The HIPAA Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

Yes, I started this blog on March 8, 2002. Anniversary: I meant to post something yesterday, but got a little distracted. As of yesterday, this blog is now old enough to drink in all 50 states. Hard to imagine.

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Bill of Health

JUNE 13, 2022

By 2002, approximately 79 percent of U.S. In response to this, in 1977, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine became the first medical school to incorporate ethics education into its curriculum. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, medical schools increasingly began to incorporate ethics education into their curricula.

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McGuire Wood

AUGUST 4, 2022

BPD , founded in 2002 and based in Boca Raton, Fla., WindRose Health Investors has announced it has completed a strategic investment in BPD (Brown Parker & DeMarinis). is a marketing services agency representing hospitals and health systems across the United States.

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McGuire Wood

MARCH 14, 2022

Founded in 2002, the company specializes in program design for catastrophic claims. Argosy Healthcare Partners (AHP) has announced it has completed a recapitalization of Specialty Care Management (SCM). SCM , based in Bucks County, Pa., AHP , based in Wayne, Pa.,

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McGuire Wood

JANUARY 25, 2022

Founded in 2002, the company services the Mid-Atlantic region with nearly 60 reported locations in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. York Private Equity has made a strategic growth investment in APT Healthcare, according to a news release. APT Healthcare , based in Glen Burnie, Md., is an outpatient physical therapy group.

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McGuire Wood

MARCH 24, 2022

Founded in 2002, the company states it administers dental benefits in all 50 states. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS) announced earlier this month that it will acquire a majority ownership stake in LIBERTY Dental Plan Corp. LIBERTY, based in Irvine, Calif., is a dental benefits administrator.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 13, 2023

Founded in 2002, Medusind provides deep expertise and powerful revenue cycle management solutions to dental, anesthesia, pathology, emergency, surgery, radiology, and other specialties. . – Jose Rivero, an Alpine CEO-in-Residence and part of the firm’s PeopleFirst program, has assumed the role of CEO of Medusind. Medusind Background.

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AIHC

JUNE 3, 2024

From 2002 to 2016, more than 643,000 older adults were treated in the emergency department for nonfatal assaults and over 19,000 homicides occurred. The rate of nonfatal assaults increased by more than 75% among men (2002–2016) and more than 35% among women (2007–2016). The CDC reports that elder abuse is common.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 5, 2022

The 2002 telepsychiatry items will be replaced by video telehealth items introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic, while inpatient telehealth items introduced in September 2021 will no longer be available.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 8, 2024

Generations: A Legacy of Quality Technology Founded in 2002 with a commitment to exceptional technology, Generations has built a strong reputation for quality homecare software. Ultimately, this benefits the entire industry by creating a more valuable ecosystem for clients, partners, and stakeholders.

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The HIPAA Blog

APRIL 14, 2021

but the “s*#t got real” 20 years ago today (I started this blog on March 8, 2002). It was not enforceable for 2 more years, and was followed by the Security Rule, HITECH, the Breach Notification Rule, etc., And so, today begins a series of 20 big blog posts celebrating and explaining 20 big

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 26, 2024

Generations has been dedicated to creating a quality homecare software service for the growing homecare industry since it was founded in 2002. With this newly fortified combination of expertise and values, we’re strategically positioned to drive meaningful change in the industry and make a lasting impact on the lives we serve,” Joiner added.

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McGuire Wood

JANUARY 18, 2022

PCM , based in San Diego and founded in 2002, is a contract development and manufacturing organization of cell therapy products for biopharmaceutical companies. Great Point Partners (GPP) has acquired Performance Cell Manufacturing (PCM), according to a news release. GPP , based in Greenwich, Conn.,

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 28, 2022

HPG), which has provided industry-leading consulting expertise for EHR technology since 2002, announced today that it acquired Health Data Specialists, LLC (HDS). Healthcare Performance Group, Inc.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 3, 2024

Investment in women’s health tech increased 5% between 2002 and 2023 , according to Deloitte. While healthcare organizations expect 38% of employees to use AI tools by 2028 , 78% say they don’t know how to train employees, according to research from Amazon Web Services. The good news? The bad news?

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Health Populi

JUNE 28, 2022

GfK highlights the growing interest in wellbeing and device demand in The State of Consumer Technology and Durables 2002 insights from GfK.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This defense has been applied rarely, since research is usually connected to a commercial objective. The defense has been narrowed down over the years and “not for profit” status of an entity is not determinative ( Madey v. Duke University, 307 F.3d 3d 1351 (Fed.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 18, 2024

About Michael Casamassa Michael Casamassa joined Henry Schein in 2000 as Project Manager, and was promoted in 2002 to Regional Sales Manager. Each of these trends can help contribute to a more efficient health system. In 2004 Michael lead the Midwest sales team as General Manager.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 5, 2023

She has worked in the medical scribe industry since 2002, beginning her career as a scribe leader and implementer. About Amanda Ford Amanda works closely with hospital partners and staffing groups across the country to deliver customized healthcare solutions at the point of care.

