Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Declared Unconstitutional In a brief 78 page Opinion, Federal District Court Judge Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Florida struck down portions of the the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on...
Are Cloud-based HIEs Subject to Twitter-Google-Facebook-like Subpoenas?
Are Cloud-based HIEs Subject to Twitter-Google-Facebook-like Subpoenas? In a recent New York Times article, Google, Twitter and other internet companies raise concerns regarding the wave of requests they receive for customer data from law enforcement agencies. Last year, Google counted...
HHS Announces New Funding to Help States Implement Affordable Care Act
HHS Announces New Funding to Help States Implement Affordable Care Act Posted today on HHS’ Website: Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced a new funding opportunity for grants to help states continue their work to implement a key provision of the...
ACO Pilots for New Jersey — Will they “fly”?
ACO Pilots for New Jersey — Will they “fly”? The New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute (NJHCQI) brought together several distinguished experts to discuss the development of and implications for the new accountable care organization (ACO) models and rules being established on a...
Think you are Exempt from the Red Flags Rule? … Don’t Take Your Red Flags Down So Fast.
Think you are Exempt from the Red Flags Rule? … Don’t Take Your Red Flags Down So Fast. Prepared by Krystyna Nowik, Esq. Health care providers and the Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies Final Rule (“Red Flags Rule”) have had a drawn-out and bumpy history together....