Privacy and Confidentiality

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Part II – Privacy Provisions

Tue, 2012-05-01 16:51 — healthinfolaw_admin

Published on May 1, 2009

Author: Goldstein M, Cartwright-Smith L, Rosenbaum S

Publication: Legal Notes: Aligning Forces for Quality

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided billions of dollars in new health and health care spending. This brief examines the Act's reforms to existing laws related to health information privacy and security, and in particular, its revisions to HIPAA.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Part I – Health Information Technology Provisions

Tue, 2012-05-01 16:45 — healthinfolaw_admin

Published on May 1, 2009

Author: Cartwright-Smith L, Rosenbaum S.

Publication: Legal Notes: Aligning Forces for Quality

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided billions of dollars in new health and health care spending. The Act contains numerous health information technology-related provisions, and this brief examines the provisions that create a new federal infrastructure for setting HIT policy and standards and that encourage adoption and meaningful use of HIT.

The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act Regulations: Implications for Health Information Access and Exchange

Tue, 2012-05-01 15:41 — healthinfolaw_admin

Published on March 1, 2010

Author: Cartwright-Smith L., Rosenbaum S., Sochacki C.

Publication: Legal Notes: Aligning Forces for Quality

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This Legal Notes provides an overview of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2008 and its implementing regulations and an analysis of the Act's potential impact on Aligning Forces for Quality communities. The article highlights the potential complications with publicly disclosing patient quality and safety information that arise from the implementation of the Act.

Release of Medicare Data for Performance Measurement

Tue, 2012-05-01 10:34 — healthinfolaw_admin

Published on June 1, 2011

Author: Thorpe J.

Publication: Legal Notes: Aligning Forces for Quality

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This Legal Notes examines the release of Medicare data for performance measurement. Access to Medicare claims data would allow greater reporting of and measurement of provider performance. Medicare data, combined with data from other public and private payers would be more accurate and increase the quality of public reporting to empower consumers and improve health care quality.