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2008.07.08:
Mixed Reviews of NY Hospitals in First DOH Infection Report
2008.07.07:
Dump HIPAA? Careful What You Wish For!
2008.07.05:
Connecting for Health (public-private collab):electronic data stream scenarios for drug prescription transactions
2008.07.03:
Commissioner: Berger Commission Measures Implemented
2008.07.03:
Natural Products-Sources of New Drugs
2008.07.02:
Update your CDER bearings
2008.07.02:
Some ideas about "doing science" and public health policy-post #1
2008.07.02:
DOH Seeks Input on Universal Coverage Proposals
2008.07.02:
Insurance Department Delays Malpractice Premium Update
2008.07.02:
HHC Agrees to Changes After Tragic Video
2008.06.27:
Court of Appeals Clarifies Charitable Property Tax Exemption Rulings
2008.06.27:
WellPoint Incentivizes Good Care Management
2008.06.27:
Erie County Lawsuit Over Hospital Closure Ends
2008.06.26:
Empire State Stem Cell Board Meeting, June 27, 2008 -NYSTEM Agenda highlights
2008.06.25:
990 Coalition for Tax Exempt Hospitals
2008.06.24:
Global Health and the portfolio approach to successful product development
2008.06.24:
AMA Says Patients Don't Use Physician Rating Sites
2008.06.24:
Do we want more cancer patients on clinical trials?
2008.06.23:
Lawmakers Pass Cancer Mapping Legislation
2008.06.20:
Section Leadership Revamps Committees
2008.06.20:
Legislators Strike Deal to End Mandatory Nurse OT
2008.06.20:
SCOTUS on Age Discrimination
2008.06.19:
Medicaid Primary Care Standards
2008.06.19:
NYSBA Historic Webcast
2008.06.18:
Good summer reading:Global strategy and plan of action on public health, innovation and IP by WHA/CIPIH
2008.06.16:
Discerning public opinion: how financial incentives could improve organ donation,reduce donor-recipient gap
2008.06.16:
NYSTEM :Update on comments by interested parties
2008.06.11:
Physicians Using EHRs Will Get Medicare Bonus (Updated)
2008.06.10:
Kaiser Backs Microsoft PHRs, Begins Pilot Project
2008.06.10:
Mass. Insurers Undaunted by Opposition to Physician Rankings
2008.06.09:
CLE Opportunity: Health Information Technology as an Update in Long Term Care
2008.06.06:
Medicaid to Cease Paying for "Never Events"
2008.06.05:
State Approves 40% Bump in Assisted Living Beds
2008.06.04:
St. Vincent's Delivers Expansion Ultimatum
2008.05.30:
NIH Expands National Consortium Dedicated to Transforming Clinical and Translational Research
2008.05.29:
OMIG Steps Up Exclusion of Disciplined Providers
2008.05.29:
More on Mass. Primary Care Woes
2008.05.27:
Patients Steamed Over Fundraising Letters
2008.05.23:
Help for prescription drug/medical products safety: reactive dependence to proactive surveillance
2008.05.23:
Remember "The genome: you gain some, you lose some"
2008.05.22:
CBO Cools on Health IT Returns
2008.05.22:
Mass. Docs Go to the Mat Over Rankings
2008.05.21:
Medical Schools Can Help Solve Rural Physician Shortage
2008.05.21:
Google Health Has Arrived
2008.05.20:
Preemption of state liability laws-several current perspectives
2008.05.20:
an example: Academic-Industry drug discovery agreement-UK-NV
2008.05.20:
Empire State Stem Cell Board (ESSCB) draft Strategic Plan-public comments due June 13 2008
2008.05.19:
Governor Takes Aim at Big Pharma
2008.05.14:
GME Cuts Could Cost NY Hospitals Billions
2008.05.12:
St. Vincent's Claims Hardship in Expansion
2008.05.10:
Prescription Drug charges impact efficiency and equity: a collection of international perspectives
2008.05.10:
HIPAA in Research-Institute of Medicine (IOM) project underway, others
2008.05.10:
NYSTEM: nearly $109 million for new RFA's issued, meeting May 13, 2008: draft strategic plan
2008.05.09:
Two Percent of NY Physicians on Monitoring List
2008.05.05:
Criminal HIPAA Charges - Coming Wave?
