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A Health Consumer Bill of Rights: Assuring Affordability, Access, Autonomy, and Equity

Jane Sarashon

In addition to highlighting the Patient’s Bill of Rights, NABIP’s keynotes and general sessions will speak to similar topics being brainstormed at VIVE this week — including mental health, maternal health, pharmacy and prescription drugs (pricing, PBMs), population health, and Medicare and Medicaid innovations.

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FTC Issues First Financial Penalty for a Health Breach Notification Rule Violation

HIPAA Journal

In September 2021, the FTC issued a policy statement announcing its intention to start actively enforcing the Health Breach Notification Rule with a focus on health apps, which are generally not covered by HIPAA and data breaches are therefore not subject to the notification requirements of the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.

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Health Apps and Consumer Privacy Update: Federal Trade Commission Proposes Amendments to the Health Breach Notification Rule

Health Law Advisor

We previously wrote about the FTC’s policy statement, in which the FTC took the position that mobile health applications that are not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (“HIPAA”) are covered by the HBNR. Commissioner Phillips has since resigned.

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Health Provider News – July 22, 2022

Hall Render

Eric Holder’s wife accused of major HIPAA ‘breach’ by her former women’s health practice. OCR fines 11 healthcare orgs for HIPAA right-of-access cases. OCR fines 11 healthcare orgs for HIPAA right-of-access cases. OCR fines 11 healthcare orgs for HIPAA right-of-access cases. PENNSYLVANIA.

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Health Provider News – February 18, 2022

Hall Render

Only 14% of Hospitals Met Price Transparency Rule Compliance. Senators look to address privacy, new technology in renewed push to modernize HIPAA. Bill on prescription drug pricing inspires support from Maine residents, opposition from pharmaceutical industry. Outpatient push being felt in architecture industry.

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The Most Important Trends For Health in Mary Meeker’s 2019 Internet Report Aren’t About Health Care

Health Populi

For health care privacy, Americans’ HIPAA provisions surely don’t cover personal information that informs health beyond the healthcare claim the way Europeans’ GDPR or the soon-to-be-implemented California Consumer Privacy Act of 2020 do. Much of this is due to the fact that U.S.

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Health Provider News

Hall Render

NATIONAL Addressing Staff Burnout In Healthcare Design Amazon completes $3.9B Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them?