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The New Search for Reproductive Justice in Old Laws

Bill of Health

In the post- Dobbs fight to safeguard reproductive healthcare, a new spotlight has been placed on two existing federal laws: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). . In June 2022, the U.S. OCR HIPAA Privacy Rule Guidance.

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Health Provider News – April 1, 2022

Hall Render

Hospital, long-term care groups again petition Becerra to extend COVID-19 public health emergency. OCR Announces Four HIPAA Enforcement Actions. Alameddin Named All of Us Arizona Health Champion for Her Work to Improve Health Care Accessibility, Equity. Co-Immunity takes WBJ 2022 Inno Madness crown.

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How to Automate the Patient-Provider Working Relationship

Healthcare IT Today

Today’s patients want seamless, holistic, and reliable health care access, self-service, and communication. They want to manage their own health affairs online—with a click or a swipe—much like they buy goods on Amazon, order transportation on Uber, or book a hotel room on Expedia. HIPAA regulations.

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Health Provider News

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NATIONAL 94% of Organizations Experienced a Cyberattack in 2022 AHA blog: Strengthening crisis management in rural health care Biden signs bill ending Covid-19 national emergency Cancer drug shortages are creating dire circumstances for some patients CMS Releases FY24 IPPS Proposed Rule, Seeks to Boost Rates by 2.8%

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Health Provider News

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NATIONAL 13 major health systems partner with high schools in $250M Bloomberg initiative Acute Hospital Care at Home data released AI can help identify social determinants of health American Hospital Association Sues Over Updated HIPAA Guidance Bill aims to push price transparency to ASCs Billing for patient messages to clinicians is increasing, study (..)

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Health Provider News

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into cutting opioids in hospitals ISU and University of Utah partnership aims to combat Idaho’s mental health crisis Presbyterian-UnityPoint merger moves forward St. health care fraud scheme SA cancer research company entering Dallas market as it eyes more U.S.,

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Health Provider News

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difficile Massachusetts health center notifies 10K patients of data breach Governor Healey weighs in on proposed western Massachusetts nursing home closures 4 hospitalized, 70 evacuated in carbon monoxide leak at Concord, Mass. Francis Hospital-Interquest Progresses In Colorado Colorado’s wealthiest hospitals favored in $1.2