2008.05.02:
More Woe for Ingenix and Its Clients (Updated)
2008.05.01:
MFCU Doubles Recoveries in '07
2008.04.30:
Stark II, Phase III, Rev. 2
2008.04.30:
Another HIPAA Criminal Indictment
2008.04.25:
How do we know? Reported Trials of China, RCTs, the CONSORT Statement
2008.04.24:
New "Tag Cloud" Site Feature
2008.04.24:
A Trial in South Africa compares effectiveness of a primary care system on nurse-led ART
2008.04.21:
WSJ Profiles CBO Director Peter Orszag's Role in Health Care Debate
2008.04.16:
Another Security Breach, And Some Musings About Authentication (Updated)
2008.04.16:
Gene therapy: "...Keeping an eye on clinical trials 2008"
2008.04.15:
OIG Self-Disclosure Protocol
2008.04.15:
Nanobioscience: UAlbany NanoCollege Professor- Rising Star Award from SUNY Research Foundation
2008.04.15:
C. Brown on "Creating a positive culture for children"
2008.04.14:
Universal Coverage: Eye on Mass.
2008.04.14:
Genetic-testing industry, an editorial from "Nature Publishing Group"
2008.04.12:
Patient Information Theft at NYC Hospital (Updated 4/14)
2008.04.10:
Shift to Digital Mammograms Bumps Up Utilization
2008.04.07:
Intermediate Sanctions Final Regulations
2008.04.07:
2008 Barry Gold Student Writing Competition
2008.04.07:
Mass. Universal Coverage Overburdening Primary Care
2008.04.04:
WSJ Calls Out Profits at Not-for-Profit Hospitals
2008.04.02:
States Passes Health Care Provisions of 08/09 Budget
2008.04.02:
FDA's Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee meets on HESC-derived therapies
2008.04.02:
New York leads in health IT commitment-prescription drugs
2008.04.02:
FDAAA-a 5 yr safety plan
2008.04.01:
2007 Healthy NY Annual Report
2008.04.01:
St. Vincent's, Activists Skirmish Over Development Proposal
2008.04.01:
PLoL Offers Free Case Law Online
2008.03.31:
Wendy H. Sheinberg Joins Supraspinatus
2008.03.31:
New York media and a Supreme Court decision
2008.03.29:
New Web Site Helps Patients Shop for Hospital Care Based On Quality and Price
2008.03.28:
NGS to Administer Medicare Claims Payment in New York
2008.03.27:
FDAAA of 2007 and "REMS"
2008.03.25:
NYSTEM meetings; news on advancing stem cell research
2008.03.24:
OIG Takes Aim at Docs
2008.03.18:
Gov. Paterson signs into law: Health Research Science Board; corporate blood drives legislation
2008.03.17:
NYC Nurses Frustrated With Expired Contracts
2008.03.15:
"FDA Takes Next Step in Establishing Overseas Presence"
2008.03.14:
More on Ingenix: Massachusetts Case
2008.03.13:
Hospitals Win Favorable Medicare Settlement
2008.03.12:
Aetna Rolls Out SmartSource Medical Information Tool
2008.03.11:
Center for Democracy & Technology Launches Health Privacy Project
2008.03.09:
NSCL 2008 Prescription Drug State Legislation
2008.03.06:
IRS Guidance on Corporate Governance
2008.03.06:
AG Subpoenas More Insurer Records
2008.03.04:
Doctors and Lawyers in PA Collaborate on Malpractice
2008.03.03:
Governor and Legislative Leaders Reach Revenue Consensus
2008.02.29:
GAO Disses Medicare Advantage
2008.02.29:
Google to Host Medical Records
2008.02.29:
Industry: Basic Premise of Cuomo's Rate-Scheme Investigation Questionable
2008.02.27:
Knowledge is Power
2008.02.26:
NYC Goes In On EMRs
2008.02.25:
New York Opposes Medicaid Funding Changes
