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| The House on 7 OCT 1999 approved H.
R. 2723 to provide many protections for patients, including a right to engage
in litigation with health plans if care is denied. For a copy of the bill, go
to: H. R. 2723 The bill is in Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) PDF file format. The file will take several minutes to open or download - for Reader see below. |
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GAO Report: Nursing Homes Additional Steps Needed to Strengthen Enforcement of Federal Quality Standards, March 18, 1999 Download a copy in Adobe(R)
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Final
regulations relating to the public disclosure requirements of section 6104(d)
of the Internal Revenue Code, applicable only to tax-exempt organizations
(including health care organizations) described in sections 501(c) or (d) and
exempt under section 501(a) other than private foundations. A tax-exempt
organization can make its application for tax exemption and/or an annual
information return widely available by posting the document on a World Wide Web
page that the tax-exempt organization establishes and maintains or by having
the document posted, as part of a database of similar documents of other
tax-exempt organizations, on a World Wide Web page established and maintained
by another entity. Download a copy in Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) PDF file format: Federal Register: April 9, 1999, Pages 17279-17291 The file will take several minutes to open or download. For PDF file Reader, see below. |
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Nursing Home Residential Security Act of
1999:
Download a copy in Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) PDF
file format:
Senate Bill 494, 106th Congress, 1st
Session
The file will take several
minutes to open or download.
For PDF file Reader,
see below.
| Go to The Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health (SciPICH) Web site "to...learn about, evaluate, and select interactive health communication (IHC) applications." The Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health (SciPICH) was convened by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to examine interactive health communication technology and its potential impact on the health of the public. |
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Click a link below to learn about:
A Glossary of Health Care Terms
Advising Physicians: Preventive Medicine to Help Doctors Cope
US General Accounting Office Year 2000 Computing Crisis
Compliance Status of Many Biomedical Equipment Items Still Unknown
For a distressing commentary on the VHA and FDA biomedical equipment programs, see the report referenced below. The full report bearing a September 1998 date is available at:
US General Accounting Office Year 2000 Crisis Report
Proposed HCFA HIPAA Rule For Security of Electronic Health Records
A proposed new HCFA rule regarding the security of electronic health records, pursuant to HIPAA, was published August 12, 1998 in the Federal Register. The proposed rule is available here in Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) PDF file format. The file will take several minutes to open or download - for Reader go to:
Proposed Rule Regarding the Security of Electronic Health Records
National Standard Health Care Provider Identifier
Standards for Electronic Transactions and Code Sets
Published May 7, 1998 under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-191). Comment period ends July 6, 1998. To read the NPRMs, go to:
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/admnsimp/nprm/reglist.htm
These materials propose a revolution in health care information and technology. Implementation will undoubtedly affect everyone who is involved in the health care delivery, including those using telemedicine, employers providing health care benefits, and patients and their physicians.
| See the final
President's Letter published by
National Health Lawyers Association in May 1992 at the conclusion of Alan S.
Goldberg's term as President of NHLA, including predictions regarding the use
of information technology in furtherance of the mission of NHLA. Download in
Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) PDF file format. The file will take several minutes to open
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