The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act contains 11 rules, 6 of which have been released to date. Within each of the rules are numerous actions to be implemented. This article reviews those actions and provides health care managers with what exactly needs to be done to be in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act effectively and efficiently.
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Am J Trop Med Hyg
January 2025
Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Section of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
The burden of pathogenic enteric protozoa and soil-transmitted helminths among impoverished populations living on the Texas-Mexico border is unclear. We conducted a cross-sectional study on an ongoing longitudinal cohort of 616 adults residing in Starr County, Texas. A total of 359 adults were screened for four protozoa and five soil-transmitted helminths by using real-time polymerase chain reaction.
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January 2025
Psychiatry Department, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States.
Background: Mental illness is one of the top causes of preventable pregnancy-related deaths in the United States. There are many barriers that interfere with the ability of perinatal individuals to access traditional mental health care. Digital health interventions, including app-based programs, have the potential to increase access to useful tools for these individuals.
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January 2025
Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Background: Medical indemnity (MI) has become an important topic in the era of increasing number of medico-legal cases in Ireland. However, there is a sensible difference in understanding and usage of medical indemnity between Irish and international medical graduates.
Aim: This study aimed to investigate the knowledge and awareness of medical indemnity among international medical graduates in Ireland.
Health Econ Rev
January 2025
Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, PO Box 30, 00271, Helsinki, Finland.
Background: Healthcare expenditures have risen in middle- and high-income countries. One of the potential contributors is the overuse of diagnostics. I explore whether medical imaging is overused when privately owned clinics in Finland treat patients with voluntary private health insurance (VPHI).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Manag Care Spec Pharm
January 2025
Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Foundation, Alexandria, VA.
Background: Over the past 5 years, managed care pharmacy has been shaped by a global pandemic, advancements in generative artificial intelligence (AI), Medicare drug price negotiation policies, and significant therapeutic developments. Collective intelligence methods can be used to anticipate future developments in practice to help organizations plan and develop new strategies around those changes.
Objective: To identify emerging trends in managed care pharmacy.
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