Healthcare Compliance Blog

JUNE 8, 2022

A Maine nursing home with a history of federal fines was listed as a special focus facility (SFF) after two residents wandered off in separate incidents last year. They were one mile from the nursing home, so police took her to the facility. In the second case, the resident was hit and killed by a motor vehicle.

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Healthcare It News

MARCH 17, 2022

An urgent need exists for advanced digital solutions that automatically analyze patient data and present it in a user-friendly, clinically meaningful way. It facilitates access to health data for patients and authorized ELGA health service providers – attending physicians, hospitals, nursing homes or pharmacies.

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Hall Render

MARCH 4, 2025

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued new Industry Segment-Specific Compliance Program Guidance For Nursing Facilities (Nursing Facility ICPG) for nursing home members of the health care compliance community. Medical Directors in Nursing Homes 42 CFR 483.70(g)

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The OIG’s review of claims showed that SNF residents often present with one of these six conditions (pneumonia, congestive heart failure, UTIs, dehydration, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/asthma, and sepsis) on inpatient hospitalization. Audit resident care plans to ensure they are regularly followed and updated as needed.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The United States has filed a lawsuit against an Alabama psychiatrist for improper prescribing of Nuedexta to nursing home residents. In return, the psychiatrist prescribed Nuedexta to nursing home residents who did not have pseudobulbar affect.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

Many AICNY beneficiaries reside in group homes and use Federally Qualified Community Health Centers. A large number of the beneficiaries present multiple complex chronic health conditions with a high coexistence of mental health conditions making the coordination of care more complex and inefficient. THE PROBLEM.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 29, 2022

"The implementation of a telepsychiatry program expedites the treatment time for a patient presenting in the emergency department in crisis," he continued. Alcera, network medical director/Hackensack Meridian Behavioral Health, and chief medical officer at Preferred Behavioral Health Group, among other positions.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

According to a 2021 survey released by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL), nearly every nursing home (99 percent) and assisted living facility (96 percent) in the U.S. is facing a staffing shortage.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 11, 2025

However, wearable technology presents a transformative approach that enables real-time monitoring and personalized treatment plans to significantly improve the quality of life for patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 7, 2024

As such, patients living in communities with greater healthcare disparities often present with more advanced disease or with higher acuity illness. As trusted community members, they have the requisite respect and credibility to engage with patients in high and low disparity communities.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

For healthcare providers, telehealth presents an opportunity to address patient care needs, improve the customer experience and reduce costs. This means patients can receive care wherever they are – at home, nursing home, assisted living, etc.

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Jane Sarashon

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Note that 8 in 10 consumers rate nurses excellent/good compared with 7 in 10 people ranking physicians this way, 6 in 10 for hospitals, 5 in 10 for telemedicine/virtual visits, and just under 5 in 10 for hospital emergency departments. ” Such is the present world of nurses and nursing in the U.S., health system.

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Healthcare Compliance Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

A mother and her two daughters have been charged for providing fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards to maintain and obtain employment at a New York nursing home. Vaccination is mandatory for nursing home employment in New York.

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Health Care Performance

APRIL 5, 2023

CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima SNF Compliance Update April 19, 2023 90 minutes 1.8 NAB CEUs It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. Sign up for MPA's FREE Compliance webinar: All webinars start at 11:00 a.m. CCB CEUs 1.5

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Health Care Performance

APRIL 5, 2022

CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima. May 11, 2022: Affordable Care Act Compliance Programs for Nursing Homes. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. CST - 12:00 p.m. You know what the happiest animal on Earth is?

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Health Care Performance

MARCH 29, 2022

CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima. May 11, 2022: Affordable Care Act Compliance Programs for Nursing Homes. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. CST - 12:00 p.m. You know what the happiest animal on Earth is?

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Health Care Performance

MARCH 16, 2022

CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima. May 11, 2022: Affordable Care Act Compliance Programs for Nursing Homes. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. CST - 12:00 p.m. You know what the happiest animal on Earth is?

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HIT Consultant

MAY 4, 2023

She presents her findings to the team. About Joel Landau Joel Landau, founder and chairman of The Allure Group , a network of six New York City-based nursing homes After doing so, the data scientist discovers that non-adherence most often occurs in zip codes furthest from the only pharmacy in town.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S.

