Community health workers (CHWs) are frontline public health workers who come from and/or have deep roots in the communities they serve. Many states are leveraging CHWs to build trusting relationships with patients, including...more
Editor’s Note: In late June 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Innovation Center (CMMI) launched the Enhancing Oncology Model (EOM), an alternative payment model seeking to incentivize providers in...more
The past 20 years have brought tremendous progress in cancer outcomes with improved screening and new treatments. But with these innovations and our country’s aging population, escalating care costs and quality variation...more
Learn How Seismic Changes in the Collection, Exchange and Use of Health Data Are Impacting Privacy—and Outpacing Policy—at a New Manatt Webinar...
Over the past decade, the ways we gather, share and use health data have been...more
8/4/2021
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On Saturday, September 19, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released long-awaited guidance on annual reporting requirements for providers that receive payments from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF). The PRF was...more
10/7/2020
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As this decade begins, Americans are increasingly apprehensive about the privacy of their personal information. A recent survey found that approximately four out of five Americans are concerned about how their data is used,...more
7/9/2020
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HITECH Act ,
Infectious Diseases ,
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As this decade begins, Americans are increasingly apprehensive about the privacy of their personal information. Nowhere is this issue more important than in regard to health data, a type of information that can contain...more
7/1/2020
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Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Patient Privacy Rights
The COVID-19 crisis has brought great adversity, and our health systems and academic centers are responding with innovation. Policymakers have rapidly lifted myriad barriers to providing care in innovative and novel ways, and...more
The Vulnerability of Healthcare Information -
According to a report the Brookings Institute issued in May 2016, 23% of all data breaches occur in the healthcare industry. Nearly 90% of healthcare organizations had some...more
7/28/2016
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False Implied Certification Theory ,
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Gobeille v Liberty Mutual Insurance Com. ,
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Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar ,
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Whole Woman's Health v Hellerstedt ,
Zubik v Burwell