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OIG Finds $784M in Improper Payments, Officials Push HHS to Expand HIPAA

July 25, 2023 - In healthcare policy news this week, OIG agents report that HRSA’s uninsured program was plagued with claims that never should have been reimbursed. Meanwhile, representatives are pleading with HHS to imbue HIPAA with more robust protections for health data. ONC Adds 20 Elements to USCDI The United States Core Data for Interoperability...

Humana’s Shift to Public Insurance, CMS Proposes Changes to DSH Program

February 28, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

This week, CMS proposed a rule that would update requirements for the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program following the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. And insurance giant Humana...

CMS Pauses Payment Determinations, Senators Introduce SAFER Health Act

February 21, 2023 by Hayden Schmidt

This week CMS decided to pause all payment determinations from certified independent dispute resolution (IDR) entities following a Texas district court decision. Meanwhile, a bill recently debuted in...

How to Balance Third-Party Health App Benefits With Security, Privacy Risks

November 28, 2022 by Jill McKeon

The growing popularity of third-party health apps is justified: they allow patients to take charge of everything from chronic disease management to menstrual cycles. “These apps hold a lot of...

VA EHR Scrutinized After Veteran Deaths, Lawsuit Targets Medication Abortions

November 22, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Abortion opponents, led by The Alliance for Defending Freedom, which also worked to overturn Roe v. Wade, are now targeting the medications used for ending pregnancies. The lawsuit filed in Texas seeks...

Senators Seek HHS Update to HIPAA, FBI Warns About Legacy Devices

September 20, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

An FBI warning letter shared with healthcare providers encouraged them to take an active interest in their legacy systems after the agency noticed increasing security holes across a range of medical...

HIPAA Protection Slides Post-Roe, Healthcare Cybersecurity Under Siege

July 12, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Senators and President Biden are looking to expand and solidify the protections of HIPAA for people seeking reproductive care and abortions after the Supreme Court dismantled Roe v. Wade. In a recent...

HIPAA Modernization Bill, States Dropping Coronavirus Restrictions

February 16, 2022 by Hayden Schmidt

Legislators have been active recently, introducing two new bills to modernize healthcare. One bill seeks to modernize HIPAA and data privacy in the industry, while the other seeks to extend telehealth...

Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Granted Full FDA Approval As CMS Ups Its Reimbursement

August 25, 2021 by Emily Sokol, MPH

COVID-19 remains in the spotlight of this week’s policy recap as Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine is granted full FDA approval. And CMS boosts reimbursement rates for COVID-19 vaccines...

Add Digital Divide to the List of SDOH; House Bill Might Address Divide with Broadband Access

March 11, 2021 by Sara Heath

Healthcare professionals may be preparing for a post-pandemic world, but they are taking some of the key lessons from COVID-19 with them. Front and center are health equity issues, which have...

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