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HHS issues new privacy rule. (Washington Report).(Department of Health and Human Services)
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The Department of Health and Human Services recently issued the final rule on protecting the confidentiality of patient medical records. As expected, it made some modifications to the regulation originally proposed by the Clinton administration.
While the recently issued regulation will provide a number of new privacy protections, it omits a requirement that a patient's written permission must be obtained before his or her personal health information can be handled by doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, and insurance plans.
HHS says it had to make this change ...
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Payers hold the key to the NHIN: the role of health plans, payers and insurers in the 10-year drive toward nationwide interoperability is enormous, and not yet fully defined.(national health information network)
Magazine article from: Health Management Technology
; ...hand, the national health information network (NHIN) could...that patient, the health plans that cover that patient...initiatives, the kind of health information network being proposed...another challenge, but health plans can play a significant...bone of the NHIN. ...
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CMS BQI project expands.(Health Plans, Managed Care)(Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Better Quality Information)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Health Management Technology
; ...Initiative and Arizona State University's Center for Health Information and Research are the latest to combine claims data...initiatives with healthcare providers, organizations and health plans in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. The other four collaboratives in the BQI project include Indiana ...
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The health plan of tomorrow: the increased role of consumers, along with increased healthcare costs, will compel health plans to use technology so everyone in the equation comes out a winner.(Managed Care)
Magazine article from: Health Management Technology
; ...They'll demand better service from health plans, more information about doctors and...increases is wearing thin. That means health plans need to uncover more internal efficiencies...Approach To prepare for the future, health plans must streamline and integrate eight...
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HHS launches decade of Health Information Technology initiatives.(Industry Watch)(Department of Health & Human Services)
Magazine article from: Healthcare Financial Management
; ...a 10-year plan to implement a new health information infrastructure, including electronic...event, the Secretarial Summit on Health Information Technology in Washington, D.C., David...MD, PhD, national coordinator for health information technology, presented a plan to achieve...
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Three New Health Information Confidentiality Bills Introduced.(Government Activity)
Magazine article from: Health Management Technology
; ...Worrisome Though the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) fully supports federal health information confidentiality legislation...ultimately could endanger health information, not protect it. AHIMA executive...
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Pay for performance: a win for the NHIN? During a recent conversation with a healthcare CIO, the subject of the National Health Information Network and Regional Health Information Organizations came up.(DIGITAL PERSPECTIVES)
Magazine article from: Healthcare Financial Management
; ...recall the passing of the Community Health Information Networks of the mid- 1990s and see...Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology state that significant...had access to a shared network of health information. These savings are driven in large...
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Healing, not squealing: recent amendments to Alberta's Health Information Act.
Magazine article from: Health Law Review
; Introduction Disclosure of personal health information by health professionals to police...of personal information (including health information) to peace officers in circumstances...And in Alberta, an amendment to the Health Information Act (3) [HIA] has recently come into...
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Study: health plans focus on evidence-based care.(Industry Watch)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Healthcare Financial Management
; Health plans are making substantial changes to shift...complete and included input from 89 health plans with 78 million enrollees. In noting...were predicted in five key areas: * Health plans will strengthen coverage and denial...
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Federal regulations governing health information security published.
Magazine article from: AORN Journal
; ...identifiable health information through the imposition...care providers, health plans, and health care...included. The term health information is broadly defined...others, group health plans, health insurance...the particular health care ...
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Psychometric properties of the consumer assessment of health plans study (CAHPS[R]) 2.0 adult core survey.
Magazine article from: Health Services Research
; ...feedback is now common in health care. Health plans and providers use survey data for quality...purchasers use consumer surveys for selecting health plans; and, consumers and patients are beginning...professionals, group practices, and health plans (Buchner and Probst 1999; ...
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