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HIPAA Disclosures of Protected Health Information after Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization: Foster Swift Highlights Navigating Michigan and Federal Law

Foster Swift

Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) was tasked with responding to how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) would be affected.

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What John Mackey of Whole Foods Said at the 2022 HIMSS Conference – and Why This is Important for the Whole Health Ecosystem

Jane Sarashon

Health Populi’s Hot Points: John Mackey has held this view on food for a long time. ” Four years later in 2013, promoting his (then) new book Conscious Capitalism, Mackey did an interview with NPR, morphing the word “socialism” to “fascism” when speaking about the Affordable Care Act.

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2022 MHPAEA Annual Report Illuminates Tri-agency Review and Enforcement Priorities in a Post-Consolidated Appropriations Act World

C&M Health Law

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and the Treasury (the “Tri-agencies”) released their 2022 annual report to Congress on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) on Tuesday, January 25. The 2022 annual report is only the beginning of the post-2021 CAA era.

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Reclaiming Salus Populi

Bill of Health

At the same time, many state legislatures have rushed to introduce bills to limit health officials’ ability to act to protect the community’s health. Between January 1, 2021, and May 20, 2022, at least 185 of such laws have been enacted. In this climate, public health law needs introspection, imagination, and regrouping.

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

Bill of Health

Many areas have also faced critical staff shortages , which impacted the delivery of safe care and safety net services. By the end of 2022, nearly 1.7 Unfortunately, the unprecedented low rate of uninsurance in 2022, has proved temporary. Ultimately, COVID-19 caused an unprecedented loss in U.S.

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Litigation and Patient Safety: The Importance of Good Communication Strategies

Bill of Health

In the NHS between April 1, 2022 – July 31, 2022 there were 134 serious incidents that appeared to meet the definition of a Never Event given in the NHS list. Communication errors underpin many Never Events, where, for example, the wrong patient is operated on, or there is surgery to the wrong limb.

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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

What happens to a health care ecosystem when the volume of patients and revenues they generate decline? How would that further impact the micro-economy of health care? A report from Trilliant on the 2022 Trends Shaping the Health Economy helps to inform our response to that question.