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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. out of the Great Recession. GDP, in 2018.

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HIPAA Updates and HIPAA Changes in 2023

HIPAA Journal

Those HIPAA updates were followed by the incorporation of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which saw the introduction of the Breach Notification Rule in 2009 and the Omnibus Final Rule in 2013. The CMS has also expanded telehealth to include all Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

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New HIPAA Regulations in 2022-2023

HIPAA Journal

The CARES Act also allows SUD information to be shared with a public health authority if it is de-identified in accordance with HIPAA Rules. The Notices of Enforcement Discretion are as follows: Good Faith Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency.

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Is Your Organization HITECH Compliant?

AIHC

“HITECH” is the acronym for the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH Act), which is title XIII of division A and title IV of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Pub. OCR can impose civil money penalties up to $1.5

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Is Your Organization HITECH Compliant?

AIHC

“HITECH” is the acronym for the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH Act), which is title XIII of division A and title IV of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Pub. OCR can impose civil money penalties up to $1.5

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DOJ Recouped $2.2 Billion Under FCA in 2022

Hall Render

million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to physicians who attended its programs in connection with its multiple sclerosis drugs between 2009 and 2014. A health system paid $18.2 A pharmaceutical company paid $843.8

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

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