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24 Apr 2024, 9:06 am by Candace Milner
The Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act includes 13 bills that address maternal mortality and disparities through comprehensive investments in every driver of maternal heath in the US. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 9:01 pm by Rodger Citron
Though Manton fit the bill, Wilson ultimately appointed a sitting federal district court judge to the appeals court and put Manton in that now-vacated district court seat. [read post]
25 Mar 2024, 6:38 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Well-known for stealing sensitive data and demanding ransom for not publishing it, and other public and private cybersecurity monitoring and tracking organizations have warned heath care and other system operators to guard against Blackcat1234 and related ransomware attack risks since at least 2022. [read post]
19 Mar 2024, 7:00 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health care providers, heath plans, health care clearinghouses and their business associates (covered entities) should verify that any online tracking technology used in their or their business partner websites or mobile applications comply with the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) updated guidance on “Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates” published March 18, 2024. [read post]
17 Mar 2024, 5:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  On March 13, 2024, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released a  “Dear Colleague letter” that warns the February 21, 2024 CH/UHG data breach is likely to trigger HIPAA obligations and investigations for Choice Health and UHG as well as other HIPAA-covered health plans, heath care providers, heath care clearinghouses and business associates. [read post]
6 Feb 2024, 3:58 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
A newly announced religious discrimination settlement reminds employers of the advisability of reviewing and strengthening the defensibility of their grooming, dress code, scheduling and time off and other employment policies, practices and other procedures for applying, granting or denying religious exceptions, and other employment practices to defend against potential discrimination exposures in light of rising religious sensitivities, the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Groff v. [read post]
1 Feb 2024, 6:19 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is most widely recognized for her decades of pragmatic, leading-edge work, scholarship and thought leadership on heath benefit and other healthcare and life science, managed care and insurance and other workforce and staffing, employee benefits, safety, contracting, quality assurance, compliance and risk management, and other legal, public policy and operational concerns in the healthcare and life sciences, employee benefits, managed care and insurance, technology and other related… [read post]
23 Jan 2024, 2:04 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is most widely recognized for her decades of pragmatic, leading-edge work, scholarship and thought leadership on heath benefit and other healthcare and life science, managed care and insurance and other workforce and staffing, employee benefits, safety, contracting, quality assurance, compliance and risk management, and other legal, public policy and operational concerns in the healthcare and life sciences, employee benefits, managed care and insurance, technology and other related… [read post]
8 Jan 2024, 2:10 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  For this purpose, a “designated record set” generally is defined at 45 CFR 164.501 as any item, collection, or grouping of information that includes protected health information that is maintained, collected, used, or disseminated by or for a Covered Entity that comprises the: Medical records and billing records about individuals maintained by or for a covered health care provider; Enrollment, payment, claims adjudication, and case or medical management record… [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 11:26 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is most widely recognized for her decades of pragmatic, leading-edge work, scholarship and thought leadership on heath benefit and other healthcare and life science, managed care and insurance and other workforce and staffing, employee benefits, safety, contracting, quality assurance, compliance and risk management, and other legal, public policy and operational concerns in the healthcare and life sciences, employee benefits, managed care and insurance, technology and other related… [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 11:00 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is most widely recognized for her decades of pragmatic, leading-edge work, scholarship and thought leadership on heath benefit and other healthcare and life science, managed care and insurance and other workforce and staffing, employee benefits, safety, contracting, quality assur [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 9:33 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is most widely recognized for her decades of pragmatic, leading-edge work, scholarship and thought leadership on heath benefit and other healthcare and life science, managed care and insurance and other workforce and staffing, employee benefits, safety, contracting, quality assurance, compliance and risk management, and other legal, public policy and operational concerns in the healthcare and life sciences, emp [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 8:13 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Got issues with the most recent articulation of the proposed rule on “Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Operations” (“Rule”) that governs the independent dispute resolution process for resolving to disputes over out-of-network claims between health plans and heath care providers under the No Surprises Act? [read post]
22 Dec 2023, 7:39 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is most widely recognized for her decades of pragmatic, leading-edge work, scholarship and thought leadership on heath benefit and other healthcare and life science, managed care and insurance and other workforce and staffing, employee benefits, safety, contracting, quality assurance, compliance and risk management, and other legal, public policy and operational concerns in the healthcare and life sciences, employee benefits, managed care and insurance, technology and other related… [read post]
20 Dec 2023, 2:50 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Stamer is most widely recognized for her decades of pragmatic, leading-edge work, scholarship and thought leadership on heath benefit and other healthcare and life science, managed care and insurance and other workforce and staffing, employee benefits, safety, contracting, quality assurance, compliance and risk management, and other legal, public policy and operational concerns in the healthcare and life sciences, employee benefits, managed care and insurance, technology and other related… [read post]
19 Dec 2023, 4:48 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
 Once established under the NSA, payers are required to pay providers the appropriate payment rate for the covered out-of-network services provided to the member patient and the provider is prohibited from balance billing charges in excess of the appropriate payment rate for those services. [read post]
12 Dec 2023, 5:00 am by The Petrie-Flom Center Staff
  Nicola Soekoe is an advocate of the High Court of South Africa and a member of the Pan African Bar Association of South Africa.The post The Case for Procurement Transparency first appeared on Bill of Health.The post The Case for Procurement Transparency appeared first on Bill of Health. [read post]
8 Dec 2023, 10:02 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
HIPAA Entities Duty To Guard EPHI Against Phishing The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule require health care providers, heath plans, health care clearinghouses (“Covered Entities”) and their businesses associates (collectively “HIPAA Entities”) to protect EPHI and other protected health information against use, access, disclosure or destruction by third parties except under the conditions allowed by HIPAA. [read post]
This definition casts a wide net and likely includes the employees of many practice management companies and administrative services entities that provide or make available support staff to heath care providers that meet the definition of a “covered health care facility. [read post]