by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Apr 11, 2024 | Clinical, Regulatory
By Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. A key purpose of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is certainly to protect patient information. Another is to help ensure that patients have access to their health information. In fact, the Office of Civil...
by Kristin Rowan | Apr 11, 2024 | Admin, CMS, Regulatory
by Kristin Rowan, Editor For a few weeks now, we have been covering the Change Healthcare cyberattack by ALPHV/BlackCat and the subsequent updates from CMS. Pharmacy and medical orders have been delayed, providers and patients are suffering, and CMS has issued...
by Tim Rowan | Apr 11, 2024 | Clinical, Editorial, Telehealth
by Tim Rowan, Editor Emeritus In 2020, doctors flooded telehealth companies with requests for help caring for patients reluctant to leave home to come to their appointments. Following suit, many Home Health agencies that had never considered investing in home...
by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. | Nov 8, 2023 | Clinical
Untitled Document by Elizabeth E. Hogue, Esq. Joyce Grayson, a home health nurse for Elara Caring, was murdered on October 28, 2023, in the home of a patient where she was providing services. Ms. Grayson was reported missing by a family member to the local police...