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Health Populi

APRIL 8, 2019

Fidelity presents the financial challenge, then offers a solution with a scenario for a 35-year old couple. But the first chart tells the story about where retiree health care money currently goes: to insurance premiums and prescription drugs, and out-of-pocket payments for services (copays, coinsurance, and deductibles).

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Health Care Performance

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima Plan a Successful Compliance Week in 2023 February 22, 2023 90 minutes 1.8 NAB CEUs It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. CCB CEUs 1.5 SNF Compliance Update April 19, 2023 90 minutes 1.8

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Health Care Performance

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima Plan a Successful Compliance Week in 2023 February 22, 2023 90 minutes 1.8 NAB CEUs It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. CCB CEUs 1.5 SNF Compliance Update April 19, 2023 90 minutes 1.8

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Health Care Performance

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima. May 11, 2022: Affordable Care Act Compliance Programs for Nursing Homes. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. CST - 12:00 p.m.

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Health Care Performance

JANUARY 27, 2022

CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima. May 11, 2022: Affordable Care Act Compliance Programs for Nursing Homes. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. CST - 12:00 p.m.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2021, COVID-19 immunization rates among nursing home staff quickly rose due to federal vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and long-term care facilities participating in the Federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. viii] Who We Help – Nursing Homes | qioprogram.org. pdf (federalregister.gov).

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Challenges Faced by a Provider Workforce Working with difficult individuals in assisted living facilities presents unique challenges for healthcare providers. Traditionally, nursing homes were known for offering long-term care for frail and elderly residents.

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MedTrainer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Examples of covered entities include health plans, clearinghouses, and certain health care providers including but not limited to: doctors, clinics, psychologists, dentists, chiropractors, nursing homes, and pharmacies. Part two of this blog post provides specific tips, checklists, and which reports you need to be survey-ready.

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Health Care Performance

JANUARY 18, 2023

CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. In this webinar, we will discuss the status of compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes; review other reasons to comply (DOJ, OIG, OCR, etc.);

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Health Care Performance

JANUARY 11, 2023

CST and are presented by Margaret Scavotto and Scott Gima. It’s been a long road since the Affordable Care Act mandated compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes in 2010. In this webinar, we will discuss the status of compliance and ethics programs for nursing homes; review other reasons to comply (DOJ, OIG, OCR, etc.);

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

While the internet at large offers an expansive amount of data, factual and verified information may not always be present, and chatbots can facilitate the dissemination of approved information to users, reducing the risk of harmful misinformation.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 16, 2022

And simultaneously, technology supporting advanced scheduling practices and more effective care models is making value-based care in the home more feasible than ever before – helping agencies drive more impact while also shoring up costs. First, let’s understand the magnitude of the challenge. He keeps me here.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 19, 2024

Laura Ferrara, Chief Strategy Officer at Intus Care The focus on healthcare delivered in the comfort of one’s home has surged in recent times, particularly in light of the pandemic. But with the development of digital therapeutics, we are now delivering care at home. Patient care was still only delivered in the clinic.

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Verisys

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

A Physician representing Avanir received over $300,000 in kickbacks for writing over 10K prescriptions for the drug Nuedexta and another $1,500 per each presentation. Nursing Home Fraud: . If you are looking for something to read prior to turkey or afterwards, here is a round up of bad actors: Pharma Fraud: . Pharma Fraud.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 6, 2020

Current Health is leveraging this data to better understand how the coronavirus presents and evolves across diverse populations via a partnership with the Mayo Clinic. A provider present with the patient at one location – a nursing home, community clinic, etc.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 26, 2022

For example, cardiovascular genetic testing was not a method of diagnosing whether an individual presently had a cardiac condition and was not approved by Medicare for use as a general screening test for indicating an increased risk of developing cardiovascular conditions in the future.

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Health Care Law Brief

OCTOBER 27, 2021

For instance, some temporary solutions to challenges presented by COVID-19 are being made permanent due to their proven efficiency or effectiveness. In part, this was due to the fact that hospitals were unable to discharge patients too sick to go home, but not sick enough to remain in the hospital.

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Hall Render

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

In the past two years, many health systems have been selling their long-term care, home health, nursing home, hospice and lab businesses, largely due to rising costs and regulatory pressures. This trend reflects a shift from ownership to partnership models as hospital systems focus on cost reduction and operational simplicity.

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