2008.02.25:
Doctors Across New York Gets Some Play in CA Paper
2008.02.24:
FEB. 26! Stem Cell Experts and NYS Lt. Gov. Paterson to participate in 3rd Annual Stem Cell Summit
2008.02.20:
SCT decides 8-1: FDA regulated medical devices products; FDA's new Risk Communication Advisory Committee
2008.02.20:
Tenth Annual Sedona Conference
2008.02.19:
OHRP@ NIH: concludes compliance oversight evaluation case on university hospital project to reduce ICU infections
2008.02.15:
The Regeneration Station talks about... ES cell therapies begin clinical testing 08
2008.02.14:
CMS Gives More Detail on HIPAA Security Reviews
2008.02.13:
Improper use of guns: a major public health problem and the DC /Heller SCT case
2008.02.13:
Cuomo to Sue UnitedHealth and Ingenix For "Manipulating Reimbursement Rates," Calls Ingenix a "Conduit For Rigged Data"
2008.02.13:
State Ups Fees for Hospital Borrowing to Bolster General Fund
2008.02.12:
"PoliGraph" Your Position on Health Care Reform
2008.02.12:
NYC Hospitals Revamping Emergency Care
2008.02.11:
Health Commissioner Highlights Budget Health Reform Objectives
2008.02.08:
Hospital Liable for Failing to Obtain Consent From One of Five Siblings in Wrongful Autopsy
2008.02.08:
Wal-Mart Leans Toward Co-Branded Retail Clinics
2008.02.05:
Unofficial Searchable NYCRR Now Available Online
2008.02.01:
HHS Proposed $150 Million to Expand EMR Use
2008.02.01:
GHI/HIP Makes Case for Conversion
2008.01.31:
Event report: NYSBA 2008 Annual meeting Presidential Summit- webcast live around the world, youth at risk, global legal services
2008.01.30:
More Restructuring Money Available
2008.01.29:
Universal Healthcare Advocacy Group Cautions Against GHI/HIP Conversion
2008.01.29:
Retail Clinic Chain Closes Stores
2008.01.29:
Wellness Program Problems - the HR Perspective
2008.01.29:
Insurance Department Restyles Website
2008.01.29:
Roundtable on Strengthening Infection Control Practices
2008.01.23:
Two U.S. Supreme Court Cases of Interest
2008.01.22:
Governor Releases 2008-2009 Budget
2008.01.21:
Spitzer Commits to Expand Child Health Plus
2008.01.21:
Aetna Halts Payments for "Never Events"
2008.01.18:
CMS to Audit Hospital HIPAA Security Practices
2008.01.18:
Provider Groups Oppose Spitzer Initiatives
2008.01.18:
DOH Releases More Berger Money
2008.01.17:
Governor Spitzer Delivers 2008 State of the State
2008.01.17:
Hearsay? blogs report on NIH investigators, peer-reviewed manuscripts at PubMed Central
2008.01.16:
Wellness Not so Well, Says WSJ
2008.01.15:
Quality in FDA-Regulated Clinical Research
2008.01.11:
Boston Mayor: "Allowing retailers to make money off of sick people is wrong"
2008.01.09:
"Peace Corps for Doctors"
2008.01.08:
The Scoop on Spitzer's Health Care Plan
2008.01.04:
Cal. Expands Data Breach Notification Laws
2008.01.02:
DOH Posts Proposed Consumer Consent Policies for RHIOs
2008.01.01:
Insurance Department Sets Public Hearings for GHI Conversion
2007.12.31:
Kendra's Law Discussed in Washington Post
2007.12.30:
Hospitals Profit Collectively in '06
2007.12.27:
DOH Awards Nursing Home Grants to Reduce Bedsores
2007.12.26:
Medicaid Fraud Recoveries Up in 2007
2007.12.23:
IRS Updates Form 990
2007.12.20:
Hitting the Century Mark…100 Entries on the Health Law Blog!
