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UnitedHealthcare breach leads to UC Irvine identity thefts
After months of investigation, it looks like a data breach at health plan UnitedHealthcare Services may be behind a large-scale rash of identity theft taking place at the University of California, Read more...
ALSO NOTED: AHIP promotes health IT for cost-cutting; UCSF creates infosec task force after break-ins; and much more...
> Health insurance trade group America's Health Insurance Plans is pushing the adoption of EMRs and other health IT as a means of cutting healthcare costs. Read more...
CA agency touts PHR use, forms PHR portability group
A California agency issued a report last week that urges state residents to begin using PHRs. The report, which was conducted by the state's Department of Insurance, draws on data coming from a Read more...
California RHIO backed by high-powered employer
As regular readers know, I regularly lambaste RHIOs/HIEs, most of which appear to have little chance of financial survival. However, when it comes to a RHIO that attracts the support of a giant like Read more...
ALSO NOTED: NJ Blue plan sees laptop-based data loss; Democratic coalition stumps for e-prescribing; and much more...
> New Jersey's largest health insurance plan is warning the public that personal information on about 300,000 members was lost when a laptop was stolen. Read more...
California expands health data breach rules
California has enacted sweeping changes to an existing data-privacy law which specifies that residents must be notified if their electronic health data or health insurance information is breached. Read more...
Health insurers, HL7 team to create portable PHRs
Health Level Seven (HL7), America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association agreed last week to collaborate on portability standards for PHRs. Working together Read more...
You tell me: What's a PHR?
OK, maybe some of you are sick of hearing me harp on this subject, but I'll ask again--what the heck is a personal health record? One view comes from America's Health Insurance Plans: "The industry Read more...
Louisiana may subsidize health IT adoption
Like their federal counterparts, Louisiana officials are looking for ways to subsidize adoption of EMRs by physicians. The state is low-tech even by pre-EMR standards--in fact, prior to the 2005 hurricane season, nearly 20 percent of physicians in Louisiana didn't have computers in their offices. After Katrina hit, HHS gave the state a $3.7 million grant to develop a RHIO prototype tying …
Read more...MN requires insurers, providers to file electronically
Minnesota providers and insurers will soon become the first in the United States required to file all claims electronically. A new law, which takes effect in 2009, includes all business-to-business transactions, as well as transactions between providers, insurers and the state.
The law also impacts worker's comp claims, chiropractic, dental and pharmacy claims and medical care claims filed through auto insurance plans. Insurers and providers will be required to follow a standard …
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