Total HIPAA

OCTOBER 18, 2023

These insurers must adhere to HIPAA rules when managing health information for the company they provide health insurance to. If you have determined your company needs to be HIPAA compliant please book a demo to learn about HIPAA Prime. Book a Clarity Call Today. We look forward to meeting you!

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Jane Sarashon

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

NABIP, whose members represent professionals in the health insurance benefits industry, drafted and adopted a new American Healthcare Consumer Bill of Rights launched at the meeting.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We collaborate globally with top telemedicine organizations, from health insurers to government health ministries. For instance, Solv's symptom checker, launched in October 2022, doubled in-network bookings and achieved an 80% satisfaction rating. Our systems have triaged more than 15 million patients worldwide.

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Health Populi

JULY 25, 2022

Every day this week in this Health Populi blog, I will discuss these events and their implications for health care, most importantly impacts and import for U.S. health citizens: that is, consumers, patients, caregivers, and clinicians (especially nurses, pharmacists, and physicians).

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Health Populi

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It is important to note that some of these structural barriers are parallel to some peoples’ lack of access to health insurance. I wrote my book, Health Citizenship , in 2020, six months into the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

My new book, Health Citizenship: How a virus opened hearts and minds , launched this week. consumers, our homes, the healthcare system, and what we’ve learned in the first six months of the pandemic about all aspects of our health: physical, mental and emotional, financial, and societal.

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Total HIPAA

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

This isn’t just about ticking off a checklist; it’s about safeguarding the future of your organization, whether you’re a medical practice, a health insurance agent, a self-funded employer, or a business associate in the healthcare realm. It’s about building a concrete history of diligent, proactive measures.

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Total HIPAA

MARCH 23, 2022

Are you an insurance agent who handles protected health information (PHI)? If so, you must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) when it comes to marketing and communications. Book a Clarity Call to learn more about our services and how we can help you. Marketing.”

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Compliancy Group

APRIL 26, 2024

In a press release accompanying the Final Rule, HHS reports that “The Final Rule strengthens th e Health Insurance Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule by prohibiting the disclosure of protected health inform ation (PHI) related to lawful reproductive healthcare in certain circumstances.”

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Nearly 8 million workers losing jobs also losing their employer-sponsored health insurance, discussed in this research from The Commonwealth Fund. The threat of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act during the public health crisis. Health Populi’s Hot Points: The patient in the U.S.

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Mobi Health News

APRIL 27, 2018

UK insurer Aviva has just announced a partnership with Now Healthcare Group to offer large corporate health insurance customers access to over 1,000 general practitioners.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The wide-ranging report – which focuses only on commercial health insurance laws, and not Medicaid rules – notes that, although telehealth coverage has widely expanded, not all of these laws are equally effective at ensuring access to virtual care.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

This latter point suggests that for these people, there may be concern that their current health insurance coverage could be limited or otherwise “shrink” based on next year’s potentially slimmed-down health plan. This is the underpinning theme of my book, HealthConsuming. .

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

One-third of Americans would opt into using a personal monitoring system 24/7 by an insurance company or health care provider in exchange for lower-cost insurance. 1 in 4 people would work with an artificial intelligence (AI) technology for lower health care costs.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 10, 2023

If they completed or partially completed a mental health self-assessment, information such as the service the individual selected, assessment responses, and certain associated health information may also have been disclosed.

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Total HIPAA

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

” This rule serves as a central reference point for organizations that are subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Book a clarity call today. Section 45 CFR § 160.402 is often referred to as the “Common Agency Provision.”

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 25, 2023

With more than 50 specialties offering more than 20,00 appointments each week, patients without health insurance can book doctors' visits for a set price with no referrals required.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 24, 2023

Meanwhile, if the individual also decided to buy a Cerebral subscription plan, the trackers might have provided third parties with users’ subscription plan types, appointment dates, other booking information, treatment data and additional clinical information, as well as health insurance/pharmacy benefits data.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

.” Health Populi’s Hot Points: Bloomberg reported that Walmart’s projected visit volume for the company’s new health clinic in Duluth, Georgia, exceeded expectations. This week, too, The Wall Street Journal analyzed the impact of insurer-owned retail clinics’ potential threat to hospitals.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

So what’s an organization like CTA doing with AI and health care? Check out this graphic taken from my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen. In the best of all worlds, that can lead us to better health outcomes, more effective care, and lower costs. Let me connect the dots.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 21, 2020

billion in lost working time last year, says a report published by the health insurance firm AXA PPP Healthcare today. By allowing patients to book, amend and cancel appointments easily, the CEBR report says that online GP services could help reduce this figure.

