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13 Feb 2010, 1:39 pm
Inormation is also available via the HHS News Release, Sebelius, Solis Announce Nearly $1 Billion Recovery Act Investments in Advancing Use of Health IT, Training Works for Health Jobs of the Future.West Virginia will receive the following funding:West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources in conjunction with the West Virginia Health Information Network HIE Award: $7,819,000West Virginia Health Improvement Institute,… [read post]
3 Aug 2016, 11:30 am by Marcy Wilder and Donald DePass
A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) highlights data protection gaps in the U.S. for health data from wearable devices, social media, and emerging technologies. [read post]
5 Dec 2022, 6:18 am by Patricia M. Wagner
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a bulletin warning that commonly used website technologies, including cookies, pixels, and session replay, may result in the impermissible disclosure of Protected Health Information (“PHI”) to third parties in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”). [read post]
Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) published a final rule to amend the Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder (“SUD”) Patient Records regulations (“Part 2”) to more closely align Part 2 with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended, and its implementing regulations (collectively, “HIPAA”) as required by Section 3221 of the 2020 Coronavirus Aid,… [read post]
15 Sep 2015, 5:37 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is recognized nationally and internationally for her practical and creative insights and leadership on health and other employee benefit, human resources and insurance matters and policy. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 5:34 am
  The Department of Health and Human Services is concerned about “marketing tactics that enrich doctors but increase health care costs and sometimes endanger patients,” according to Mr. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 9:43 am
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently advised Congress that nursing homes which rely on Medicare for funding should be penalized for prescribing these medications inappropriately. [read post]
29 Feb 2024, 9:50 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) on February 8, 2024. [read post]
9 Oct 2017, 1:43 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
The Trump Administration has formally withdrawn a number of pending Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposals that never reached the final rule stage. [read post]
8 Feb 2020, 6:50 pm by Bill Marler
The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) is investigating an outbreak of hepatitis A associated with 555 East American Steakhouse in downtown Long Beach. [read post]
24 Apr 2008, 12:19 am
A survey released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration under the Department of Health and Human Services indicated that 26.4% of Wisconsin residents surveyed said that they admitted to drunk driving. [read post]
15 Apr 2010, 6:49 pm by Breakstone, White & Gluck
  The Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, anticipates a new law will improve the rates for hospital-acquired infections and prevent fatalities. [read post]
24 Sep 2020, 5:00 am by Jason C. Gavejian and Maya Atrakchi
Over the past few years, and particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights in Action (OCR) has made countless efforts to enhance its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidance and other related resources on its website. [read post]
27 Apr 2010, 2:09 pm by The Health Law Partners
Departments of Justice ("DOJ") and Health and Human Services ("HHS"), Melvin Young recruited Medicare beneficiaries to become patients at Ritecare, LLC, and provided transportation for those patients to the clinic. [read post]
13 Aug 2013, 9:28 am by Jessica Webb-Ayer
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the U.S. [read post]
25 Jun 2020, 1:04 pm by Joshua Cossin
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday upheld a policy requiring hospitals and health insurers to publish their negotiated prices for health services. [read post]
18 Jul 2018, 6:34 am by Kathryn Carey
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released interim guidance on sufficiency of authorizations for future uses or disclosures of protected health information (PHI) for research purposes. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 2:23 pm by NJ ELDER ABUSE
Department of Health & Human Services issued his opinion on the use of antipsychotic drugs for nursing home patients. [read post]
9 Mar 2016, 9:14 am by Paul Otto and Nathan Salminen
 In the health sector, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been increasingly focused on cybersecurity, primarily through its HIPAA enforcement activities. [read post]
8 Jan 2013, 7:06 am by Joseph Lazzarotti
McGee's report, Joy Pritts, chief privacy officer in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, a unit of the Department of Health and Human Services, addressed this issue during a Jan. 7 panel discussion on cloud computing hosted by Patient Privacy Rights. [read post]