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CMS Behavioral Health Billing Guidelines: Simplified for Outpatient Providers

Medisys Compliance

Family psychotherapy (CPT 90846, 90847): Therapy sessions focused on family dynamics, with or without the patient present. Providers must use HIPAA-compliant telehealth platforms and ensure informed consent is documented in the patients record. Avoid fraud: Ensure billing accurately reflects services rendered.

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OIG Advisory Opinion Alert: Yet Another Favorable Decision for Medical Device Manufacturers

Healthcare Law Blog

Like these other AOs, OIG found that while the Proposed Arrangement could generate fraud and abuse risks under both the Federal anti-kickback statute (i.e., Section 1128A(a)(5) of the Act), the Proposed Arrangement nevertheless presented a minimal risk of fraud and abuse under the law on the facts presented.

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Embracing Technology: FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Decentralized Clinical Trials

Hall Render

The guidance describes DCT-specific considerations that may not be present in site-based clinical trials, and how sponsors can approach such issues. DCTs often present novel problems that sponsors conducting site-based clinical trials have not previously encountered.

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

The lack of multistate licensure presents a barrier to telehealth because providers must obtain and uphold licensure (and the associated medical education and financial obligations) in multiple states. Obtaining informed consent with your patient is typically done before the first appointment.

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Is Your Data Supply Chain Ethical? Don’t Restrict Due Diligence to Physical Operations.

C&M Health Law

bribery, fraud, misuse). Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) can present several areas of exposure. Suppose that a biopharmaceutical enterprise submits regulatory approval for a new product, only to realize that the data collected from outsourced clinical trials is based on insufficiently informed consent.

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Episode 23: The Emerging Investigatory Focus on Telehealth: What You Need to Know

Healthcare Law Today

Maureen has extensive experience handling malicious insider matters ranging from employee fraud, embezzlement, and misappropriation to breaches of non-solicitation, non-compete and confidentiality agreements. I think you see that, as Mark pointed out, with the fraud alert. regulatory focus over the next couple of years. Mark Josephs.

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AI in Healthcare

HIPAA Journal

AI is used by the finance industry to detect potential credit card fraud. Although specific concerns differ by organization, the concerns can generally be categorized as informed consent to use data, safety and transparency, algorithmic fairness, and data privacy. .