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Health Populi

MAY 19, 2020

Welcome to the annual Milliman Medical Index (MMI) , which gauges the yearly price of an employer-sponsored preferred-provider organization (PPO) health insurance plan for a hypothetical American family and an N of 1 employee. That is a 4.1% increase from the 2019 estimate, about twice the rate of U.S.

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Health Populi

MAY 15, 2018

The social determinants of health — income and good jobs, using tobacco, and having health insurance — bolster good health. Light blue to blue is a good thing; the grey area is negative for level of uninsured population and greater self-rationing health care services due to costs.

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Total HIPAA

APRIL 19, 2023

Introduction: As a health insurance agent, understanding the complexities of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, is essential. A BAA is a legally binding contract between a Covered Entity (CE) and a Business Associate (BA), which may be an insurance agent.

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Health Populi

AUGUST 28, 2020

The most-trusted parties people trust with their personal health information are doctors’ offices (86%), health insurers (75%), and medical researchers (72%), seen as the top health data stewards in the U.S. Three-quarters of people in the U.S.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Health Populi’s Hot Points: Among the five industries compared for digital experience, health care and insurance fell to #4 and #5, with online retail, banking and travel ranking in the top three positions. That’s a new bar not just for retail and banking, but for health care and insurance as well.

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Total HIPAA

MAY 31, 2023

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) has evolved over the years to adapt to advancements in healthcare and technology. This article explores the changes related to Protected Health Information (PHI). Further exploration is needed regarding access to health information. Stay tuned for updates.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Note how health insurance, in particular, swelled as a component of family budgets more than housing, transportation, and college education. The table (Appendix: The Cost-of-Thriving Data) organizes the growing costs by household line item including housing, health insurance, transportation and college.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Within digital literacy is now a new component of competency for health citizens: understanding privacy, security, and data hygiene for our own personal health information.

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Healthcare Law Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Revenue is now defined to mean the total average annual California-derived revenue received for all health care services by the submitter and all affiliates over the three most recent fiscal years, as reported to the applicable regulating agencies for plans, health insurers, hospitals, long-term care facilities, and risk-bearing organizations.

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 12, 2022

adults with private health insurance have received an unexpected medical bill, and of those, one in three were not able to pay the bill with money immediately available to them. In a survey conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of the American Heart Association , 49% of U.S. Two-thirds of U.S. Surprise Billing Causes.

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Health Populi

MAY 14, 2019

In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen , I discuss “Zip Codes, Genetic Codes, Food and Health” in Chapter 7. Food insecurity was the most important SDoH for driving IP and ER use, followed by safety risks, housing challenges, transportation and social isolation.

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 17, 2019

While two-thirds of consumers say they understand their insurance coverage, only one-half of them can correctly answer questions about the definition of premiums and deductibles. Health Populi’s Hot Points: Another key aspect of health care consumerism when dealing with a high-deductible health plan is saving.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

.” The financial experience is part of, integrated into, the patient-as-consumer’s health care experience today. The patient has morphed into the payor, as the first chapter of my book, HealthConsuming, attests. As such, financial wellness is bound up in overall health and wellness.

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Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

In 2019, ”cost” for health consumers translates into the premium, deductible, out-of-pocket spending, and surprise medical bills — an issue that’s getting a lot of attention in U.S. Overall, 57% of employers offer health benefits — equal to offer levels in 2018 and similar to the 2009 level of 59%.

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Bill of Health

DECEMBER 22, 2022

One, I had health insurance, or I would still be paying thousands of dollars in expenses. My friends and family knew a lot more about what was right or wrong with me because they knew me before the accident, and were not just trying to match me to book descriptions of what people are like. Your advice has to match your patient.

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Health Populi

JULY 21, 2019

Sixty percent of workers with health insurance were covered by a health plan with a deductible (a HDHP). Four in ten insured workers contributed to a health savings account (HSA( associated with their HDHP. Only 39% of employed people are confident they will be able to cover medical costs in retirement.

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