Bill of Health

MARCH 21, 2023

This article will discuss the importance of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in protecting the rights of people with long COVID and other disabilities in the workplace, in health care, and in disability and other benefits in order to chart an equitable path forward.

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Public Health COVID-19 ADA Health Insurance 238

Bill of Health

JANUARY 26, 2024

Besides grants for “psychedelic” research, the FDA just released draft guidance on considerations for psychedelic clinical investigations with an ambiguous definition of what is considered to be a “psychedelic.” Insurance coverage codes will also be a big issue here.

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HIT Consultant

APRIL 29, 2024

Key Updates to Health Breach Notification Rule Summary Focus on Health Apps and Emerging Technologies: The revised rule clarifies its application to health apps and similar technologies not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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Health Insurance HIPAA Compliance 128

Healthcare It News

JUNE 3, 2022

During several months in 2020, 131,000 enrollees were mistakenly dropped from coverage but were ultimately reinstated, according to the state Department of Health Care Services, which administers Medi-Cal. Insurance agents can also bring lots of expertise to help resolve your problem. And such incidents have slowed sharply since.

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Public Health Health Insurance Professionals ACA COVID-19 323

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 31, 2023

" Key components of the ATA's Health Data Privacy Principles include: Consistency Definition of Consumer Health data Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Consumer Rights Consumer Consent, Sale of Data & Opt-Out Enforcement THE LARGER TREND For 30 years the ATA has advocated on behalf of telehealth providers.

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HIPAA COVID-19 Telemedicine Health Insurance 196

HIPAA Journal

APRIL 29, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule on April 26, 2024, that updates the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule. These changes make the Health Breach Notification Rule applicable to health apps and similar technologies not covered by HIPAA.

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HIPAA Health Insurance Compliance 111

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 22, 2025

Strategic Acquisition to Enhance UniDocs eHealth Software Capabilities UniDoc Health Corp. , an innovator in the eHealth sector, is pleased to announce it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement for the acquisition of the AGNES Connect software from AMD Telemedicine (AMD).

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Telemedicine Health Insurance HIPAA Compliance 64

HIPAA Journal

MAY 23, 2023

The update broadened the definition of personal information to include medical information, health insurance information, and usernames in combination with a password or security question/answer that allows an account to be accessed. The update to BPINA was signed into law on November 3, 2022, and took effect on May 2, 2023.

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Health Insurance HIPAA 102

Bill of Health

JUNE 18, 2024

Those good intentions notwithstanding, the current health data landscape is dramatically different from when the organizational author of the plan, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, formed two decades ago. While “responsible” is not defined, one plausible definition might be “defensible to a jury.”)

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Doctors HIPAA Informed Consent Health Insurance 217

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 1, 2023

Throughout the text of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) a lot of content connects HIPAA law and employers. However, the definition of Protected Health Information (also in §160.103) excludes “employment records held by a Covered Entity in its role as an employer.”

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HIPAA Compliance Health Insurance 105

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Rates of video-enabled telehealth services were lower among historically underserved populations, including those with lower incomes; adults without a high school degree; Black, Latinx and Asian respondents; and those without health insurance, the report found.

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Telemedicine COVID-19 Health Insurance Medicaid 166

Health Populi

JULY 24, 2023

Health Populi’s Hot Points: That’s a lot of “free” for $39.99 in any one’s definition of value-based health care — most especially, a consumer’s. ” A: “Nope — insurance isn’t needed or accepted.”

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Health Insurance Medical Billing Licensing HIPAA 118

HIPAA Journal

JULY 8, 2024

Pennsylvania has updated its data breach notification law, narrowing the definition of personal information, adding the requirement to notify the state Attorney General, and requiring credit monitoring services to be provided to data breach victims in certain circumstances.

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Licensing HIPAA Health Insurance Compliance 120

The Digital Health Corner

JULY 17, 2017

Perhaps the best definition of patient safety is that of the World Health Organization. Simply put, it is “…the prevention of errors and adverse effects to patients associated with health care.” Patient safety initiatives have taken many forms. The use of blockchain in healthcare has been discussed for a number of years.

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US Department of Health and Human Services Electronic Medical Records Hospitals Health Insurance 122

Health Populi

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Exacerbating this picture of financial un-wellness among millions of Americans is the fact that consumers “don’t know what they don’t know” when it comes to how their health insurance works — that is, how to benefit from their health benefits.

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Health Insurance 48

HIPAA Journal

APRIL 12, 2023

Washington state is on the brink of enacting a new law that will considerably expand privacy protections for consumer health data in the state and will address the current gap in privacy protections for health data not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Recently, NIST issued a draft update (SP 800-66r2) to its 2008 publication: An Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule, and sought feedback from industry stakeholders ahead of the publication of the final version of the guidance. Background.

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HIPAA COVID-19 Compliance Health Insurance 115

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 12, 2024

The HHS also outlines its intentions to seek funding from Congress to provide the necessary resources to protect our health system. I agree that healthcare organizations can definitely use the resources, as they are faced with reduced margins.

