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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Thomas H. Lee Invests in Smile Doctors

McGuire Wood

Lee Partners (THL) has completed a strategic investment in Smile Doctors, according to a news release. Smile Doctors , based in Georgetown, Texas, is an orthodontics-focused dental support organization. THL is investing in Smile Doctors alongside existing sponsor Linden Capital Partners in an equal partnership.

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Lessons in Health Data Privacy from the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act

Bill of Health

Refusing to “let doctors hide behind the shield of the hospital,” Casey filed a contempt order against New York-Presbyterian and even threatened to lift a temporary injunction on PBAB absent compliance. . The 2003-2004 National Abortion Federation v. On the other side, U.S.

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Supreme Court Ruling Narrows Reach of Identity Theft Law

HIPAA Journal

Prior to the Supreme Court ruling, there was no distinction between an identity thief stealing an individual’s identity and running up huge debts, a lawyer rounding up bills and only charging full hours, a waitress overcharging customers, and a doctor overbilling Medicaid. The Supreme Court decision related to the latter.

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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

Bill of Health

Although three in four doctors support scrapping state medical boards in favor of a single federal license, such sweeping reform is likely far off. Back in 2004, Justice Thomas was one of three dissenters in Raich. By Timothy Bonis. It is not just state boards’ political obstructionism standing in the way.

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Elation Health Announces $50M Series D for Innovative Primary Care

Healthcare IT Today

It is an independent, private, owner-managed partnership established in 2004 and headquartered in London, with a U.S. Elation Health , the clinical-first technology company powering innovation in primary care, today announced a Series D financing round of $50 million. presence in San Francisco.

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Epic, Zoom and mobile app help at-risk clinic volunteers deliver care from home

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Bend clinic installed an electronic health record in 2004 and has a long history of adopting health IT. However, we now were left with a clinical staff of three: one doctor, one nurse and one referral coordinator to meet the medical needs of 1,200 patients in the midst of a worldwide pandemic.” THE PROBLEM.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': A Not-So-Health-y GOP Debate

Kaiser Health News

For the first time since 2004, it appears health insurance coverage will not be a central issue in the presidential campaign, at least judging from the first GOP candidate debate in Milwaukee Wednesday night. Greg Abbott hasn’t gotten a lot of notice.