Health Populi
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
and post-pandemic job growth in 2021, the cost of health insurance premiums rose faster than either the price of goods or wages. That family health plan premium reached $22,221, an increase of 22% since 2016, we learn in the annual report from Kaiser Family Foundation, 2021 Employer Health Benefits Survey.
Bill of Health
JANUARY 23, 2024
However, in 2009, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act restored this potential benefit for lawfully residing pregnant people and children. This group includes immigrants who are “lawfully permanent residents, asylees, refugees, immigrants paroled into the U.S. In the U.S.,
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HIPAA Journal
JANUARY 12, 2024
Although effective in March 2013 , some of the changes were already in force due to Interim Rules having been issued following the passage of the HITECH Act in 2009. The penalties have since further increased. The finalization of the Breach Notification Rule and the revised “harm” threshold.
Total HIPAA
MARCH 7, 2023
Health insurance agents became covered under HIPAA with the HITECH Act of 2009. The inclusion of insurance agents was a response to the increasing use of electronic health records and the need to safeguard patients’ medical information.
HIT Consultant
APRIL 22, 2024
Since 1996, when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) became law, there have been good advances in patient data interoperability, but as a whole, the industry has not embraced them. This drove the use of Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) in acute care hospitals to 84 percent by 2015.
Bill of Health
JANUARY 8, 2024
Health care will also be a critical part of future student-athlete compensation conversations. The NCAA describes the compensation lawsuits as beginning in 2009 , yet exploring this topic reveals the debate is not so novel. The NIL terminology is newer, but limiting this to an NIL problem is overly narrow.
HIPAA Journal
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
HIPAA is an acronym for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. When the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was passed by Congress in 1996, the establishment of federal standards for safeguarding PHI was not one of the primary objectives. What is HIPAA? What is HIPAA Title II?
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