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By: Cyndi Moore The American Health Care Act (“AHCA”), passed by the House of Representatives on May 4, 2017, repeals many of the taxes added by the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) and makes changes to other tax rules. Some of the notable changes proposed to be made to the Internal Revenue Code are: 1. …
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By: Marki Stewart In a watershed moment for the expansion of telemedicine, the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission is now processing applications to allow physicians to practice telemedicine across state lines with greater ease. Nineteen states have passed legislation to adopt the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which allows physicians to obtain a license to practice …
By: Sara Jodka The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a $2.5 million Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) settlement with CardioNet, which is a company that provides remote mobile monitoring of and rapid response to patients at risk for cardiac arrhythmias. The settlement is based …
By: Sara Jodka The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (ORC) announced an agreement to settle possible Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations with The Center for Children’s Digestive Health (CCDH). This settlement is worth noting is because it highlights the need for HIPAA-covered entities to obtain signed HIPAA-compliant …
First published in 1975, 42 CFR Part 2 (Part 2) governs confidentiality and disclosures of medical records for patients of substance abuse treatment programs. The initial purpose of Part 2 was to ensure that a patient who receives treatment in a formal program for any substance use disorder is protected from the disclosure of his …