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Florida provider group to pay $24.5M after False Claims Act allegations

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"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. million to resolve False Claims Act allegations.

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CHIME urges CMS, ONC to give providers 3 years to comply with interoperability rules

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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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Florida man pleads guilty in scheme exploiting amended telehealth restrictions

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Leonel Palatnik, the co-owner of Panda Conservation Group LLC, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to offer kickbacks and one count of paying a kickback. According to the agency , the conspiracy involved paying a telemedicine company to arrange for doctors to authorize medically unnecessary genetic testing. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Maximizing Healthcare Data Starts with a Human-Centric Approach

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These range from the CDC Foundation’s newly announced modernization initiative to enhance healthcare data accessibility to the CDC Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology efforts to define a roadmap for health equity.

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Why Therapists Should Use HIPAA-Compliant Telehealth Platforms During COVID-19

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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. You’ll be able to host group therapy sessions. Insurance Company Requirements.

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Proceeding with Caution: The Impact of (Generative) AI on Healthcare and Life Sciences

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Different groups or teams can also feed the AI data, knowingly or unknowingly impacting results or creating an unwarranted bias. Giannopoulos serves as the Dell Technologies Healthcare Global CISO and CTO for the Americas. He is also the Federal Healthcare Director for Dell Technologies.

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What the Telehealth Expansion Act means for tackling social determinants and boosting health equity

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Healthcare IT News wanted to dig deep into the new law and its promises, so we sat down with Kamala Green, social drivers of health program manager at National Government Services. National Government Services empowers federal healthcare agencies to deliver care to millions of Americans through outcomes-driven innovation.