Maybe Walmart Should Open a Hospital Instead
GOOD IDEA! - Kaiser Health News and NPR found a request for information letter from Walmart to prospective partners saying the retailer was seeking help to “dramatically … lower the…
2011-2012 HIPAA Audits Have Begun: Are You Ready to Prove HIPAA Compliance?
Back in August, I blogged about the upcoming 2011 HIPAA Violations and Audits, and news of the government’s $9.2 million contract with auditing firm KPMG. Now that the OCR has…
Diabetes Doubles Risk of Dementia, Alzheimer’s
A study on the relationship between diabetes and dementia reveals that diabetes appears to double a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias. A study published in the…
HIPAA Hosting: What’s in a Business Associate Agreement?
You’re a covered entity (your company processes, stores or transfers any type of patient information), and you’re outsourcing your HIPAA hosting services to a third party (an IT vendor, a…
Reasons to Reform Medicaid
Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have produced ten. Here are my top four: Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have produced ten. Here are my…
Reasons to Reform Medicaid
Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have produced ten. Here are my top four: Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) have produced ten. Here are my…
Complex Systems, Part II
In my last Health Alert, I identified some characteristics of complex systems. Among those were: (1) complex systems are too complicated for any single individual to completely comprehend; (2) simplified…
Major Retailer Proposes Bold Capitalization on Healthcare Delivery
Posted in CorporateHealthcare Policy & The MediaScience & Research Posted in CorporateHealthcare Policy & The MediaScience & ResearchCould retail be the solution to comprehensive healthcare delivery? Well, if big-box retailer…
OCR HIPAA Audits Finally Kick Off – Do They Matter?
The HITECH Act called for stepped-up HIPAA privacy and security and breach notification rule enforcement with respect to covered entities and business associates, to be accomplished by spot-check audits. This…
Lessons Learned: The Hard Way
I get a fair number of visitors to my blog who are students of healthcare professions or early careerists working they way up through leadership structures. And, given my background,…
