Health System CIO
MAY 24, 2017
There’s a whole lot that goes into crafting the right response to regulatory requirements, and for HIMSS' Tom Leary, it’s one of the most enjoyable parts of the job.
Insulin Nation
MAY 22, 2017
In Scotland, a 13-year-old with Type 1 diabetes was barred from a long-planned school field trip, and her mother is saying the school purposely waited until the last minute to tell her about the decision. sponsor. According to a report in the Press and Journal, Aaliyah Thomson had been planning to leave for a May 14th field trip with her Elgin High classmates.
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American Well
MAY 25, 2017
Original article posted on KevinMD.com. At the end of my daughter’s first week of preschool, she came home with a burning question: “Mom, my friend at school says that she has two days in a row when she and her mommy and daddy are all home at the same time. They call it a weekend. Will we ever have a weekend?”. I was floored. That simple question encapsulated the only life she had known as a doctor’s daughter.
Healthcare Exchange Standards
MAY 26, 2017
This is a short article simply to point toward W3C "Specification Privacy Assessment". I watch many standards bodies, and interact with a few. W3C is most mature "Standards" organization with regards to considering privacy impact that their standards have. Others are working toward having some process for considering privacy while writing a standard specification.
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ACA Times
MAY 24, 2017
Donald Trump’s entire “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan was footnoted with a promise to help both the working class and United States Veterans. However, a specific group of veterans do not feel protected under the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA) bill. In a letter dated May 3 and addressed to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, the Paralyzed Veterans of America expressed their concerns about Trumpcare.
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American Well
MAY 25, 2017
Original article posted on KevinMD.com. At the end of my daughter’s first week of preschool, she came home with a burning question: “Mom, my friend at school says that she has two days in a row when she and her mommy and daddy are all home at the same time. They call it a weekend. Will we ever have a weekend?”. I was floored. That simple question encapsulated the only life she had known as a doctor’s daughter.
Insulin Nation
MAY 24, 2017
Stuck insulin pump button on a plane! … sounds like a straight-to-video Samuel L. Jackson thriller, but it’s actually the gist of a safety notice issued by Medtronic for those who use its MiniMed pump systems. sponsor. Medtronic issued a field safety notification about a rare, temporary, but still annoying glitch that can happen with MiniMed 600 series pumps.
Insulin Nation
MAY 23, 2017
Sick of seemingly mysterious increases in the price of insulin? via GIPHY. So, apparently, are a majority of lawmakers in the Nevada state senate. Senators came together in rare bipartisan fashion to pass a bill aimed at providing transparency in insulin pricing. via GIPHY. Here is what the bill does: sponsor. It requires Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services to make a list of the essential drugs for treating diabetes (including insulin and metformin), and who makes those drugs. via G
ACA Times
MAY 25, 2017
So much of Senate’s decisions appear to be surrounding the House GOP’s proposed healthcare bill rested on a score from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The scoring was guaranteed by May 24, and on schedule it arrived. In the CBO report, new light was shed on the House GOP’s second attempt at their American Healthcare Act (AHCA) bill, as the previous one didn’t make it past the House floor.
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Insulin Nation
MAY 25, 2017
One of the difficulties in judging health care legislation is that both political parties attempt to put their spin on what a bill does or doesn’t do. That’s why it’s handy to have the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to weigh in on hot-button legislation. Since 1975, the CBO has acted as a kind of umpire for Congress by analyzing what the potential impact of a bill might be.
ACA Times
MAY 23, 2017
On Monday (May 22), a motion was filed by both the White House and Congress requesting a 90-day delay regarding an appeal surrounding cost-sharing reduction payments (CSR). The case, known as House vs. Price, originated in 2015 when the Obama administration was sued by the Republican House of Representatives over the CSRs, which were designed to help those with a lower income afford their healthcare through subsidies.
ACA Times
MAY 22, 2017
Op-Ed originally published in The Business Journals. After some false starts, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives finally passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) , as amended, the first step in a potentially slow road to repealing and replacing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). It remains to be seen if Trumpcare will actually live up to its promises to be better than Obamacare, and whether what emerges from the U.S.
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