New Hampshire is starting 2017 with stepped-up efforts to manage its oft-described opioid epidemic. Though the most recent regulations are directed at individual prescribers, and do not apply to the administration of opioids to patients in a health care setting, now is the time for New Hampshire hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, urgent care facilities, and … Continue reading this entry
A final rule published on January 18 implements the first major revisions to the federal regulations governing the confidentiality of substance-use disorder patient records (Part 2) since 1987. It finalizes a proposal from last February to modernize the regulations in light of the significant changes in the health care delivery system. On the same day, … Continue reading this entry
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has demonstrated that it will not hesitate to use one of its most crippling administrative enforcement tools—the revocation of Medicare billing privileges—against one of its largest suppliers, as is evident in its case against Arriva Medical, LLC. Medicare billing privileges may be revoked for any one (or … Continue reading this entry
President-elect Trump and congressional Republicans have promised to “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but there is deep division regarding which provisions will be rescinded and around the details of the replacement and the length of any transition period. Last week the U.S. House and U.S. Senate took the first steps toward achieving … Continue reading this entry
Hello – Penelope’s Blog Has Moved! You may find Penelope over at her new Blog: “Just A Senior And Her Blog.com.” Just click the link! She looks forward to your […]
Well, actually, it’s not so much the “computer” for seniors, rather it’s the monitor that should be pretty important to seniors. But, no matter, I have done research on three […]