NASHP

MARCH 22, 2024

States such as Texas, Wyoming , and New Jersey are adopting Medicaid reimbursement of collaborative care services and are addressing capacity to transition to CoCM. Integration of Substance Use Services and Supports States can align long siloed approaches to primary care, mental health, and substance use services through integration efforts.

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Sheppard Health Law

MAY 5, 2022

The Report is another example of the OIG fanning the fire of criticism of MAOs by ignoring the overwhelming evidence that MAOs provide access to medically necessary services and also minimized the program requirements and guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), with which MAOs must comply. The OIG Report.

Medicare 52

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KHN

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

“It’s very hard to capture patient safety with the surveillance methods we currently have,” he said. The law also excuses hospitals that focus on rehabilitation, long-term care, children, psychiatry, or veterans. Exempted from the evaluation are around 2,000 hospitals.

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KHN

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

One problem, he added, is “you’re kind of asking hospitals to call out events that are going to have them lose money, so the incentives are really messed up for hospitals to fully disclose” patient injuries. The law also excuses hospitals that focus on rehabilitation, long-term care, children, psychiatry, or veterans.

Medicare 52

Medicare Hospital IT Hospitals Patient Safety 52

KHN

DECEMBER 19, 2023

A Last-Resort Treatment Before he got a HeartMate 3 implanted in January 2022, Sid Covington, of Austin, Texas, said he had researched the device during years of medication therapy and cardiac rehabilitation to treat his congestive heart failure. “I looked at case studies.

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Healthcare It News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

While there are privacy, security and regulatory expectations (for example, the Joint Commission, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services , private insurance) for telemedicine programs, there is not yet an official group evaluating or designating maturity levels for these programs.

Telemedicine 324

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Briggs Healthcare

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Biden-Harris Administration is requiring COVID-19 vaccination of eligible staff at health care facilities that participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. The regulation will create a consistent standard within Medicare and Medicaid while giving patients assurance of the vaccination status of those delivering care.

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