FierceHealthIT

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Seven healthcare industry groups have strong concerns about ONC's proposed data blocking regulation and the aggressive timeline proposed by federal policymakers. The groups would like to see the final rule delayed and softened enforcement.

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Clear Arch Health

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The need for equity in healthcare is particularly significant for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs), rural health clinics (RHCs), and community health centers (CHCs). The final rule went on display at the Office of the Federal Register’s Public Inspection Desk on Nov 2, 2023. However, change is in the air.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

MARCH 1, 2023

On February 24, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced its long-awaited proposal for permanent rules regarding telehealth prescriptions for controlled medications. The proposed rule would allow telehealth prescribing for the following: Consultations that do not involve the prescribing of controlled medications.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 23, 2023

While the pandemic-era telehealth waivers answered many questions at the federal level, the two-year extension to offer telehealth in high-deductible health plans with health savings accounts included in the final legislative package of 2022 has opened a new window to pursue making the changes permanent.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 30, 2023

This change is yet another signal that the country is working to move past the pandemic, which falls in line with recent moves by the federal government to move the pandemic to a more controlled phase. As we move forward, we are certain to see continued adjustments to the rules as they try to figure out where these rules will land long term.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JANUARY 17, 2023

While the official end of the public health emergency (PHE) was extended to April 2023 for many federal government programs, two federal actions will further extend the deadline for federal Medicare reimbursement until at least December 31, 2024. Comments are due on this proposed rule by Feb.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Advertising companies such as Facebook and Google are immune to privacy rules due to the non-healthcare focus of their services. To date, HIPAA and various state healthcare privacy regulations could not be invoked for advertisers. The telehealth startup letters come just days after the Federal Trade Commission reached a $1.5

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Analyzes, recommends and writes procedures, standards and policies consistent with Information Technology departmental plans and County policies, practices, goals, regulations and established information technology architecture. Prepares and presents written and oral reports, proposals and presentations. .

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

(Remember, this is the federal government, so getting almost halfway through the throat-clearing phase of fleshing out an idea in about six months or so really is a sprint.) The final piece of this trifecta is the privacy rule applicable to substance abuse service providers, aka 42 CFR Part 2. Hey, coordinated care is a good idea.

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Health Blawg

JANUARY 16, 2019

(Remember, this is the federal government, so getting almost halfway through the throat-clearing phase of fleshing out an idea in about six months or so really is a sprint.) The final piece of this trifecta is the privacy rule applicable to substance abuse service providers, aka 42 CFR Part 2. Hey, coordinated care is a good idea.

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ACA Times

JUNE 11, 2018

2 minute read: The IRS is proposing regulations that would expand mandatory electronic filings for most employers by aggregating the number of total information returns they submit to the federal tax agency. If approved, the new regulations would start with 2019 tax year filings.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 1, 2020

Austin Health Center, a federally qualified health center in Trenton, New Jersey, was having problems with payment options. Regulations had been passed in New Jersey requiring reimbursement for telemedicine services. " PROPOSAL. THE PROBLEM. It takes ongoing monitoring and enforcement to ensure that the change is made."

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ACA Times

DECEMBER 17, 2019

2 minute read: As the Affordable Care Act’s Employer Mandate moves into its sixth year of operation, federal agencies have proposed a rule to promote better health care cost transparency. The rule would take effect in the 2021 tax year. Regulators are currently seeking comments.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 7, 2015

The tribe had sought to subsidize its employees’ purchases of individual policies through the federal exchange rather than providing coverage for them itself. He ruled that, while Native Americans are exempt from the ACA’s individual mandate, as an employer the Tribe was subject to the rule.

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ACA Times

MARCH 5, 2018

These short-term insurance plans offer less benefits when compared to longer-term comprehensive insurance plans that are offered on government healthcare exchanges or by employers under ACA regulations. The announcement of the proposed rulemaking, as listed in the the Federal Register, can be found by clicking here.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JUNE 20, 2023

Since 2011, I have been writing the Telehealth.org blog to inform behavioral health professionals of telehealth advocacy to support the permanent approval of telehealth and telemedicine reimbursement at state and federal levels. The newly proposed Act (H.R. The following article briefly outlines both bills.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

JULY 20, 2022

ACPM did not respond to multiple data requests from OCR nor OCR’s Letter of Opportunity and Notice of Proposed Determination. Associated Retina has agreed to take corrective actions and paid $22,500 to settle a potential violation of the HIPAA rules and regulations. Lawrence Bell, Jr., The Compliancy Group can help !

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ACA Times

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

2) Variations in State and Federal Laws Create Confusion for Employers. Only several states in addition to California, such as New Jersey , have adopted the ABC test, creating a patchwork quilt of federal and state compliance. The IRS’ proposed final rules under the ACA’s Employer Mandate adopt the “common law standard.”

