10.23.18
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Many older adults are caught up in the nation’s opioid epidemic. From 2002 to 2014, opioid misuse doubled among Americans ages 50 and older.
Healthcare is among the top three industries being targeted for Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) covers services that are “reasonable and necessary.”
Healthcare IT News reports that 65% of patients with primary care providers would be willing to see them through a telehealth visit—and 50 million Americans would switch their family practice providers to have access to video visits.
Over the last month, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) cleared Cigna Corp.’s $67 billion acquisition of Express Scripts Holding Co. with no conditions and CVS Health Corp.’s $69 billion merger with Aetna Inc. with the divestiture of Aetna’s Part D prescription ...
On October 1, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the Court to weigh in on just how precisely a whistleblower must plead the submission of a false claim.
With mounting evidence demonstrating the influence of nonclinical and social factors—such as unstable housing, food insecurity and interpersonal violence—on health outcomes and healthcare costs, social determinants of health (SDOH) have edged into the mainstream.
09.25.18
Program integrity includes activities to prevent, detect and respond to fraud, waste, abuse and noncompliance with certain contractual or other regulatory requirements that result in improper payments.
It’s no coincidence that some of the most significant ransomware attacks have targeted the healthcare and financial services industries, as well as municipalities and government entities.