Verma favors keeping expanded telemedicine access after pandemic
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Danielle Brown
Jun 11, 2020
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma hinted Tuesday that waivers permitting broader telehealth coverage will be extended after the coronavirus pandemic.
eSolutions provides free MBI lookup
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 02, 2020
eSolutions, a national Medicare billing expert, has created a new, free tool to support healthcare providers across the country in transitioning more easily to the use of Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers...
Genesis sued for allegedly administering drugs to resident without consent
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Sep 13, 2016
The family of a former resident of a Genesis Healthcare facility is suing the company, the facility and its medical director for allegedly administering risky medications to the resident without her consent.
Nursing home settlement spurs HHS to investigate small health data breaches
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Aug 23, 2016
A recent case involving a stolen iPhone containing nursing home residents’ medical records has prodded federal officials to place more scrutiny on smaller healthcare data breaches, according to the...
An answer to wound care in the senior care community
By
Brian Wallace
Sep 01, 2020
Although telehealth may provide solutions to some pandemic-induced healthcare challenges, due to wound care’s complexities, the solution is not that easy.
The what, why and how of “real” telehealth
By
Paul Knight
Nov 05, 2020
During the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Medicare 1135 waiver immediately expanded the use of telehealth and bypassed HIPAA requirements, allowing essentially any video chat application to be used...
Rape investigation blocked by nursing home’s HIPAA concerns, authorities say
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Tim Mullaney
Jul 25, 2014
Florida authorities say a nursing home is citing privacy laws to impede the investigation of a possible resident rape, according to local news reports.
CarexTech’s SMILE program has been implemented in close to 500 senior living communities, with the company promoting that it can increase caregiver-family-resident engagement by 80% or higher within...
Ask the Legal Expert about… taking pictures of staff
By
John Durso
Feb 08, 2018
Can a client or patient take pictures of staff sleeping or relaxing on the job, or of his personal belongings?
iDocsWeb offers free telehealth access
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 21, 2020
Telemedicine platform developer iDocsWeb is offering its service free for one month to U.S. skilled nursing and other long-term care operators during the ongoing public health emergency. Access to the...