Izolo, sixoxe ngendlela i-DOJ eyaqala ngayo ukunikela ingqalelo kubuqhophololo malunga nobhubhani we-COVID-19.Namhlanje, eli nqaku liphonononga esinye isihloko "esishushu" esinxulumeneyo se-DOJ-telemedicine.Kunyaka ophelileyo, sibone i-telemedicine ithandwa kakhulu kunangaphambili.Njengoko umntu unokulindela, ngoko ke, iSebe lezoBulungisa (DOJ) libonakala ligxininise ukunyanzeliswa kwalo kwi-telemedicine ukuqinisekisa ukuthotyelwa kwemithetho ye-federal.
Ngo-Epreli ka-2021, iSebe lezoBulungisa latyhola abathengisi abane be-orthopedic stent kunye nabanini beenkampani ezininzi zentengiso ngokucwangcisa isaphulelo semali kwilizwe lonke kunye nenkqubo yokunyoba ukuze baodole izitenti zamathambo ezingeyomfuneko kubaxhamli beinshorensi yezonyango.
Abamangalelwa abahlanu abatyholwa babandakanya: uThomas Farese kunye noPat Truglia, abanini babathengisi be-orthopedic stent, batyholwa ngecala elinye lokuqulunqa ubuqhetseba bezonyango kunye namatyala amathathu obuqhetseba bonyango;UChristopher Cirri kunye noNicholas DeFonte, inkampani yokuthengisa ngobuqhetseba Abanini kunye nabaqhubi, bahlawuliswa ngecala elinye lokuqulunqa ubuqhetseba bezempilo;UDomenic Gatto, umnini kunye nomsebenzi womthengisi westent wamathambo, ubekwe ityala elinye leyelenqe lokwenza ubuqhophololo kwezonyango.
Ngokusisiseko, urhulumente wabanga ukuba ukusukela ngo-Okthobha ka-2017 ukuya ku-Epreli ka-2019, ummangalelwa wayebandakanyeka kwiyelenqe lelizwe lonke lokuqhatha iSebe leMicimbi yamagqala (CHAMPVA) iMedicare, iTricare, iMpilo yoLuntu kunye neNkqubo yezoNyango, kunye nezinye iinkqubo zezibonelelo zokhathalelo lwezempilo kwi-Federal kunye nezabucala. .Abamangalelwa bahlawuliswa kwaye bafumana izaphulelo ezingekho mthethweni ngokutshintshiselana nemiyalelo ye-orthopedic braces eyayingabalulekanga ngokwezonyango, okubangele ilahleko epheleleyo ye-65 yezigidi zeedola.
ISebe lezoBulungisa liphinde lamangalela uTruglia, uCirri, kunye noDeFonte ngokusebenza okanye ukulawula amaziko okufowunela ukuthengisa ukucela izigulane kunye nokubakhuthaza ukuba bafumane i-orthopedic braces, nokuba bayayifuna okanye cha.Abamangalelwa abathathu bahlawula izinyobo ezingekho mthethweni kunye nezinyobo kwiinkampani ze-telemedicine ngokutshintshiselana noogqirha kunye nabanye ababoneleli ukuba basayine ii-odolo zokuqinisa kwaye bafunge ngobuxoki imfuneko yabo yonyango.Abamangalelwa abathathu baphinde bafihla ukukhaba kunye nezinyobo ngokusayina izivumelwano zobuxoki kunye neenkampani zetelemedicine ezinobuqhophololo kunye nokukhupha ii-invoyisi zeendleko "zokuthengisa" okanye "zenkqubo yoshishino".
I-Farese kunye ne-Truglia bathenge le miyalelo ye-stent ngokusebenzisa ababoneleli be-orthopedic stent e-Georgia naseFlorida, apho bahlawulisa iinkqubo zenkxaso yezempilo ye-federal kunye neyabucala yomyalelo.Ukongeza, ukuze bafihle inzala yabo yobunini kumthengisi wezibiyeli, uFarese noTruglia basebenzisa abanini bamagama kwaye banikezela ngala magama kwiMedicare.
Isikhalazo saphinda sathi uGatto wadibanisa uCirri noDeFonte kunye nabanye abasebenzisana nabo kwaye balungiselela ukuba bathengise imiyalelo ye-orthopedic stent kubanikezeli be-orthopedic stent eNew Jersey naseFlorida ngokutshintshiselana nokukhatywa kwezonyango ngokungekho mthethweni kunye nezinyobo.UGatto (kunye nabanye) emva koko bahlawula izaphulelo kuCirri kunye noDeFonte kumxhamli ngamnye wokhathalelo lwempilo, kwaye imiyalelo yabo ye-orthopedic stent yathengiswa kumboneleli we-orthopedic stent.Njengoko kukhankanyiwe ngasentla, ukuze kufihlwe izinyobo ezikhatywayo kunye nezinyobo, uXili noDefonte bavelise ii-invoyisi zobuxoki, bephawula iintlawulo njengeendleko “zentengiso” kunye “neendleko zokuqhutywa kweshishini langaphandle”.Ngokufana noFarese noTruglia, uGatto wabufihla ubunini bakhe bomthengisi westent ngokusebenzisa umnini wegama kwifomu engeniswe kwiMedicare, kwaye wasebenzisa inkampani yeqokobhe ukudlulisela imali ayihlawulele umthengisi.
Izityholo ezijongene nommangalelwa zigwetywa ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka eyi-10 entolongweni kunye nesohlwayo se-250,000 yeedola, okanye kabini inzuzo epheleleyo okanye ilahleko ebangelwa lulwaphulo-mthetho (nokuba yeyiphi na ephezulu).
UThomas Sullivan ungumhleli womgaqo-nkqubo kunye neyeza kunye nomongameli we-Rockpointe Corporation, inkampani eyasungulwa kwi-1995 ukubonelela ngemfundo eqhubekayo yezonyango kubasebenzi bezempilo emhlabeni jikelele.Ngaphambi kokuseka iRockpointe, uTomas wayesebenza njengomcebisi wezopolitiko.
Ixesha lokuposa: Jun-23-2021