Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

If the point of “building back better” — to use the Biden administration’s preferred phrase — is enhancing the public health system’s resilience to future crises, using January 2020 as a benchmark is wholly inappropriate. Consider that between 2008 and 2020, U.S. public health expenditures fell by 30 percent.

Public Health 362

Public Health COVID-19 Public Health Professionals Governance 362

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 12, 2024

The addition of standards to account for the passage of the GINA Act 2008. The addition of standards to account for the passage of the GINA Act 2008. The adoption of a four-tired civil monetary penalty structure for violations of HIPAA. The finalization of the Breach Notification Rule and the revised “harm” threshold.

HIPAA 83

HIPAA Compliance Health Insurance Medicaid 83

HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The passage of HIPAA resulted in multiple benefits for the health insurance industry, the healthcare industry, and the people that they serve. For example, the Administrative Requirements (Part 162) helped reduce insurance fraud and accelerated eligibility inquiries, authorization requests, and claims processing.

HIPAA 98

HIPAA Compliance Medicare Medicare 98

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Similarly, private employers have expressed concerns about potential costs associated with everything from group health insurance, to disability accommodations related to COVID and long COVID. Why Haven’t Interests Converged During the COVID-19 Pandemic?

COVID-19 144

COVID-19 ADA Public Health Nursing Homes 144

Health Populi

MARCH 11, 2021

Fendrick was part of a team that wrote one of the first research articles on the effects of increasing patient cost sharing on health disparities — published in 2008 in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.

Health Insurance 98

Health Insurance ACA Medicare Medicare 98

Verisys

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Passed last December, the Act requires group health plans and health insurance issuers to improve the verification and refresh process of their provider directory systems. Donald Potts has helped healthcare customers define business problems and design innovative solutions since he started at Optum in 2008.

Compliance 52

Compliance Regulatory Compliance Healthcare information Technology Health Insurance 52

AIHC

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) HCC model was initiated in 2004 and is becoming increasingly prevalent as the environment shifts to value-based payment models. As more and more potential and real fraud, waste, and abuse was uncovered in the FFS arena, it was also discovered that patient outcomes were less than stellar.

Medicare 59

Medicare Medicare Medicaid Medicaid 59