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ACA Times

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

The Internal Revenue Service has issued proposed regulations that will require employer-sponsored health care plans to include “substantial coverage” for in-patient hospitalization and physician services. The new rule would apply to plan years beginning after Nov.

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 3, 2023

At the same time, medtech innovators – whether in digital health, wearables and AI-driven offerings in healthcare, or diagnostics, telemedicine and health IT solutions – continue to face a patchwork of laws, rules and norms across the world. More active engagement with FDA/EMA/MHRA. Increasing medtech localization in the Asia Pacific region.

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Medicaid plays a key role in the ACA’s goal of reducing the number of uninsured by expanding eligibility to nearly all low income adults with incomes at or below 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL), which this year is $16,242 per year for an individual. A Supreme Court ruling made the expansion a state option.

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GlobalMed

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to find out. Finally, it proposes ways to cross reimbursement and regulatory hurdles that are currently slowing telemedicine adoption. Challenge: Reimbursement and Regulations. Providers often complain that reimbursement rules haven’t caught up with telemedicine’s popularity.

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ACA Times

JUNE 13, 2018

Whether complying with the regulations under the employer mandate or making sense of the language on determining contributions for enrolled parties, the ACA can at times be difficult to comprehend. 4 minute read: It comes as no surprise that many organizations have had difficulty keeping up with the Affordable Care Act ( ACA ).

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care innovations

APRIL 25, 2018

Commentators are generally in agreement that the errors seem to stem more from hard-to-follow regulations rather than harmful intent. Telehealth continues to grow as more services and policies are being implemented on the state and federal level,” according to the Center for Connected Health Policy.

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ACA Times

JUNE 2, 2015

According to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation , a key company profitability known as the “medical loss ratio” will range from 81% to 87% for policies for 2014 when all the figures (which are reported to state regulators) are available. That will not be known until the end June. The total amount reinsurance fees is projected to be $9.7

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

There are a lot of rules and regulations in place in the world of healthcare. Have the regulations done the same though? Or are there areas that are missing regulations? Or are there areas in healthcare where past regulations are now too restrictive and are holding us back? The following is what they had to say.

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Insulin Nation

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Still, despite the dire health consequences of inaccurate BG readings, Dunlap says federal health regulators have been slow to take action. The proposed guidelines would also require test strip manufacturers to ensure they are testing strip accuracy in ways that reflect real-world conditions.

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ACA Times

JULY 17, 2017

In the simplest terms per the EEOC website, an EEO-1 report etches out the following: The EEO-1 Report is a compliance survey mandated by federal statute and regulations. Previous EEO-1 reports were not as intricate as what is now being proposed. They tracked employment data by race, gender, ethnicity and job category.

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Docnotes

AUGUST 15, 2016

A focused “2015R2” certification regulation would therefore be an appropriate component of ONC’s fall work – so that something can be “shovel ready” for a new administration for ~ February release – with final rule in ~ April/May of 2017. The 2017 Spend Plan. Tough calls need to be made.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 27, 2020

Here’s how we explained this in the 2014 Final Rule (highlights added): Consistent with the HITSC’s stated intent, for EHR technology to be certified to this criterion we proposed that it must be capable of providing interventions and the reference resources in paragraph (a)(8)(ii)(A) of §? Connect the dots.

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HIStalk Weekender

JUNE 7, 2019

The six former National Coordinators express their support for the proposed interoperability rules of ONC/CMS. Vendor members of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association raise “significant concerns” about proposed federal rules covering interoperability. Best Reader Comments. In Case You Missed It.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The initial ruling was put in place to protect consumers against unscrupulous Internet-based sales of prescriptions, which has continued in other forms. Comments on the SAMHSA telehealth controlled substance proposal were closed on February 14, 2023. Comments on the DHHS rule are due March 14, 2023. JAMA Psychiatry.

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Redox

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Consequences for non-participation are currently unclear, although providers may be cited for non-compliance with federal information blocking regulations which, according to the recent HHS proposed rule could be up to $1 million per violation. Is this just another HIE?

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ACA Times

JANUARY 16, 2019

The governor has proposed an individual mandate requiring all California residents to obtain health coverage or face a penalty, and having California become the first state in the nation to offer subsidies to individuals and families with income between 400% and 600% of the federal poverty level. Recently, the U.S.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 25, 2023

effective as of the anticipated consummation of the proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) between Allurion and Compute Health Acquisition Corp. Forward-looking Statements This press release contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal U.S. and certain non-U.S. and certain non-U.S.

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Redox

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Expanded (positive) regulation – Whether it be through TEFCA, federal policy, or workgroup policy, we hope 2023 is the year that nationwide networks expand purposes of use beyond Treatment.

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Clear Arch Health

MAY 18, 2023

And again, it’s really allowing regulation and legislation to catch up with what technology has been able to deliver for quite some time. But as we also think about our advocacy and our conversations with our bipartisan supporters, both in Congress at the federal level and also at the state level. That’s really favorable.

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