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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

The regs were finalized in 2003.) Or considering elimination of the reimbursement entirely, since providers received significant incentive payments to underwrite their EHRs in the first place.) The regs were finalized in 2003.) And that’s what happened: Congress did not act, and HHS went to town on its own.

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How would you like to change HIPAA?

Health Blawg

The regs were finalized in 2003.) Or considering elimination of the reimbursement entirely, since providers received significant incentive payments to underwrite their EHRs in the first place.) The regs were finalized in 2003.) And that’s what happened: Congress did not act, and HHS went to town on its own.

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The Chronic Care Model and its Key Elements

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This care model was refined in 1997 with input from a large panel of experts, and then tested nationally across various healthcare settings in 1998 as part of the program “Improving Chronic Illness Care” (ICIC) funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. We will discuss the six key elements of the Chronic Care Model in the next sections.