Telemedicine, Follow-Up Care and State Licensure: The Problem Illustrated As the delivery of healthcare services adapts to the digital age, providers, payers and patients are gradually exploring telemedicine’s possibilities. Evidence that delivering certain routine services via telemedicine may increase patient access to care and decrease cost without sacrificing quality has only served to accelerate this … Continue Reading
Health care fraud accounts for billions of the US health expenditure each year. This week HHS published a study addressing possible deficiencies in CMS’ capability to address fraud vulnerabilities and ensure the integrity of electronic health records (“EHR”) systems which CMS and its contractors use to pay Medicare claims. Concerns about whether CMS’ oversight and … Continue Reading
On December 27, 2013, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) and the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) published final rules (“Final Rules”) regarding the electronic health records (“EHR”) donations Stark Law Exception (42 C.F.R. 411.357(w)) and Anti-Kickback Statute Safe Harbor (“AKS Safe Harbor”) (42 C.F.R. … Continue Reading
With approximately two months having passed since the end of the government shutdown, the fundamental question still remains; what exactly did Congress achieve through the contentious shutdown negotiations? The shutdown was spurred in part by certain Congressional Members’ opposition to the funding and implementation of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). A centerpiece of these oppositional … Continue Reading
The price of compliance may be high, but the price of non-compliance is even higher. Based on its recent $3 million data breach settlement, AvMed, and many other entities that have experienced data breach litigation, would likely agree that paying for security upgrades now, is far superior to paying for data breaches later. In 2009, … Continue Reading
Navigating the legal, regulatory and practical issues in implementing mobile telecommunications technology for healthcare applications can be treacherous. At the heart of this growing industry dynamic is the increasing scrutiny now coming from various federal agencies in this area, including the US Food and Drug Administration and Federal Communications Commission. The article noted below discusses … Continue Reading
