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Managed Care November 2002 Fox et al.	HIPAA Modifications Ease Burdens, But Don't Take Anything for Granted Although the final privacy rule in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) eases some burdens for managed care organizations and providers, it still significantly restricts the use and disclosure of protected health information.
Managed Care June 2002 T. Emmet Thornton	HIPAA Affects Docs' Response To Subpoenas for Medical Data The Health Insurance Portability and Privacy Act of 1996 will supersede state law on medical-record subpoenas in several respects.
Managed Care February 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	HIPAA Privacy Rules Create Uncertainty, Compliance Woes When it comes to information-sharing, just when does 'no' mean 'no'? What about conflicting statutes? We have two years to sort it out...
IndustryWeek April 1, 2003 Tonya Vinas	Ready Or Not, Here Comes HIPAA New federal health-information regulations have companies scrambling to comply.
Managed Care April 2000 Mark D. Abruzzo, J.D.	Despite What You Hear, State Privacy Statutes No Threat to DM In Managed Care's November 1999 issue, Al Lewis, president of the Disease Management Association of America, wrote about potential pitfalls facing DM. One identified by Lewis was state privacy laws, a topic that merits further attention....
Managed Care November 2001 Darren T. Binder	Determining Who Is Covered By HIPAA Privacy Regulation Because there are significant penalties associated with noncompliance with the new HIPAA, business leaders must determine whether their operations put them at risk of violating the regulations...
InternetNews April 21, 2005 Tim Gray	HIPAA Deadline Passes Health care organizations still working to comply with privacy and security technology provisions of HIPAA.
Managed Care December 2002 Fox et al.	Modified HIPAA Privacy Rule Affects Research, Marketing, Security A modified rule allows the use and disclosure of "limited data sets" of personal health information for research, health care operations, or public health activities. These sets do not include direct identifiers, such as name, address, or Social Security number.
CIO March 15, 2004 Alison Bass	Health-Care I.T As more health-care providers move toward electronic medical records that they can easily share via the Internet, the potential for abuse grows.
Managed Care April 2001 Michael Levin-Epstein	President's Privacy-Rule Review Creates Controversy, Confusion The final medical privacy regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) stand out in terms of controversy and confusion. The end game is still cast in doubt...
Managed Care May 2001	New Privacy Rules May Provide Boost For IT Companies For all the whining about HIPAA from providers and payers, there are reports that a growing share of them are beginning to see the value of it in long-term savings...
Managed Care August 2002 Michael S. Victoroff	Prying Eyes Push Against Boundary of Medical Privacy It seems some folks have been publishing on the Internet pictures of women visiting abortion clinics. Is this constitutionally protected journalism? Or a violation of privacy?
Managed Care October 2002 Pamela L. Popp	How To -- And Not To -- Disclose Medical Errors to Patients Health care facilities and physician practices must commence development and implementation of a disclosure policy. The policy should include a statement of the need and willingness of the patient and physician to have an open and honest relationship and a constant dialogue.
Inc. November 2003 Alison Stein Wellner	The Privacy Time Bomb If you provide health insurance, you're sitting on a potential privacy time bomb. Here's how to defuse it.
Managed Care December 2002 Joyce Ochs	Providers, Plans Misinformed About Vendor Software Capability Software vendors are not affected by HIPAA, although their customers are. Jeffrey Fusile, the partner at PriceWaterhouseCoopers who heads the HIPAA Advisory Services, claims that "vendors and clearinghouses have misled people to a fault."
Managed Care November 2006 Ed Silverman	Loss of Protected Patient Information Real Danger for Health Care Plans There are plenty of ways that confidential data can escape managed care organizations, and the consequences can be major. Can you trust your employees?
Registered Rep. May 1, 2005 Daniels, Leibell & Prince	Planning for the Unthinkable End-of-life events are almost always fraught with financial implications that need to be addressed. The better prepared a patient and his family are for end-of-life decisions, the more smoothly the financial portion of the event is likely to proceed.
Entrepreneur March 2003 Mark Henricks	Private Business The word from HIPAA is to keep it zipped when it comes to employee health issues.
Managed Care February 2002 Michael Levin-Epstein	Plans, Providers Should Use HIPAA Breathing Room Wisely HMOs may delay compliance with HIPAA electronic transactions and code reporting requirements for one year under legislation passed by Congress late last year. However, the new law doesn't affect information privacy requirements slated to take effect in 2003...
Managed Care December 2001 John Carroll	The Coming HIPAA Crisis HIPAA's timetable has been known for years, but many organizations that the law covers are dawdling pitifully in preparing for compliance...
CRM August 2005 Marshall Lager	CRM in an Age of Legislation Privacy laws have forced sales callers and outbound marketers to clean up their act and given them a chance to polish their image.