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Bill of Health

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The (Indian) Biological Diversity Act was enacted in 2002 to facilitate the development of products relying on Indian biodiversity. Foreign companies and Indian companies with any foreign participation in share capital or management are strictly regulated.

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Redox

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Trip has been in healthcare technology since 2002 working on issues from patient education at Health Dialogue to behavioral health at AbleTo. Someone who is committed to improving healthcare with technology – A CEO with a strong technology and healthcare background was non-negotiable.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 9, 2024

Pros for Healthcare Providers Did you know that from 2000 to 2002, hospitals of all types have provided almost $745 billion in uncompensated care to patients? Then, payment could be made directly from the lender to the healthcare provider, or the patient could receive a virtual card to facilitate the transaction and disburse the funds.

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Hall Render

MARCH 8, 2024

The owner of the former Wellstar Medical Center in Atlanta that closed in 2002 may allow the facility to be used by homeless residents for a period of time. Johns County, Florida for $9M and is planning to construct a nearly 100K sf behavioral hospital on the property.

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Healthcare Law Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The RFI responses must inform potential revisions to guidance to agencies on implementing the privacy provisions of the E-Government Act of 2002. We may see new guidance or rules on de-identified data and de-identification processes as part of this focus on AI and data privacy.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2023

Since 2002, Oxford has originated approximately $10 billion in loans. About Oxford Finance LLC Oxford Finance LLC is a specialty finance firm providing senior secured loans to public and private life sciences and healthcare services companies worldwide.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 18, 2023

2002: Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, and Fire Prevention Plans Standard. Key milestones in OSHA’s history include: 1970: OSHA is established under the Nixon administration. 1971: OSHA’s first safety and health standards are adopted. 1972: OSHA starts its on-site consultation program. 1972: the first OSHA State Plans are approved.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 10, 2024

In 2002, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published guidance to confirm the exemption would apply “when a financial institution […] conducts any activity that directly facilitates or effects the transfer of funds for payment for health care or health plan premiums”.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Paul died in a plane crash in 2002. Health Populi’s Hot Points: What Senator Paul Wellstone advocated for and knew way back in 2000 was that mental health is just part of health, and needed to be embedded into primary care and the U.S. health care system in terms of workflow and payment parity.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 24, 2023

The release of the inaugural findings from the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) in 2002, which showed that HRT had more detrimental than beneficial effects, triggered a decline in its utilization.

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Health Populi

JUNE 30, 2023

The chart on the median price of newly marketed drugs between 2008 and 2002 shows the cost in 2022 reaching $222,000. Take prescription drugs pushing medical trend upward. Since 2019, we can see the hockey-stick increase in the price of specialty drugs fast-growing.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 1, 2023

Dr Lane received her PhD in Machine Learning and Computer Security from Purdue University in 2000, spent two years as a postdoc in the CSAIL lab at MIT studying Reinforcement Learning and Decision Theory, and then became a professor of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico in 2002.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

Before launching the institute in 2012, Halvorson served as CEO of six different healthcare delivery and financing organizations over three decades – most notably his tenure as chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, from 2002 to early 2014.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 24, 2021

The table arrays data the researchers analyzed from 2002 to 2016, identifying patterns of six types of medical services used by race and age group. In this post, I’ll share just a handful of insights that were particularly impactful to my work and my commitment to work toward health citizenship for all people in the U.S.

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HIT Consultant

JANUARY 19, 2022

Prior to founding Paubox , Hoala started Hawaii’s first SaaS company (Pau Spam) in 2002. Hoala has 22 years of experience in the email industry, dating back to his first job out of college at Critical Path in San Francisco in 1999. Hoala holds two patents related to email security and graduated from Portland State University with a B.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

was in a position to help, and the miracle of antiviral drugs worked to address the death sentence that was AIDS in 2002. In his role, Abner went to Africa and saw a shocking scale of death in large communities in the hardest-hit countries in the world. Abner was part of one of the biggest humanitarian efforts in U.S.

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MRO Compliance

MAY 2, 2022

Back in May of 2002, I founded MRO with two colleagues to meet the evolving needs of document and disclosure management services for the healthcare industry. Quality assurance, while still important back in 2002, had to be done manually by having an employee physically check each record that was going to be released.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Founded in 2002, MGP has invested in more than 50 companies in these sectors. Mountain Group Partners is an investor dedicated to investing in and actively guiding transformational businesses in the Technology, Animal Health, and Life Sciences sectors. MGP invests in seed- and early-stage companies.

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