HIPAA Journal

JUNE 26, 2023

In the context of HIPAA enforcement discretion, the Secretary can waive sanctions and penalties that result from non-compliance with the following standards of the Privacy Rule: 164.510 – Uses and disclosures of Protected Health Information requiring an opportunity for the individual to agree or object.

HIPAA 74

HIPAA COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Public Health 74

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Americans are no doubt conditioned to expect spectacular failure in the face of public health crises. Just as COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. In both contexts, these reporting failures make it difficult to mount a competent public health response to prevent unnecessary mortality. By Jennifer D.

Public Health 237

Public Health COVID-19 Governance Health Outcomes 237

Health Populi

MAY 20, 2021

health citizens’ memories will last into 2022 with respect to cross-party desire for the U.S. Hospitals’ fall from 70% to 63% between 2018 and 2019. Consumer health’s fall from 63% in 2019 to 51% in 2020. to approve Medicare’s negotiation of drug prices with pharmaceutical companies].

COVID-19 127

COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Health Insurance Medicare 127

Health Populi

APRIL 27, 2021

ASPE analyzed data from 62,451,150 people who had 1 or more vaccine doses administered by 3-10-21. who had received 1 or more doses of COVID-19 vaccines by race/ethnicity were: 66% of White, non-Hispanic people (60% of U.S. of Hispanic and LatinX people (19% of U.S. The percentages of people in the U.S.

COVID-19 163

COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Public Health Health Insurance 163

Health Populi

JANUARY 22, 2021

” Executive Order on Protecting Worker Health and Safety : The start of the Order calls out the fact that lower-income people and those of color have been essential workers during the pandemic. “Ensuring the health and safety of workers is a national priority and a moral imperative. . economy and social fabric.

Governance 86

Governance COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Public Health 86

Bill of Health

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

At Drexel University’s Urban Health Collaborative , we use neighborhood-level data and spatial analysis to reveal health disparities among and within cities — often finding dramatic differences between neighborhoods that share boundaries. Credit: COVID-19 Health Inequities in Cities Dashboard.

COVID-19 Vaccine 279

COVID-19 Vaccine COVID-19 Public Health Governance 279

Bill of Health

AUGUST 29, 2022

Despite pediatric COVID-19 vaccine availability, many youth remain unvaccinated , and are thus at higher risk of life-altering outcomes as a result of contracting COVID-19. [1]. Specific to the COVID-19 vaccine, children under age 18 in most jurisdictions will require parental consent. [8].

COVID-19 Vaccine 130

COVID-19 Vaccine COVID-19 Informed Consent Governance 130

SQA

MARCH 25, 2021

Manufacturing Considerations for Licensed and Investigational Cellular and Gene Therapy Products During COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, January 2021. The new guidance provides recommendations for developers of SARS-CoV-2-targeting monoclonal antibodies during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

COVID-19 52

COVID-19 FDA Public Health COVID-19 Vaccine 52

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Power calls out pharmacies’ expanding role in coronavirus vaccination efforts, as a key pillar in the Biden Administration’s coronavirus strategy is to distribute millions of vaccine doses to retail pharmacies throughout the U.S. Use of health and wellness services grew from 42% of U.S. Power expects.

COVID-19 86

COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Nurses Doctors 86

New Jersey Healthcare Blog

JULY 22, 2022

509(a), Governor Murphy issued an Executive Order updating and clarifying timeframes for requiring covered workers at health care facilities and high-risk congregate settings to be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations, including having received a booster shot. 3:19-cv-14228-BRM-LHG (D.N.J. 290 (2022).

COVID-19 Vaccine 40

COVID-19 Vaccine Licensing COVID-19 Public Health 40

Hall Render

MARCH 31, 2023

in 2022, survey finds Senate votes to end COVID-19 national emergency Why are 600+ rural hospitals at risk of closing? County-owned buildings facing potential earthquake risk Gilead drops option to buy cancer therapeutics company Health and Life Organization Inc. buys industrial property in Rancho Cordova for $5.12

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes COVID-19 Nurses 40

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 15, 2022

In 2019, the County of Milwaukee became the first jurisdiction in the country to declare racism a public health crisis. Their public-facing COVID-19 dashboard, for example, allows citizens to view key public health information sorted by race – laying bare any potential health disparities.

