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Cybersecurity is Now a Patient Safety Issue, Suggests Sen. Warner In Congressional Report

HIPAA Journal

The white paper suggests several areas where policies could be changed to improve cybersecurity in the healthcare industry. Cybersecurity can no longer be viewed as a secondary concern; it must become incorporated into every organization’s – from equipment manufacturers to health care providers – core business models.”.

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DIR Reform: what you need to know

Natalia Mazina

Other criteria utilized by PBMs include medication adherence rates, generic compliance ratios, generic effective rate, and medication therapy management implementation. Inmar white paper [link] [link] These are the different “performance” matrix used by PBMs to determine DIR fees. References: [link] [link].

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CMS Innovation Center Redesigns Direct Contracting Entity Model, Launches ACO REACH

C&M Health Law

CMS will apply more stringent screening protocols of applicants and will more closely monitor model participants to ensure compliance with beneficiary protections.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M Dunleavy adds $9M to budget to address food stamp, Medicaid backlog New study provides snapshot of increase in maternal deaths in Alaska Mental Health Trust Grants $1.6M