Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 18, 2022

"Billing federal healthcare programs for services that providers know are unnecessary or unreasonable undermines the quality of care that patients receive and increases the costs of these taxpayer-funded programs," said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2022

The coordinated investigations primarily targeted the alleged payment of kickbacks and bribes by lab operators in exchange for the referral of patients by medical professionals working with allegedly fraudulent telemedicine and digital health companies. healthcare system at the expense of patients. Polite, Jr. in a statement.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 7, 2023

The bill makes permanent telehealth flexibilities that were first introduced in the CARES Act of 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, flexibilities that were set to expire at the end of December 2024 along with other telehealth extension provisions.

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