by Advize Admin | Aug 19, 2022 | Compliance, Healthcare
Kyle Kopec, Braden Health’s chief compliance officer, holds up a sample of diagnostic images left behind at a Tennessee hospital. As the company takes over abandoned hospitals, a major task is figuring out what to do with old medical records stacked in...
by Advize Admin | Jul 29, 2022 | Healthcare
Data wonks with mighty computers are overjoyed. Ordinary consumers, not so much. That’s the reaction about three weeks into a data dump of enormous proportions. Health insurers are posting their negotiated rates for just about every type of medical service they cover...
by Advize Admin | Jul 1, 2022 | Healthcare
Consumers, employers, and just about everyone else interested in health care prices will soon get an unprecedented look at what insurers pay for care, perhaps helping answer a question that has long dogged those who buy insurance: Are we getting the best deal we can?...
by Advize Admin | Jul 1, 2022 | Compliance, Events, Healthcare, Technology
Recently we presented to New York State Adult Day Services Association (NYSADSA) on this very topic. For those of you who do not know, NYSADSA is comprised of individuals, single-site programs, multiple-site programs, professional organizations, and supporters...
by Advize Admin | Jun 10, 2022 | Healthcare Facepalm
Well there is a first time for everything. This week marked a big one. On 6/8, CMS issued its first fines under federal price transparency rules which took effect in January of last year. Two Georgia hospitals were fined close to $1.1M for failing to...
by Advize Admin | May 20, 2022 | FWA, Healthcare
RaDonda Vaught, a former Tennessee nurse convicted of two felonies for a fatal drug error, whose trial became a rallying cry for nurses fearful of the criminalization of medical mistakes, will not be required to spend any time in prison. Davidson County...
by Advize Admin | Mar 18, 2022 | Healthcare
Patients are no longer required to pay for out-of-network care given without their consent when they receive treatment at hospitals covered by their health insurance since a federal law took effect at the start of this year. But the law’s protections against the...
by Advize Admin | Feb 25, 2022 | Healthcare Facepalm
When Greg and Sugar Bull were ready to start a family, health challenges necessitated that they work with a gestational surrogate. The woman who carried and gave birth to their twins lived two states away. The pregnancy went well until the surrogate experienced high...
by Advize Admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Healthcare
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s sweeping new program to buy Rx drugs for its nearly 14 million Medicaid patients has alarmed health clinics that say they will lose money and have to cut services. Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged Monday that some clinics, which serve...
by Advize Admin | Dec 17, 2021 | Healthcare
Harold Burch’s home has a spectacular view in Paonia, a rural part of Colorado’s Western Slope at the foot of Mount Lamborn. But the landscape has been little consolation to the 60-year-old as he has battled a cascade of health problems during the pandemic. “It’s been...
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