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OCR Announces 11 Further Financial Penalties for HIPAA Right of Access Failures

HIPAA Journal

Two cases involved the withholding of a patient’s medical records due to outstanding medical bills. A patient’s right to obtain a copy of their medical records is not conditional on whether payment for medical services has been made in full. Hillcrest Nursing and Rehabilitation. Settlement. Settlement.

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How the Coronavirus is Reshaping Consumer Trust – The Edelman Trust Barometer Lens and Health Impacts

Health Populi

consumers were re-shapen by the 2008 Recession in two key ways: people took on more self-service DIY daily life-flows, seeking self-sufficiency and less dependence on institutions; and, consumers became more value-sensitive both in terms of financial value and personal values. But the situation still gets worse. In the past one year, U.S.

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Financial Insecurity Among U.S. Workers Will Worsen in the Pandemic ? Especially for Women

Health Populi

The reasons people would make early withdrawals from their retirement funds include dealing with an unexpected expense (for at least one-half of workers across all generations); and, paying medical bills, for roughly one-in-five workers cross age, among other financial obligations. as the Kaiser Family Foundation March 2020 poll found.