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Ransomware Hospitals HIPAA Health Insurance 131

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 19, 2021

HealthEdge”), a provider of the industry’s leading next-gen integrated solution suite for health insurers, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire digital health management platform Wellframe Inc. What You Should Know: – HealthEdge Software, Inc. Wellframe”).

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Health Populi

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As of 2022, three in four consumers were offered online access to their medical records by a health care provider or health insurance plan, and well over one-half accessed their medical record or portal — growing by 50% over the two years, 2020 to 2022 (from 38% to 57%).

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Medical Billing Health Insurance Electronic Medical Records 103

HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

He also seeks information from stakeholders on how well the HIPAA framework is currently working, whether HIPAA should be updated, the challenges legislative reforms of HIPAA would create, and how health data sharing can be structured, given the current patchwork of legal frameworks in different states.

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HIPAA Health Insurance Governance 112

Bill of Health

APRIL 29, 2022

A hospital or health insurer that invests in an employment program has no hope of recapturing presumed economic gains. Both the diagnosis and definitions of Long COVID accepted under the ADA limit eligibility , but there is hope that in the future these criteria will expand to include patients’ lived experiences.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Americans who have commercial health insurance (say, through an employer or union) are rarely thought to face barriers to receiving health care — in particular, primary care, that front line provider and on-ramp to the health care system. In the U.S., So what is primary care, anyway?

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 30, 2023

Video may have killed the radio star (as the Buggles once sang on MTV), but it definitely gave life to telehealth during the pandemic. Telehealth can harness and focus broadband and hospital IT investments into digital advancements for urban and rural communities.

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Governance Hospitals Health Insurance 153

Health Blawg

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

The practices get information to help address social determinants of health via the platform as well. Four years in, the company is seeing positive results in terms of gaps in care closed, across the domains of both behavioral health and physical medicine.

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Public Health Health Insurance Medicaid Medicaid 113

Health Populi

APRIL 24, 2019

In this study, the healthcare industry is comprised of five segments: hospitals and clinics; pharma; biotech (separate from pharma); consumer health (e.g., over-the-counter medicines); and, health insurance. Amazon is also piloting selling health insurance in India. As health consumers in the U.S.

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Prescription Drug Pricing Health Insurance Hospitals Governance 83

Compliancy Group

JUNE 29, 2022

The intruder accessed compromised information, including name, address, phone numbers, health insurance information, and medical information related to eye care services – protected health information. Health insurance information. The breach quickly disabled systems. . Email addresses. Dates of birth.

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Ransomware Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Health Insurance 98

HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Many digital payment solutions also have customer support features with 24/7 service that allows patients to ask questions about what they owe when they have to make payments, and what can also be covered by outside parties (like their health insurance). Digital Payments in the Healthcare Industry.

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Health Insurance Medical Billing Hospitals Doctors 98

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. The reality is that patients really are big payors in American health care. Add patients to that definition. Traditionally the U.S.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Health care segments — ambulatory care, hospitals, and health insurance, along with health and personal care stores (pharmacies/drug stores) rank well below consumers’ satisfaction with beers, cars, and banks.

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Health Insurance Hospitals 74

American Medical Compliance

MARCH 15, 2024

It requires careful structuring of financial relationships between physicians and healthcare entities. HIPAA Finally, HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is a federal law that sets standards for the protection of sensitive patient health information.

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Compliance Fraud HIPAA Health Insurance 105

Health Populi

OCTOBER 22, 2019

In the 2019 dictionary next to the word “stress,” we would find variations of a definition all deriving from Americans’ current worries about their money, the economy, and health care costs…then, family responsibilities and jobs. The 7th Annual U.S.

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Prescription Drug Pricing Health Insurance Doctors Governance 54

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 15, 2022

Lyniate , a global leader in healthcare data interoperability, and CareCom , a leader in healthcare terminology management solutions including HealthTerm® and CareIndexing®, have entered into a definitive merger agreement. Visit [link] to connect. About CareCom.

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Governance Health Insurance Compliance 97

Health Populi

APRIL 28, 2020

For definition, the first graphic comes out of my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen, from chapter 7: “ZIP Codes, Genetic Codes, Food and Health.”

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HIT Consultant

JULY 16, 2024

But this is an outdated and manifestly untrue statement that relies on a very limited definition of “internet.” In January 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ruled that Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Centers (RHCs) can now bill for RPM under new global coding.

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Medicaid Medicaid Health Insurance Health Outcomes 105

Healthcare Law Blog

MAY 11, 2023

Becerra (“Braidwood”) , invalidating the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA’s”) mandate requiring health plans and health insurers offering health insurance coverage to provide coverage for preventative care services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (“USPSTF”).

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ACA Health Insurance Patient Advocacy 52

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 15, 2023

And requests for patient data are predicted to intensify as health plans work to reduce per-member/per-month costs, earn higher STAR ratings, and meet the CMS 2030 value-based care goals. The definition of quality here includes four specific pillars. Patient privacy. Exchange only the correct and properly authorized data. Data quality.

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Health Insurance Public Health Hospitals 98