US Department of Health and Human Services 104

US Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Public Health 104

HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The CARES Act was passed by Congress on March 27, 2020, to ensure that every American has access to the care they need during the COVID-19 pandemic and to address the economic fallout from the 2019 Novel Coronavirus and COVID-19. How are New HIPAA Regulations Introduced?

HIPAA 129

HIPAA COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Compliance 129

Hall Render

JANUARY 14, 2022

Short-staffed and COVID-battered, U.S. Supreme Court appears open to CMS COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Vaccine mandate challenge reveals deep divides in the Supreme Court. Alabama nears 2,000 hospitalizations, now averaging 10,000 new COVID cases per day. DC Mayor Declares Public Health Emergency.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 Nursing Homes Nurses COVID-19 Vaccine 40

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 9, 2023

OCR sought comments from HIPAA-covered entities about possible changes to HIPAA Rules in 2019 and beyond, which are mostly concerned with the easing of certain administrative requirements and the removal of certain provisions of the HIPAA Privacy Rule that have been limiting or discouraging the coordination of care.

HIPAA 115

HIPAA COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Compliance 115

Hall Render

JANUARY 28, 2022

California health system to outsource RCM jobs to Optum. New California public health rules make it harder to visit loved ones in nursing homes. Colorado COVID hospital admissions at lowest point of the year. Doctors withdraw request for hospital emergency protocols as Colorado COVID numbers seem to improve.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 Nursing Homes US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses 40

Hall Render

MAY 12, 2023

Cloud Hospital names Chief Quality Officer Tampa’s Lions Eye Institute adopts new name Troubled Cano Health records $60.6M Cloud Hospital names Chief Quality Officer Tampa’s Lions Eye Institute adopts new name Troubled Cano Health records $60.6M Here’s what it means.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 US Department of Health and Human Services Nurses Hospitals 40

Hall Render

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

HHS falling short in handling public health crises, GAO says. From WHYY: Wilmington Hospital’s Covid unit: ‘…help people out, save lives, go home and do it again the next day’. Florida orthopedic practice more than doubles revenue since 2019 merger. Lee Health will pay nursing school candidates to become CNAs.

COVID-19 40

COVID-19 US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses 40

Hall Render

JULY 14, 2023

billion behavioral health contract to Centene Idaho Drops Panel Investigating Pregnancy-Related Deaths as US Maternal Mortality Surges Kootenai Health CEO to retire after nonprofit conversion Kootenai Health on track for nonprofit conversion Ammon Bundy a no-show for beginning of St. to 18 central Mass.

US Department of Health and Human Services 40

US Department of Health and Human Services Nursing Homes Nurses Hospitals 40

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Interestingly, these are two of the most prominent life science companies that have been part of Operation Warp Speed to accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines. Most health citizens, hoping for a way out of the public health crisis, are counting on science to liberate both lives and livelihoods.

COVID-19 154

COVID-19 COVID-19 Vaccine Pharmaceutical Industry Public Health 154

Bill of Health

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

What followed was a concerted campaign to dismantle collective protections and assimilate COVID-19 into the model used to treat most social problems: individuals are responsible for themselves, and minimal tools of state intervention will protect (however inadequately) only those deemed to be high-risk and worthy.

COVID-19 354

COVID-19 Public Health Federal Policy Medicaid 354

Kaiser Health News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Front and center will be homelessness and health care, top priorities for voters — and issues that have largely defined the governors’ policies and leadership styles. From abortion to covid-19 vaccines, Newsom and DeSantis could not be further apart. California bans short-term health plans.

COVID-19 Vaccine 116

COVID-19 Vaccine COVID-19 Medicaid Medicaid 116

Drug & Device Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In Hinton , the plaintiff’s sling was implanted in August 2019, after pretty much all the relevant FDA actions on pelvic mesh devices. Nowhere in that chronology is the enactment of a federal, state, or local law authorizing the vaccination of any of plaintiffs’ minor children—whose ages are not specified in CHD —without parental consent.

COVID-19 Vaccine 52

COVID-19 Vaccine COVID-19 FDA Public Health 52