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Healthcare IT Today
JANUARY 13, 2023
Health information exchanges (HIEs) are well-situated to help healthcare organizations achieve three core goals of value-based care: providing better care for individuals, reducing healthcare costs, and improving population health management strategies.
ACA Times
JUNE 29, 2016
This is a growing problem especially for employers who are oftentimes unaware that probable penalties loom overhead due to either negligence from the advance notice of the Federal Healthcare Exchange or simply lack information. Given the IRS’s recent move to physical letters announcing an audit over traditional introductory phone calls, the federal government has now become more aware of possible scams that can seep into both the tax reporting and filing processes.
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hea!thcare innovation - Clinical IT
MARCH 29, 2019
A team of researchers looks at the advances in IT-facilitated patient engagement being made at four leading patient care organizations—and the implications of those advances, for federal healthcare policy going forward
FierceHealthIT
AUGUST 16, 2019
Federal healthcare policymakers are pushing to give patients easier access to their electronic health data via smartphone apps. But are patients using these apps to get their health records? Uptake has been modest, according to researchers
FierceHealthIT
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Federal healthcare officials put industry stakeholders on notice this week that patient data belongs to patients, and efforts to block patients' access to their data will not be tolerated
FierceHealthIT
JANUARY 15, 2020
million to resolve allegations brought by the Department of Justice that it paid kickbacks to durable medical equipment suppliers, sleep labs and other healthcare providers. Medical equipment maker ResMed Corp will pay $37.5
FierceHealthIT
OCTOBER 11, 2019
million to resolve charges they defrauded the federal government by paying kickbacks in exchange for laboratory referrals and pharmacogenetic testing. The company also agreed to a 25-year ban from participating in any federal healthcare program A New Orleans-based genetic testing company and its three principals will pay $42.6
Electronic Health Reporter
MAY 17, 2018
Federal healthcare organizations, such as CMS, have spent billions of dollars over the years trying to bridge the gap between medical data and quality patient care with interoperability requirements and data integration, the mesh used to try and bridge the gap. This content is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. By Thanh Tran, CEO, Zoeticx.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JUNE 28, 2021
Department of Health and Human Services aims to protect the integrity of federal healthcare programs, in addition to the health of beneficiaries. " VanLandingham explained that the healthcare fraud space gets "tens of thousands of complaints."
Healthcare IT Today
JUNE 29, 2022
Recent government initiatives and legislation, such as the Omnibus Bill and Executive Order on Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery include provisions intended to bolster federal healthcare IT programs.
FierceHealthIT
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
In a Texas courtroom, a group of Republican attorneys general, led by Texas’ Ken Paxton, is set to face off against a group of Democratic attorneys general, led by California’s Xavier Becerra, in a lawsuit aimed at striking down the federal healthcare law
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.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MAY 13, 2022
The owners of a national telehealth company pleaded guilty this week to charges of conspiracy to violate the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and to commit healthcare fraud. Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Department of Justice announced this past week that it was bringing criminal charges against 138 total defendants for their alleged participation in various healthcare fraud schemes, resulting in about $1.4 Kat Jercich is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. The U.S.
Telebehavioral Health Institute
AUGUST 17, 2022
Claims leading to the alert involved companies within the telehealth, telemedicine, and telemarketing sector offering inferior healthcare quality and leading to unwarranted orders for procedures and medications. Healthcare Fraud and Abuse Compliance Program.
Healthcare IT Today
NOVEMBER 6, 2022
Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. Federal healthcare technology consultancy National Government Services named Judy Jiao its first-ever chief information officer.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
"It’s clear fraudsters see the COVID-19 pandemic as a money-making opportunity – creating fraudulent schemes to victimize beneficiaries and steal from federal healthcare programs,” said Deputy Inspector General for Investigations Gary L. The U.S.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
JULY 22, 2022
Meanwhile, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Center for Program Integrity also announced that it has taken administrative actions against more than 50 healthcare providers alleged to be involved in similar schemes. healthcare system at the expense of patients."
Health Populi
DECEMBER 6, 2018
believe that the Federal government should ensure that their fellow Americans, a new Gallup Poll found. In 2006, Medicare Part D launched, which may have boosted consumers’ faith in Federal healthcare programs. Most Democrats believe that the government should both ensure universal healthcare and run it. Healthcare costs are part of a family’s budget in 2018, and that is a sure thing for 2019 as well. Most people in the U.S.
FierceHealthIT
MAY 3, 2019
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera today announced he had filed suit against HHS to invalidate a new federal rule that he said the city can't comply with, which puts nearly $1 billion in federal healthcare funding at risk
Henry Kotula
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Dive Brief: Federal agencies have charged 345 people across the country, including more than 100 providers and four telehealth executives, with submitting more than $6 billion in fraudulent claims to payers. [link].
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
AUGUST 11, 2021
Department of Health and Human Services works to ensure the integrity of federal healthcare programs and to safeguard the health and welfare of those programs' beneficiaries. How will this impact their expenditures for healthcare programs?
