April 15, 2021 TARA BANNOW
Private equity’s estimated investment in healthcare in the first quarter of 2021 was half of its total in the final quarter of 2020, when the broader economy was recovering from the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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U.S. recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports
April 13, 2021 Associated Press
The U.S. is recommending a “pause” in administration of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of potentially dangerous blood clots.
Threat of Medicaid cuts weighs on outlook for safety-net providers
March 27, 2021 Maggie Van Dyke
It’s budget season in most states, meaning safety-net hospitals are anxiously waiting to hear whether their Medicaid payments will be cut.
OCR Settles Seventeenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
March 24, 2021
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces its seventeenth settlement of an enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. OCR announced this initiative to support individuals’ right to timely access to their health records at a reasonable cost under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
MedPAC cautious on permanent telehealth expansion
March 15, 2021 MICHAEL BRADY
Despite enthusiasm for telehealth among consumers, politicians and many in the healthcare industry, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission doesn’t want fee-for-service Medicare to go all-in on telehealth until federal policymakers have more evidence about how it affects the program, according to a MedPAC report on Monday.
Healthcare industry gearing up to try to find common ground with Biden
March 06, 2021 Lola Butcher
The Biden administration is starting out in lockstep with every sector of the healthcare industry: All agree that the top priority must be addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, and every other issue is a distant second.
The digital divide becomes a new social determinant of health
February 22, 2021 STEVEN ROSS JOHNSON
Telehealth and other connected health services are not the silver lining to the pandemic that many people thought. Many patients can’t afford or don’t want the needed broadband connection, creating another obstacle for the underserved.
Supreme Court won’t weigh in on False Claims Act standards case
February 22, 2021 ALEX KACIK
The Supreme Court declined to clarify how false claims should be verified under the False Claims Act, which could draw out some related healthcare cases, legal experts said.
OCR Settles Fifteenth Investigation in HIPAA Right of Access Initiative
February 10, 2021
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces its fifteenth settlement of an enforcement action in its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. OCR announced this initiative to support individuals’ right to timely access their health records at a reasonable cost under the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Reporter’s notebook: J.P. Morgan’s 2021 health conference
Tuesday, Jan. 12 TARA BANNOW, JESSICA KIM COHEN & NONA TEPPER
The Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference kicked off Monday virtually. Reporters Tara Bannow, Jessica Kim Cohen and Nona Tepper will provide updates and daily observations here throughout the conference. You can also find additional stories on ModernHealthcare.com or Twitter.