InternetNews June 3, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Privacy a Stumbling Block in Healthcare IT Government's push for universal electronic health records brings tech firms into thorny privacy debate.
Managed Care November 2000	Health Care Issues Force Prosecutors In Many States To Try New Approaches Virtually every item in the news about health care coverage lately, from HMO horror stories to health plan consolidation, from lawsuits to new legislation, means more work for some state's attorney general...
Managed Care September 2000	Countdown Begins for Compliance With HIPAA Electronic Standards If you thought a lot of time and money was spent on Y2K readiness, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Complying with the new rules for electronic transaction standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is expected to exceed Y2K in terms of dollars and work hours...
Managed Care April 2007 John Carroll	Privacy Concerns Delay Health Information Network Sufficient confidentiality needs to be assured before a nationwide health information system will be ready for implementation.
CIO November 1, 2002 Ben Worthen	How to Meet Tomorrow's Privacy Rules Today When it comes to preparing for impending security regulations, health-care CIOs have some simple advice: Act now.
Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2014 Jill Wechsler	Data disclosure, integrity challenge pharma Transparency initiatives are multiplying, affecting research, marketing and compliance.
Salon.com December 21, 2000 Dawn MacKeen	The medical privacy debate Do Clinton's new guidelines go far enough?
PC World March 15, 2001 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: Medical Records Privacy Law Threatened A handful of insurance and medical industry companies want to sell your personal data. A look at the current state of the law in the U.S.
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Pharmaceutical Executive May 1, 2005 Steven Tarnoff	How to Keep Out of Regulatory Quicksand Pharma sales teams may soon need law degrees just to keep up with the changes in federal and state mandates.
Managed Care January 2002	1-Year Delay Near In Implementation Of HIPAA Rules It looks like most players in health care -- IT vendors excluded -- will get what they want if a bill delaying the deadline for compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act's electronic claims standards becomes law...
PC World April 25, 2008 Erik Larkin, PC World	Should You Trust Your Health Records to Google and Microsoft? Until we have laws guaranteeing the privacy of my digitized health information, I'll pass.
CIO July 1, 2003 Alice Dragoon	Eight (Not So) Simple Steps to the HIPAA Finish Line While much of the new security rule is common sense, meeting it by the 2005 deadline won't be easy. Here's a checklist to ease your heartburn.
American Family Physician April 1, 2002 Forrest Lang	Interviewing When Family Members Are Present The presence of family members at an office visit creates unique opportunities and challenges for the physician while interviewing the patient. The physician must address issues of confidentiality, privacy, and agency...
Insurance & Technology June 16, 2004 Anthony O'Donnell	Insurers Lag on HIPAA Security Rule While health insurers are generally better prepared for the April 21, 2005, HIPAA security rule's deadline than other healthcare industry participants, they still face compliance-readiness challenges.
AFP eWire August 13, 2007	New Survey Finds Lack of Outreach to "Grateful" Patients Almost 40% of fundraisers in health institutions do not consider outreach to past or "grateful" patients to be an important component of their work, and 20% make no effort to contact them at all, according to a new survey.
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Insurance & Technology March 7, 2006 Peggy Bresnick Kendler	Who Goes There? Insurance industry executives discuss how controlling access to information through identity management is key to securing critical client and corporate data.
InternetNews August 25, 2010	Security, EMRs Top Healthcare IT Priorities With new government regulations placing even more responsibility and scrutiny on the healthcare industry, IT administrators are struggling to deliver both efficiency and security.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2010 Joe Gattuso	Patient Empowerment by Decision Making Literacy The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes significant attention to health literacy and medical decision making. These competencies will become an increasing necessity as the privilege and burden of greater autonomy is placed on the consumer/patient.
Managed Care December 2004 Adler & Schukman	The Role of Managed Care In Patient Safety & Error Reduction Patient safety and medical errors have become the focus of increasing attention from the public, policymakers, and accreditation agencies. Managed care organizations clearly are important stakeholders in this issue.
American Family Physician July 15, 2001 Marc Tunzi	Can the Patient Decide? Evaluating Patient Capacity in Practice
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American Journal of Nursing December 2011 Mary K. Walton	Supporting Family Caregivers: Communicating with Family Caregivers A transformation is under way in acute care, at least in the United States, from provider-centered care to patient- and family-centered care.
Managed Care October 2003 John L. Phelan	Pay Incentives to Physicians For Filing Electronic Claims Physicians' well-known reluctance to invest in office computer hardware and software is costing health plans money. How to get the docs' attention?
InternetNews October 20, 2009	Privacy Still Dogs Electronic Health Records New study highlights security shortcomings with the ways medical facilities are digitizing patients' records.
American Family Physician October 1, 2006 Kavan et al.	A Practical Guide to Crisis Management Physicians often are required to assist patients in crisis. An estimated 4% of visits to primary care physicians involve psychiatric or social crises.