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Rural Emergency Hospitals: Model Legislation and Considerations for States  

NASHP

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) promulgated final regulations for REHs at 87 Fed.Reg. To qualify for Medicare reimbursement, REHs must be licensed by the state in which they operate and meet conditions of participation set out in federal regulations cited above and sub guidance issued by CMS. 1395x(kkk)(2).

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Consumers Prefer Telehealth to In-Person Visits While Traveling

HIT Consultant

What You Should Know: – New KeyCare survey finds nearly 7 in 10 (68%) of consumers who needed minor but urgent medical services while traveling in the prior year received care via telehealth visits with their regular physicians or affiliated members of their physicians’ care teams, outpacing all other care-delivery options.

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Protecting the Consumer at the Heart of DTC Precision Medicine

Bill Of Health

The innovation-security tradeoff is a familiar trope in biotechnology, but the main character of the direct-to-consumer tissue-based service story is less so. But especially as personalized medical services come to the forefront of the latest therapeutic revolutions, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should join that list.

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Use of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Industry in Mainland China

Triage Health Law

Since 2016, China has issued a series of relevant policies, including the “Internet+” Artificial Intelligence Three-Year Action and Implementation Plan, Guiding Opinions on Promoting and Regulating the Application and Development of Big Data in Health and Medical Care and the “Healthy China 2030” Blueprint.

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Equitable and Ethical Access to Care: The Case of Pre-Hospital Blood Administration

Bill Of Health

As one example, under Massachusetts Regulation 105 CMR 135.410 , blood transfusions can only occur outside of a hospital in unusual circumstances, and only if deemed necessary by the blood bank director. At present, only one regional air medical service is permitted to initiate blood transfusions through a special waiver.

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Tort Liability is a Potentially Powerful Tool for Pandemic Response

Bill Of Health

Tort doctrine defines reasonable care by reference to health and safety statutes, regulations, and guidance; considerations of cost effectiveness; industry customs and professional standards; and common sense. Risk regulation through tort litigation requires no central coordination.

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Impact of Certificate of Need on Health

Healthcare ECONOMIST

An interesting paper from Kevin Chiu in the Journal of Health Economics looks at the relationship between certificate of need laws and health outcomes: Certificate of need (CON) regulations requires that health care providers obtain state approval before offering a new service or expanding existing facilities.