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Clinical Study Shows VR Treats Pain Consistently Across Sociodemographic Categories

HIT Consultant

It received a unique code and final pricing determination from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Department of Veterans Affairs, extending access to the RelieVRx program as a covered treatment for more veterans across the VA system. AppliedVR also secured an expanded contract from the U.S.

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A Second Chance to Win Your Government Healthcare Contract

Healthcare Law Blog

The government buys billions of dollars in healthcare-related goods and services every year, and no government procurement is perfect. If the answer is “yes”—or even “maybe”—healthcare companies may file a bid protest at the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) or the U.S. B-417836, 2020 CPD ¶ 47 ( Nov.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Acting on SDoH

Healthcare IT Today

According to Karl Ulfers, co-founder and vice president of growth at DUOS , governments offer excellent listings of resources with which care managers and clinicians can address housing, food, transportation, and other SDoH.

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Michigan Registered Nurse Pleads Guilty in COVID-19 Vaccination Record Card Fraud

Med-Net Compliance

Investigation of the case was conducted by the US Department of Veterans Affairs-Office of Inspector General (VA-OIG), VA Police Detroit and the Medicare Fraud Strike Force (MFSF) partners, a partnership among the Criminal Division, US Attorney’s Offices, and US Health and Human Services-Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG).

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Advancing Quality of Care

AIHC

At the federal level, government agencies are at various stages of adopting ML-based diagnostic tests. For example, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through its Veterans Health Administration (VHA), operates the largest integrated health care system in the U.S.

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2023 may bring progress in SDOH tech, telehealth and interoperability

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

What I have been most excited about is the acceleration in the concrete steps that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services states and accreditation organizations are taking to inspire action in the space of health equity. States are introducing new payment structures that incorporate community-based organizations into the fold.

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HIMSS names 2021 Changemaker Award winners

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Before that she served as director of the State Innovation Models Initiative at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Department of Veterans Affairs' effort to modernize its IT systems and create an interoperable EHR shared among VA, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Isaiah Nathaniel. Philadelphia.

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