American Medical Compliance

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The healthcare industry is highly regulated, with various laws such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), and the Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regulations shaping operations.

HIPAA 105

HIPAA Medicaid Health Insurance Best Practices 105

American Medical Compliance

MARCH 15, 2024

Furthermore, it prohibits knowingly submitting false or false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, or other federally funded healthcare programs. HIPAA regulations govern the use, disclosure, and safeguarding of protected health information (PHI) by covered entities and their business associates.

HIPAA 105

HIPAA Self-Care Health Insurance Best Practices 105

Scrubs

AUGUST 18, 2023

Today, there are several laws in place designed to promote and protect breastfeeding among new mothers. However, these requirements do not apply to those covered under Medicaid, notably low-income women, who have disproportionately lower rates of breastfeeding compared to the general population.

Medicaid 95

Medicaid Health Insurance Business Promotion 95

Relias

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) reported that 42.1% of citizens identifying as American Indian or Alaska Native relied on Medicaid or other public health insurance, and 14.9% on Medicaid or public health insurance and only 6.3% had no coverage at all.

Health Insurance 59

Health Insurance Medicaid Mental Health Promotion 59

American Nurse

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The BBBA also promoted maternal health homes by incentivizing states through an increase on the federal match of 15% for two years if they use maternal health homes. The second federal policy is Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension (passed in Missouri 7/2023). More than 40% of births are insured under Medicaid.

Medicaid 52

Medicaid Mental Health Health Insurance Promotion 52

American Nurse

MARCH 6, 2024

The EHR combined all pharmacy use by all patients in the complex care management department and calculated pharmacy costs on a per patient per month basis, which is the health insurance industry standard for capturing population health data. doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 2024; 19(3).

Telemedicine 98

Telemedicine Health Insurance Health Literacy Promotion 98

American Nurse

APRIL 2, 2024

Before and after healthcare Roberta Waite Marcus Henderson Tricia Howard Waite, a Virginia Nurses Association member, noted many factors that affect health. Employment, education, health insurance, sufficient healthy food, healthy neighborhoods and environments, economic stability, and community support also are included among SDOH.

Health Insurance 52

Health Insurance Chief Nursing Officer Medicaid Medicare 52