Healthcare It News

OCTOBER 31, 2022

" Since HL7 pledged to share the standards free of charge under licensing terms, many partnerships and collaborations with both public and private healthcare entities have bloomed. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Email: afox@himss.org.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 24, 2025

"Having our virtual team be Providence providers – who meet the high quality, credentialing and governance requirements used across our system and who know our internal systems, protocols and workflows – was essential." Next, one-call-for-all service. " And finally, the Telemedicine Resource Center.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 31, 2023

a government services contracting company, has announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Progress Software’s MOVEit Transfer solution in May 2023 and accessed the protected health information (PHI) of between 8 and 11 million individuals. Reston, VA-based Maximus Inc.,

Governance 96

Governance Medicare Medicare Ransomware 96

Bill of Health

JANUARY 12, 2023

Moderna also licensed their mRNA technology from Cellscript LLC – University of Pennsylvania’s successor-in-interest to the 966 patent. More broadly, BioNTech and Pfizer highlight Moderna’s surreptitious conduct of obtaining its mRNA patents without disclosing the government’s role in its funding and development.

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Healthcare It News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Does Google ensure that patients are informed when Med-PaLM 2, or other AI models offered or licensed by, are used in their care by health care licensees? What license terms exist in any product license to use Med-PaLM 2 to protect patients, ensure ethical guardrails, and prevent misuse or inappropriate use of Med-PaLM 2?

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 25, 2025

The file review was completed on February 24, 2025, and confirmed that the types of data compromised included names plus some or all of the following: date of birth, Social Security number, drivers license or state identification number, medical information, and health insurance information.

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Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Joint governance leads to better patient protection Liederman credited joint governance for helping to facilitate a higher sense of trust among patients and the workforce. You want them to keep working there, you want them to keep their licenses." " The goal is culture change, he said.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 9, 2023

But even if some important questions about virtual care's staying power have been answered recently , health systems and telehealth startups continue to face major challenges navigating licensing requirements to operate across state lines. Not only does this process create inefficiencies and confusion, but mistakes can be very costly.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 9, 2022

License and approval. Only licensed physicians are qualified and permitted to engage in medical practice. It is sometimes difficult for a newly established Japanese subsidiary of a foreign SaMD manufacturer to fulfil all the criteria to obtain a marketing authorization license as a business license.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 28, 2025

Restorix sent notification letters to the affected patients on December 18, 2024.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Caroline Cook, Privacy Consultant, GDH Government Consulting Services, has shared her thoughts. My first professional experience in healthcare was as a licensed social worker in an acute care hospital. I’m a Privacy Consultant employed by GDH Government Consulting Services. I’ve always been drawn to healthcare.

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Healthcare It News

JANUARY 16, 2024

"Second, there is a lack of licensed clinical professionals in the markets we serve. "If those factors align, we then take the specific vendor product through a governance group. And we wanted to use the software 'at the top of its license,' so to speak, by pairing it up to the proper type of patient.

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Verisys

APRIL 2, 2025

How to Acquire a Pharmacy License The process of becoming a licensed pharmacy can be complex even if you have experience, as every state has different documentation requirements. Pharmacies must obtain all the necessary licenses to meet the necessary professional standards before they can legally begin operation.

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Bill of Health

MARCH 24, 2022

At the research and development (R&D) stage, government funders can bind producers to equity goals through targeted contractual provisions, as we explain in a recently-published Nature Biotechnology article. The first pathway is requiring funding recipients to use out-licensing to alleviate scarcity.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

In his study, Auerswald found that labor market barriers to entry, such as licensing requirements, and technical barriers to entry, such as regulatory approvals and interoperability standards, constitute "the most significant barriers to entrepreneurial entry. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News.

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Healthcare It News

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Whether it's government payers or the commercial payers, they have started to cover more and more of these initiatives. But are there any sort of looming priorities that you think the government should have in terms of making sure that these innovations can continue? But one priority to address is the licensing-based requirement.

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Compliancy Group

JANUARY 23, 2025

The federal False Claims Act prohibits someone from knowingly presenting or causing a false claim for payment if the federal government will pay for that claim. Well dig deeper into the healthcare settlements, including what allegations the organizations faced and how much these FCA violations cost them. What is the False Claims Act?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

John's Well Child and Family Center due to the stringent "safer at home" order from local government as well as the need to meet residents' healthcare needs while protecting the safety of both providers and patients. "We purchased additional equipment and licenses and trained all our staff," Manga recalled.

