospitals, and nonprofit clinics will have until January 2026. Notably: Data sharing purposes Other data-sharing networks like Carequality are largely limited to “Treatment” purposes.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 11, 2023

Leveraging technology to modernize, digitize, connect, and consolidate data will prove critical to the nation’s ability to address major public health needs both present and future, including preparing for the next global health crisis. Federal Citizen Services at Maximus.

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Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

If the pandemic has taught us anything about public policy, it is that the model of countercyclical federal aid — which expands at the onset of an economic crisis but abates as that crisis is resolved — is fundamentally inadequate when applied to the realm of public health. public health expenditures fell by 30 percent.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In the State of California, there is a mandate for improved data sharing for smaller entities by Jan 2026, and they are even providing incentives to get it done. Faxing, always to my surprise, continues to be the primary way that data is shared, especially with smaller entities.

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Hall Render

JUNE 5, 2024

Stage 1: Effective May 6, 2025 One year after the Final Rule’s publication, the FDA will enforce medical device reporting requirements, including adverse event reporting, correction and removal reporting and maintenance of complaint files under quality system regulations ( 21 C.F.R. Part 820 ).

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Healthcare Law Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

3] Section 340B of the Public Health Service Act requires pharmaceutical manufacturers participating in Medicaid to sell outpatient drugs at discounted prices to health care organizations that care for many uninsured and low-income patients. 9, 2023). [2] 7] CMS Guidance – Part D Inflation Rebates at p. 17-921 (Aug. 17, 2017).

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SQA

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Finalization of the document is planned for 2026. ICMRA recognizes that AMR is a complex, multifaceted problem and calls for better coordination across all sectors, including public health, animal health, and the environment, through a ‘One Health’ approach. was conducted on 07 November 2022.

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Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

Under PDGM, CMS must “annually determine the impact of differences between assumed behavior changes … and actual behavior changes on estimated aggregate expenditures” every year from 2020 to 2026. CMS can make temporary or permanent changes to the prospective payment to adjust for the identified impact of behavioral change.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 25, 2025

2026) is a student fellow with Petrie-Flom Center. He hails from small-town Indiana and worked for three years as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) before attending law school. Part 1 of this 2-part series is here. About the author Spencer Andrews (J.D. 2) first appeared on Petrie-Flom Center.

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Hall Render

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Under PDGM, CMS must “annually determine the impact of differences between assumed behavior changes… and actual behavior changes on estimated aggregate expenditures” every year from 2020 to 2026. CMS can make temporary or permanent changes to the prospective payment to adjust for the identified impact of behavioral change.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 16, 2024

by Rupa Palanki In May 2024, a bipartisan group of female senators introduced the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act. If enacted, it would be the most comprehensive federal effort to improve health care related to menopause. Rupa Palanki is a law student (J.D.

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SQA

MAY 24, 2023

The deadline for reporting serious incidents not constituting serious public health threats, deaths, or unanticipated serious deteriorations in state of health was reduced to 15 calendar days. The difference between the term incident and the new term serious incident introduced in the Regulation are also discussed in detail.

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SQA

MAY 24, 2023

The deadline for reporting serious incidents not constituting serious public health threats, deaths, or unanticipated serious deteriorations in state of health was reduced to 15 calendar days. The difference between the term “incident” and the new term “serious incident” introduced in the Regulation are also discussed in detail.

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Healthcare Law Blog

AUGUST 25, 2022

The first list of up to 10 Part D negotiation-eligible drugs will be published in 2026, the earliest “price applicability date” at which the Program takes effect. The drug publication date for 2026 will be chosen by September 1, 2023. Insulin Products.

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C&M Health Law

JANUARY 4, 2024

public health emergency, war, natural disaster, etc.). New and Revised Standards and Certification Criteria ONC finalized a number of proposed changes to the standards and certification criteria, including the core data set, criteria related to public health reporting, and criteria related to AI-enabled predictive DSI.

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Healthcare Law Blog

JANUARY 6, 2023

The high level summary below of some of the Act’s more notable components that are significant in the healthcare arena is not meant to be an exhaustive list of all health policy changes or provisions included in the Act. The Act initiated several reforms in favor of the mental health of beneficiaries and providers in the Medicare space.

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Hall Render

OCTOBER 13, 2023

health care startup Ounce raises $5.2M David’s forges ahead with new behavioral health hospital after rezoning vote Texas rehab hospital settles ADA case UTAH Fire spurs evacuation at Intermountain hospital Intermountain, Ortho Montana break ground on new ASC U of Utah Health adds new C-suite role $17.5

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New Jersey Healthcare Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

For 2023 the healthcare cost growth benchmark is 3.5%, for 2024 3.2%, for 2025 3%, for 2026 2.8%, for 2027 2.8%. 203(a), the Office of the Governor issued Executive Order 280 declaring that a Public Health Emergency, established in Exec Order No. On February 7, 2022, at 54 N.J.R. 103, continues to exist in NJ.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Vincent, Indianapolis Colts announce new partnership Franciscan Health launches 24/7 ambulance to help patients in rural counties Lilly to make $1.8B

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Hall Render

JULY 26, 2024

for schools’ health care Delaware paid over $12 million more on weight loss drugs than expected, trend increases to follow Department of Public Health launches Health Equity Institute, mission to train professionals in social determinants of health FLORIDA 3 local Ascension St. Vincent’s hospitals make U.S.

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Hall Render

JULY 26, 2024

for schools’ health care Delaware paid over $12 million more on weight loss drugs than expected, trend increases to follow Department of Public Health launches Health Equity Institute, mission to train professionals in social determinants of health FLORIDA 3 local Ascension St. Vincent’s hospitals make U.S.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 16, 2025

Payers tap technology to help strengthen the public health framework. After years in a state of public health emergency due to COVID-19, we will see payers and public health vow to keep communication more open than it has been in the past.

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