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Invest in Wound Care Education To Avoid Legal Risks

Relias

Understanding the legal implications of gaps in care can help protect all involved: physicians, nurses, other caregivers, and healthcare administrators and leaders. Carefully assessing on admission. million patients suffer from pressure injuries in the U.S. Not correctly identifying or describing wounds present on admission.

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New HIPAA Regulations in 2022-2023

The HIPAA Journal

Individuals suffering from substance abuse disorder (SUD) must also be able to get the treatment they need during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has meant changes needed to be made to 42 CFR Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Records (Part 2) regulations. The compliance date for the CMS rule was July 1, 2021.

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