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Juggling Chainsaws

YouCompli

These include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the False Claims Act, and other legislation that governs patient care, billing practices, and safety standards. Risk Management: Healthcare organizations face numerous risks, from malpractice claims to cybersecurity threats.

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Introduction to Telebehavioral Health

AIHC

Click Here for OCR’s guidance “ How the HIPAA Rules Permit Covered Health Care Providers and Health Plans to Use Remote Communication Technologies for Audio-Only Telehealth ” Comply with Consent Requirements Most states have telehealth specific informed consent requirement in their statute, administrative code and/or Medicaid policies.

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New York Doubles Down on Telehealth

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While the laws governing telehealth were becoming gradually more permissive, progress was slow. diminished quality of care, increased opportunity to violate scope of practice or informed consent laws, etc.) seem not to have been a major concern.

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The Guardians of Professional Knowledge

Bill of Health

Professional Regulation The Guardians of Professional Knowledge Early in the second Trump administration, health information started to disappear from government websites including those maintained by the CDC and NIH. Here, too, medical malpractice law provides a useful lens. Florida (known popularly as the Docs v.

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Free Speech versus Public Health: The Role of Social Media (Part One)

Bill of Health

professional licensing, informed consent, malpractice liability, and fiduciary duties) while these guardrails run counter to the presumed equality of speakers outside of this relationship. The premise is that individuals within the professional relationship are protected by a variety of legal guardrails (e.g.,

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The Dr. Oz Paradox

Bill of Health

Professionals within a professional relationship are subject to a variety of legal constraints, such as informed consent requirements or professional malpractice liability if things go wrong. For example, free speech is not a defense against a malpractice claim. As the Court reaffirmed in Shurtleff , “[t]he Constitution.

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Health Provider News – February 10, 2023

Hall Render

over Claims Practices Where things stand in Central California 1 month after a community hospital’s closure California hospital names Kelly Linden CEO Upcoming California health bills to watch, including a conversation with Rep. million to UMass Memorial Health Care for COVID-19 costs Four Mass.