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Report confirms racial disparities in patient access to their health data

Healthcare It News

Since 2003 the NCI's Health Information National Trends Survey has collected nationally representative data about the American public’s knowledge of, attitudes toward and use of health-related information in an effort to create more effective health communication strategies across different populations. WHY IT MATTERS.

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HIPAA-Compliant Waste Management

Sharps Compliance

HIPAA rules went into effect in 2003. Continue reading HIPAA-Compliant Waste Management at Sharps Compliance Blog. Passed by Congress in 1996, the standards detailed in 45 CFR 160, 162, and 164 are designed to safeguard patients’ private, sensitive information from misuse.

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Ethical Challenges Associated with the Protection of Pets in War

Bill of Health

In this blog, I draw on perspectives from disaster studies, international humanitarian law (IHL), refugee studies, and animal studies to articulate a set of ethical dilemmas around classification and policymaking that arise when pets are recognized as a humanitarian protection problem. Kristin Bergtora Sandvik (LL.M

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Waking Up a Health Consumer in the COVID-19 Era

Health Populi

FYI, Dr. Anderson was co-author with Uwe Reinhardt of “It’s the Prices Stupid,” the landmark Health Affairs essay from 2003 that pointed out the key difference between U.S. In tomorrow’s Health Populi blog, you’ll read my conversation with Ann Mond Johnson, CEO of the ATA (American Telemedicine Association).

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Physicians Beware! Groups Providing DME, Prosthetic Devices, and Other Medical Supplies to Their Medicare Patients Risk Violating the Strict Liability Stark Law Since the Expiration of COVID-19 Public Health Emergency

Health Law Advisor

emphasis applied) [8] The concerns noted in this blog post regarding mail or home delivery of DME to Medicare beneficiaries relate only to DME that such beneficiaries obtain from their physicians who also order the DME for the beneficiaries. (emphasis added) [7] Id. 11, 2023)

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The Supreme Court Clarifies the Government’s FCA Dismissal Power and Invites Constitutional Challenge to the FCA’s Qui Tam Provision

Health Law RX

Earlier, in the SuperValu decision (discussed in a recent Health Law Rx Blog ), the Court clarified that subjective intent is relevant in determining whether an objectively reasonable (but incorrect) interpretation of a rule or regulation could negate the FCA’s scienter element ( U.S. 3d 250, 252 (D.C.

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Navigating Dual Purpose Communications After SCOTUS (Almost) Weighs in on Attorney-Client Privilege: 5 Practical Tips for Healthcare Attorneys

Healthcare Law Blog

2003); Visa U.S.A., FOOTNOTES [1] This analysis addresses federal privilege and evidentiary considerations; state laws vary widely. [2] 2] In re Grand Jury , 23 F.4th 4th 1088 (9th Cir. 2021); Pritchard v. of Erie (In re Cty. of Erie), 473 F.3d 3d 413 (2d Cir. 3] United States v. Torf (In re Grand Jury Subpoena) , 357 F.3d 3d 900 (9th Cir.