HIPAA Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2022
Since 2003, the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights has received more than 300,000 complaints and rejected more than 200,000. Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers. The HIPAA definition of Covered Entities implies that all health plans are Covered Entities; however, that is not the case. Healthcare Providers.
Health Populi
JANUARY 18, 2019
He co-wrote the first “It’s The Prices Stupid” research article in Health Affairs with Gerard Anderson et. back in 2003 — so we’ve known for over 16 years that in the U.S., higher-than-world-average health care spending is mostly about how services are priced, versus whether Americans use more healthcare.
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Health Populi
MARCH 12, 2020
The article returns to the advent of the SARS epidemic in China in 2003, which ushered in a series of events: people stayed home, and Chinese social media and e-commerce proliferated. The coronavirus spawned another kind of gift to China and the nation’s health citizens: telemedicine, the essay explains. No, it’s not from the U.S.
HIT Consultant
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Medicare and Medicaid have an obligation to taxpayers who are paying into the system to help as many people as possible. If a health insurance company’s risk pool is warped toward people who are very sick and don’t have decent access to healthcare, it’s going to make that health plan a lot less profitable, increasing premiums for everyone.
HIPAA Journal
DECEMBER 31, 2022
According to the most recent update, the HHS has received almost 300,000 complaints since the compliance date of the Privacy Rule (April 2003). Most administrative HIPAA violations are investigated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), while civil HIPAA violations are investigated by HHS´ Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
Health Populi
MARCH 26, 2020
These projections are based on “current law,” the team from the CMS Office of the Actuary write, “developed using actuarial and econometric modeling methods in addition to judgments about future trends that affect the health care sector.” medical spending in Health Affairs in 2003.
HIPAA Journal
MARCH 30, 2022
For example: Had the health insurance industry been allowed to continue operating as it did prior to HIPAA, tens of millions of Americans would be excluded from health plan benefits. Had the momentum to improve health care not been given a kickstart by HIPAA, subsequent health care initiatives may never have happened.
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