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Verisys

APRIL 3, 2025

Licensure actions Disciplinary actions from state medical boards, like suspensions or revoked licenses. Exclusions from Medicare and Medicaid Instances where a provider has been banned from participating in government-funded healthcare programs. Civil judgments Lawsuits that reveal unethical behavior or misconduct.

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Verisys

APRIL 8, 2025

FACIS Level 1M Background Check A FACIS Level 1M background check is the recommended baseline and minimally required compliance search for candidates employed by organizations that receive any government funding for state or federal health care programs. The post What is FACIS?

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Hall Render

APRIL 8, 2025

2747 defines a material change transaction as a transaction that entails a material change to the ownership, operations or governance of a health care entity. 2747 passes, health care deals and investments may be delayed while costs and government scrutiny would likely increase. 2747 Background and Notice Requirements H.B.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Licenses that allowed physicians to practice across state lines and provided reimbursement parity due to the pandemic have now expired. The healthcare industry does not agree that state licensing needs to be revised. Proponents of our current model often cite patient safety as a reason for more restrictive licensing.

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Verisys

MARCH 6, 2025

All parties must adhere to both federal and state laws, including those set by governing bodies, and follow ethical standards that safeguard the well-being of patients. The primary governing bodies that set healthcare compliance standards include: The U.S.

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Hall Render

APRIL 7, 2025

government for false or fraudulent claims submitted for federal reimbursement. Because FCA relators pursue the governments claims, several circuits have determined this precludes relators from proceeding pro se. The government declined to intervene and, in a filing with the U.S. Background The FCA, codified at 31 U.S.C.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Healthcare organizations can enhance the patient experience, boost operational efficiency, increase compliance, and unlock new data licensing opportunities. “As Healthcare organizations face new complexities in data use and licensing.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 26, 2025

As the sector adapts, telehealth providers must navigate new compliance challenges, particularly regarding controlled substances, data privacy, and multi-state licensing. While telehealth is federally recognized, each state maintains its own set of rules governing online prescribing , provider licensing, and telehealth modalities.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 15, 2023

Both Lilly and Novo invoked the unconstitutional conditions doctrine, which they argued prohibited the government from requiring them to relinquish their property without just compensation as a condition of participating in federal health-insurance programs. Both courts pointed to the Supreme Court’s decision in Ruckelhaus v.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 7, 2023

By Aparajita Lath Two articles published last month in the BMJ analyze the public investment and financing of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, highlighting the extensive government funding that has supported the development of mRNA technology from 1985 to 2022. government. government substantially de-risking the vaccine development process.

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Verisys

MARCH 6, 2025

Credentialing involves a detailed review of a provider’s qualifications, including their: Education Work experience Certifications Licenses Professional standing This process ensures that patients see professionals who are properly trained and certified to provide the level of care they require.

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MedTrainer

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Then select required document types from licenses to peer references, payer documents, and more. You no longer have to juggle separate files, wonder if you have everything, or worry that youre sending an expired license. Customize the template. Set up your templates by provider location, category (allied health, physician, etc.),

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 1, 2024

will be divided between the US government and various states. Specifically, the government claims that TRG: Failed to ensure adequate review of radiology scans: TRG allegedly used contractors located outside the United States, who were not licensed to practice medicine in the US, to prepare draft interpretations of radiology scans.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 11, 2025

Additional identifiers such as Social Security Numbers, driver’s license/state ID numbers, passport numbers, dates of birth, demographic data, student ID numbers, and other government identifiers.

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Bill of Health

APRIL 4, 2024

On top of that comprehensive rulebook, the European Data Strategy bundle of laws encompasses the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Free Flow of Non-Personal Data Regulation, the Data Governance Act and the Data Act, as part of the EC’s ambition to establish a single unified market for data. The sectorialism of the U.S.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Department of Justice announced this past Friday that it had charged four people, one of whom is a licensed physician, in an international telehealth fraud and kickback scheme. The agency said that patient information had been provided by marketing companies. THE LARGER TREND. billion in schemes relating to telemedicine.

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Verisys

MARCH 1, 2024

Healthcare organizations’ increased reliance on telemedicine has led to new technological risks for the entire healthcare industry but especially for governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC) programs, creating a need for improved vigilance over data security.

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Verisys

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Nurses have their own credentials, including verifying their nursing license, specialized certifications, and continuing education credits. Healthcare license verification and monitoring systems play a crucial role in ensuring nurses maintain up-to-date credentials while reducing administrative burdens.

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Bill of Health

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A range of entities are filing psychedelic patent applications – from publicly traded corporations to universities and government bodies. Indeed, it’s not just big corporations that are in the patenting game. Of those, eight were filed in response to patent applications submitted by Mind Medicine, Inc.

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