Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 13, 2022

"From September 2017 through December 2019, Luke and Laughlin conspired together and with others to unlawfully enrich themselves by submitting and causing to be submitted false and fraudulent claims to federal healthcare benefit programs," the officials alleged.

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FierceHealthIT

MAY 20, 2019

Industry group CHIME is urging federal healthcare policy officials to go slow with dual interoperability and information blocking rules by first publishing interim final rules rather than final rules. Once the rules are published, CHIME also wants healthcare providers to have three years to implement them.

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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

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Federal healthcare 67

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.

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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

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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. Cantrell at the time of the arrests.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

WHY IT MATTERS. More than 43 people in 11 judicial districts were charged for more than $1.1 billion total in schemes relating to telemedicine.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 22, 2022

Starting in 2007, the DOJ's healthcare Fraud Strike Force – operating in 27 districts nationwide – has charged more than 5,000 defendants who collectively billed federal healthcare programs and private insurers approximately $24.7 billion, according to the department.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 5, 2023

Essential Job Duties Leads quality and compliance team, which serves to ensure that supports and services are being delivered to the highest standards Ensures compliance with laws, regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures Partners with leadership to promote a strong culture of ethics and compliance, and accountability Serves as navigator/facilitator (..)

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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.

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Federal healthcare 55

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 13, 2023

Regardless how much infrastructure and software are immediately available and already compliant with federal healthcare standards, it will still be true that any state building or growing an HIE will need to design certain processes and types of outreach to uniquely meet the needs of their own local communities.

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Health Populi

DECEMBER 6, 2018

In 2006, Medicare Part D launched, which may have boosted consumers’ faith in Federal healthcare programs. This sentiment has been relatively stable since 2000 except for two big outlying years: a spike of 69% in 2006, and a low-point in 2003 of 42%.

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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. LAS VEGAS – The Office of Inspector General for the U.S.

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Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 18, 2023

The XRHealth platform on the VIVE XR Elite headsets will be demonstrated at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition at the CDWG Federal Healthcare booth, #8535 and at the HTC VIVE booth #6012.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Federal healthcare technology consultancy National Government Services named Judy Jiao its first-ever chief information officer. Patient access analytics firm LeanTaas appointed Hugh Cassidy as chief data scientist. Surgical AI and insights vendor Theator named Toby Cosgrove, MD to its Executive Advisory Council.

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Telebehavioral Health Institute

AUGUST 17, 2022

The telemedicine company only furnishes items and services to Federal health care program beneficiaries and does not accept insurance from any other payer. The telemedicine company claims to only furnish items and services to individuals who are not Federal health care program beneficiaries but may, in fact, bill Federal healthcare programs.

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ACA Times

MARCH 10, 2021

Employers should also know that the added millions of Americans that could possibly lose their job, may turn to Medicaid/Medicare or a state or federal healthcare exchange for coverage and apply for a PTC. A recent TIGTA report found nearly a third of PTC recipients receive them erroneously as well.

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Henry Kotula

OCTOBER 1, 2020

More than 250 medical professionals had their federal healthcare billing privileges revoked for being involved in the scams, according to a statement released Wednesday. Of that, $4.5 billion was connected to telemedicine schemes and about $800 million each to substance abuse treatment and illegal opioid distribution.

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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. Insurance Company Requirements.

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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.

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GlobalMed

JUNE 14, 2019

“That’s what made me want to get into healthcare – that helpless feeling as a mom trying to navigate the complex world of pediatric endocrinologists and rheumatologists and the crazy world of medicine in general,” she said. That led me to jump at the chance to start a federal healthcare vertical at Microsoft.

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Henry Kotula

OCTOBER 1, 2019

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.”

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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. How Did We Get Here?

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Federal healthcare 52

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.

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Federal healthcare 52

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. Foreign-born Hispanics are twice as likely to be as those born in the country, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center.

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Connected Health Initiative

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Given the significant role of the government in the regulation, delivery, and payment of healthcare, as well as its role as steward of significant amounts of patient data, a federal healthcare AI strategy incorporating guidance on the issues below will be vital to achieving the promise that AI offers to patients and the healthcare sector.

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InTouch Health

APRIL 10, 2020

The Department of Health and Human Services is also giving healthcare providers the flexibility to reduce or waive cost-sharing for telehealth visits paid by federal healthcare programs.

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ACA Times

JULY 14, 2017

Creates a fund for the purpose of making payments to health insurance providers to cover the costs of high-risk individuals enrolled in qualified health plans on the federal healthcare exchange.

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ACA Times

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Fear of premium hikes comes with good reason.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 17, 2020

The HHS Office of Inspector General is also adding flexibility for healthcare providers to reduce or waive cost-sharing for telehealth visits paid by federal healthcare programs. Medicare coinsurance and deductibles still apply. Providers can learn more with this fact sheet. THE LARGER TREND.

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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.

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ACA Times

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The reinstatement of the Federal Individual Mandate penalty would undoubtedly cause more Americans to enroll in coverage and could have two effects on employers: It may cause more employees to choose to enroll in employer-sponsored healthcare coverage plans.

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Federal healthcare 83

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.

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ACA Times

OCTOBER 9, 2017

“We are concerned that these extended maintenance outages will put a time squeeze on consumers seeking to buy health insurance from the federal Healthcare.gov site, especially when coupled with the Administration’s decision to cut the length of open enrollment in half.”.

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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.

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