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Florida Law Requires Hospitals to Report Patients’ Immigration Status

Scrubs

A new law is set to pass in the state of Florida that will require all hospitals receiving Medicaid funding to collect information regarding their patients’ immigration status as part of the admissions process. The group argued that immigration status should be protected under HIPAA.

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Health Care In the COVID-19 Era – PwC Finds Self-Rationing of Care and Meds Especially for Chronic Care

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: The positive finding in this research is that one-third of people dealing with at least one chronic condition sought health care through virtual means, telehealth, in the pandemic.

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New HIPAA Regulations in 2022-2023

The HIPAA Journal

It has been several years since new HIPAA regulations have been signed into law, but HIPAA changes in 2022 are expected. The last update to the HIPAA Rules was the HIPAA Omnibus Rule in 2013, which introduced new requirements mandated by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.

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