Healthcare Reform

• Healthcare Reform Legislative Update 12/30/09 | Podcast
• Introduction to Healthcare Reform Legislative Update | Podcast
• The complete text of the Manager's Amendment, #3276 to Reid Substitute amendment #2786
• Updated Senate Healthcare Bill
• Please share your questions for future Healthcare Reform podcasts by clicking here
• Access to Healthcare Taskforce webpage

ABA HITECH Task Force

• White Paper: Business Associate Agreements under the HITECH Act | Member Benefit
• Cross-walk between current Business Associate Agreement and new HITECH Act requirements | Podcast | Member Benefit
• HITECH Task Force FAQs
• For more HITECH information and resources click here.

Latest Resources and News

• ABA Health eSource: January issue available online
• CMS and ONC Issue Regulations Proposing a Definition of ‘Meaningful Use’ and Setting Standards for Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
• Congressional Budget Office letters on costs related to medical malpractice
• The complete text of the Manager's Amendment, #3276 to Reid Substitute amendment #2786
• Career Productivity Series: Free to ABA members
• Childhood Vaccinations – Legal Issues and Legal Solutions | Podcast | Slides
• Free Law Student Podcast: What Is a Career in Health Law? | Podcast | Slides
• FTC Extends Enforcement Deadline for Identity Theft Red Flags Rule | The Order | Statement of ABA President Lamm
• HHS Interim Final Rule concerning HIPAA enforcement
• Legislative Language of the America’s Healthy Future Act
• Upcoming Law Student Teleconferences

HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG)

• OIG Advisory Opinions
• Medicare Drug Integrity Contractors’ Identification of Potential Part D Fraud and Abuse
• Implementation of the Core Medical Services Requirement in the Ryan White Program
• Reassignment of Medicare Benefits
• Review of Massachusetts’ Compliance With the “Reimbursement of State Costs for Provision of Part D Drugs” Medicare Demonstration Project Requirements
• OIG Work Plan 2010

Resources

• HLS H1N1 Flu Resources
• HLS HITECH Task Force (requires Section membership)
• HIPAA Q&A
• Pandemic Flu
• CDC Public Health Program
• The Joint Commission
• GAO: Reports and Testimony (updated daily)
• The Government Accountability Office

 

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HIPAA: A Practical Guide to the Privacy and Security of Health Data

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