TheraNest
MARCH 18, 2020
The lifting of penalties for non-HIPAA compliant telehealth platforms currently only apply to telehealth sessions covered by Medicare and other federal healthcare programs overseen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
ACA Times
MARCH 10, 2021
The report , officially titled “The Budgetary Effects of The Raise the Wage Act of 2021” outlines specific changes to employment rates and the federal poverty line for individuals and household incomes.
InTouch Health
APRIL 10, 2020
Healthcare Facilities Are Using Telemedicine to Remotely Connect with Patients During the Outbreak. Patients of all ages can use telehealth to connect with a local healthcare provider without risking their health by leaving their homes and coming into a nearby facility.
GlobalMed
JUNE 14, 2019
As the world leader in evidence-based telemedicine solutions, GlobalMed’s mission is to transform healthcare across the planet. You likely know her for her groundbreaking 23 years with Microsoft, where she was Director of Federal Health Solutions and Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft’s Federal Health and Benefits Team. But several factors in Murphy’s career have positioned her as the ideal leader to transform healthcare through technology.
Connected Health Initiative
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
CHI believes that this drastic action must include improving and modernizing the American healthcare system and sent a memo of recommendations to the incoming administration. As part of this negotiated effort, Congress should provide permanent policy changes that will enable connected healthcare tools to defeat the current pandemic and, once it is over, modernize American healthcare laws to reflect the value of these tools to assure Americans support of these tools will continue.
Henry Kotula
OCTOBER 1, 2019
billion in what it said is one of the largest healthcare fraud schemes in history. The 35 alleged offenders were charged in five separate federal districts, and were linked to dozens of telemedicine firms and laboratories focused on genetic testing for cancer. We will continue working with our law enforcement partners to investigate those who steal from federal healthcare programs and protect the millions of Americans who rely on them.” [link].
ACA Times
MARCH 25, 2021
3 minute read: President Joe Biden recently signed into law the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and it includes provisions that make ACA healthcare coverage more accessible to Americans. Also, Americans who earn higher incomes, 400% or above, can now qualify for subsidized healthcare.
ACA Times
DECEMBER 30, 2020
This bill aimed, in part, to fill in the hole left in federal healthcare legislation by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which reduced the federal Individual Shared Responsibility Penalty under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Individual Mandate to $0.
ACA Times
NOVEMBER 12, 2014
The Spanish-language version the federal healthcare website, CuidadoDeSalud.gov , was not online until December last year, and was poorly translated, according to The Washington Post. A quarter all Hispanics in the United States lack, the highest rate for any minority in the nation, according to data released by the Census Bureau. About 2.6 million an estimated 10.2 million eligible Latinos did not enroll during the first year the Act’s operation.
ACA Times
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
As those looking to renew their health plans from the Federal Healthcare Insurance Marketplace Exchange (Federal Exchange) under the Affordable Care Act for 2017 face increases in premiums, a question of how much is posed, especially from state-to-state, as insurance companies like UnitedHealthcare and Aetna have withdrawn from many the Federal Exchange in certain areas, with many other spiking premiums in other areas to make up for losses they incurred through ACA mandates.
ACA Times
JULY 14, 2017
The initial and updated versions of the Better Care Reconciliation Act call for elimination of financial penalties under IRS Section 4980H for companies with 50 or more employees – referred to as Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) — that fail to offer 95% of their full-time employees minimum essential healthcare coverage that is affordable and that provides minimum value, as required by the ACA. The U.S.
Healthcare IT News - Telehealth
MARCH 17, 2020
As promised , the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has expanded its Medicare telehealth coverage during the coronavirus crisis, enabling more patients to get virtual care services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility.
ACA Times
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont have also introduced their own legislation as a result of the Trump administration zeroing out the federal mandate at the beginning of 2019.
ACA Times
MAY 21, 2018
2 minute read: As the current White House and Congressional Republicans continue to snipe at the Affordable Care Act, some states are taking action to shore up the federal healthcare law through a variety of approaches. California state legislators may have offered the most daring approach to healthcare in recent months. If successful the bill could close the gap in medical expenditures between covered individuals and major healthcare providers.
ACA Times
OCTOBER 9, 2017
That executive order authorized the federal government to take actions to minimize the impacts of the ACA on states, individuals, families, healthcare providers, health insurers, patients, recipients of healthcare services, purchasers of health insurance or makers of medical devices, products, or medications to the maximum extent permitted by law. CMS will also shut down the federal exchange overnight on the first day of open enrollment, November 1.
ACA Times
APRIL 10, 2019
5 minute read: Employers are still confused with how to comply with the Affordable Care Act, and continue to hide their heads in the sand about the real risk of receiving costly ACA penalties from the IRS for non-compliance with the federal healthcare law. The federal agency has been issuing Letter 226J penalty notices to employers identified as having failed to comply with the ACA’s Employer Mandate for the 2016 tax year, and will continue to do so for subsequent tax years.
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