Healthcare Law Insights blog

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A hospital that receives what it suspects to be an improper transfer must report their suspicions to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or the relevant state survey agency within 72 hours of when the hospital suspects they have received an improperly transferred individual. Ass’n, AMA Principles of Med. Ethics: II: 9.4.2

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Health Populi

JULY 17, 2023

With consumers’ collective faith in nurses and doctors, the AHA turned to providers to gauge their perspectives on health care access and cost in 2023. 4 in 5 physicians said that health insurers’ administrative requirement [negatively] impact doctors’ ability to practice medicine.

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Relias

APRIL 10, 2025

Coordinate patient transfers and continuity of care Patient transfers may be necessary if your facility is non-operational or limited in capacity. Resource: FEMA’s After-Action Review User Guide (November 2023) suggests steps to complete an after-action review process.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

As nationwide expansion begins in 2023, the program is expected to save $3.376 billion in the next five years (2023-2027). Waiting until 2023 may put your agency at a disadvantage compared to your peers. CMS indicated it will provide agencies with their benchmarks and achievement thresholds prior to 2023. TNC Mobility.

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MedCerts

JULY 10, 2024

This partnership is the largest Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) partnership for us to date, but it is more than just credit transfers, it’s about creating a cohesive and supportive educational ecosystem that fosters growth and success. Focused on certifications in high-demand areas of Allied healthcare and IT.

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The Healthcare Blog

APRIL 2, 2024

Source: 2023 UNH 10K For most of the past decade, Optum has been driving force of incremental profit growth for United. billion in 2023 (55% of total). in the third quarter of 2023. Companies that control both insurance and care delivery have a great deal of flexibility in what the accountants term “transfer pricing”.

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Arkenea

JANUARY 25, 2025

Key Takeaways A need to control substance usage and reduce medication errors is driving the e-prescribing market growth during the 2023-2030 timeframe. percent during the 2023-2030 timeframe. In 2021, the CMS published rules to implement an RTBT (Real-Time Benefit Tool) by January 2023.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

On November 28, 2023, the California Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) submitted proposed emergency regulations (the “Regulations”) on the reporting of certain transactions involving health care entities for review by the California Office of Administrative Law, the final step in the regulation process.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Following a public workshop and comment period, OHCA released revised regulations on October 9, 2023, subject to a limited additional comment period that expired on October 17, 2023. Transfer of control, responsibility, or governance.

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Arkenea

JULY 12, 2024

Key Statistics: As per the 2023 survey published by the CDC , the number of people younger than age 65 uninsured was 24.7 percent of the adults between the age group 18–64 were uninsured, as per the 2023 survey. percent of children younger than age 18 were uninsured, as per the 2023 survey. CDC reveals that 10.9

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Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The 2023 conferences will be held in Dallas in May and Charlotte, NC in November. Certain patients with COVID-19 needed to be transported by ground and not air and patients needed to be transferred to hospitals with available beds when local facilities were full.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

On July 31, 2023, the California Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) released draft regulations concerning pre-transaction review of so-called “Material Change Transactions” as part of its legislative mandate to review transactions which could have potential impacts on the costs of health care in the State of California.

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Arkenea

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In 2023, 725 data breaches were reported to OCR and across those breaches, more than 133 million records were exposed or impermissibly disclosed. This data is later transferred to the provider’s server for analysis. The reason is simple – a sense of protection for patient health information.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Key Takeaways: At the beginning of 2023, young US adults between the ages of 18 to 34 years reported higher usage and appreciation of meditation applications, while 37 percent of the adults didn’t use these apps. billion in 2023 and is estimated to surge at a CAGR of 15.2 So, let’s jump to the article right away.

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CollaborateMD

JANUARY 5, 2024

RELATED ARTICLE: 2023 Practice Management Software Buyer’s Guide  Be sure to avoid these common pitfalls: Rushing: Take time to understand your needs before you start looking. Data Transfer Issues: When moving data, double-check everything. Consider Integration: Make sure it works with your EHR or other systems.

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Accepted Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Whether you are eager to earn an associate degree and join the workforce or you intend to transfer to a four-year college or university, Point can provide financial aid and mentoring to help you achieve your educational goals.”

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Scrubs

JUNE 7, 2023

“Despite the girl’s condition, her mother’s concerns, and the series of treatments required to manage her condition, contracted medical personnel did not transfer her to a hospital for higher-level care,” the CBP investigators said. On May 17, Reyes Alvarez complained of a stomach ache, nausea, and trouble breathing.

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Minority Nurse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Susan Dresser, Cynthia Teel, and Jill Peltzer, in their 2023 article entitled, Frontline Nurses’ Clinical Judgment in Recognizing, Understanding, and Responding to Patient Deterioration: A Qualitative Study , noted that nurses who work at the bedside are essential in the recognition of patients’ decline and initiating contact with the SWAT RN.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 23, 2023

The Axios-Harris Poll 100 for 2023 also identified ALDI as a top grocery store brand based on reputation, with only Trader Joe’s and Kroger ahead of ALDI in their assessment. Putting on our health/care lens, we realize that ALDI stocks many health-ful and nutritious products accessible to families.

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DropStat

MARCH 14, 2024

Act of 2023. The nurse timetable angle: Since nurses turn up on time, the handoff is effective, and shift transfer is an opportunity to share patient care experiences. The commitment to continuous improvement is being written into law with a bill named the H.E.A.L.T.H. Establishing high reliability at Houston Methodist Robert A.

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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 17, 2024

After completing my degree and passing my licensing exam, I worked in a Med Surg unit for a year and then transferred to the medical ICU because I aspired to become a CRNA. In 2023, I was inducted as a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the Academy of Nursing Education.

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The HIPAA Journal

MARCH 13, 2025

The authoring agencies have observed affiliates using phishing to obtain credentials to access victims networks, as well as exploiting unpatched software vulnerabilities, including last years ScreenConnect vulnerability CVE-2024-1709 and the Fortinet EMS SQL injection vulnerability CVE-2023-48788.

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Northwest Career College

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

According to the report provided by Statista in 2023, about 27% of the workforce within the United States worked remotely, proving that this means of IT support is increasingly required. Key features: unlimited users, file transfer, and remote printing.

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The HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, OCR has yet to provide a date for when the Final Rule will be issued, but it is likely to result in HIPAA changes in 2023, although they may not become enforceable until the following year. Requests by individuals to transfer ePHI to a third party will be limited to the ePHI maintained in an EHR.

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The HIPAA Journal

APRIL 16, 2025

BakerHostetler has identified an increase in fraudulent wire transfers, suggesting threat actors are responding to the falling profitability of ransomware attacks by making money in other ways. Fraudulent transfers increased by 302% year over year, with an average transfer of $1,256,797 and a median transfer of $130,000.While

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 25, 2024

In the latest project from our team , led by medical student Josh Elbaz, we examine how many FDA approvals from 2006 to 2023 improve survival. There are many other worthy priorities we don’t spend on, and we are taking money from working people to transfer it to shareholders of these companies. Free link here. That’s wrong.

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