2007.12.11:
Save the Date - Health Law Section Annual Meeting
2007.12.10:
Check and balance in gathering information: FDA NEWS
2007.12.10:
Human Research Protections:impaired decision making capacity
2007.12.08:
Hearing to Reconsider SCHIP Disapproval
2007.12.07:
Opposite-sex Domestic Partners May be Treated Differently From Same-sex Domestic Partners in Insurance Offerings
2007.12.06:
Assemblyman Gottfried Introduces Universal Health Care Proposal
2007.12.05:
A Contrary View on EMRs
2007.12.03:
Insurance Department Asks for Delay in UnitedHealthcare Policy Rollout
2007.12.02:
Increase in DOH Annual Fee for Bond Financed Facilities
2007.12.02:
DOH Reports Progress on Berger Commission Implementation
2007.11.29:
NYSTEM : Ethics Committee of ESSCB
2007.11.26:
AG and Legislative Leaders Announce "Doctor Ranking Model Code" Initiative
2007.11.20:
Giving: Foundation for the National Institute of Health is top rated charity by Charity Navigator
2007.11.19:
Minnesota Medical Association Turns the Tables, Ranks Insurers' P4P Programs
2007.11.19:
Clinical Trial Patient Has Hospital-Patient Relationship
2007.11.14:
AG, Aetna Agree Over Physician Rankings
2007.11.13:
DOH to Analyze "Near Misses" at NY Hospitals
2007.11.13:
Medical Centers Catching Retail Clinic Wave
2007.11.06:
NY Senate Health Chair Summarizes 2007 Health Laws
2007.11.05:
Insurance Department Proposes "Principles-Based" Regulation
2007.11.05:
Personal E-mails Sent by Hospital Executive to Private Counsel Using Hospital E-mail System Not Privileged
2007.11.02:
Press Ganey 2007 Hospital Check-up
2007.10.31:
Viewpoint: transformation of New York's health care system is dynamic
2007.10.31:
Senate bill 1710 and PubMed central-public access policy
2007.10.30:
Genetic testing and the genomic era- perspectives for clinical practice
2007.10.30:
AG Okays Cigna's Physician Rankings
2007.10.26:
WellCare's FL Office Raided by Feds
2007.10.22:
FTC Likes Massachusetts Retail Clinic Regs
2007.10.22:
Insurance Department Posts Annual HMO Consumer Guide
2007.10.19:
AG Puts the Brakes On More Physician Ranking Programs
2007.10.17:
Comptroller's Audit Finds Overpayments
2007.10.16:
Two Year Recoupment Law Trumps Contract
2007.10.11:
State False Claims Act Regulations
2007.10.10:
Wrongful Disclosure of Medical Information Warrants Punitive Damages
2007.10.05:
Microsoft Rolls Out Personal Health Records
2007.10.03:
Grandson Signing Nursing Home Admission Agreement Not Financially Liable
2007.10.02:
New (Fast) Process for Obtaining Employer Identification Numbers
2007.10.02:
Supreme Court Refuses Women's Health and Wellness Act Appeal
2007.10.02:
DOH Details First $363 Million of Berger Implementation Grants
2007.09.28:
FDA Amendments Act of 2007 Signed Into Law
2007.09.25:
Stark III Regulations
2007.09.24:
DOH Study: Managed Care Quality Improves
2007.09.24:
Section Leader Selected for Stem Cell Trust Ethics Committee
2007.09.21:
A New Twist on Retail Clinics
2007.09.18:
FDA news:Genetic Lab Test for Warfarin Sensitivity
2007.09.17:
NYS DOH: Evidence based care that improves patients' lives
2007.09.14:
"Partnership for Coverage" Adds Hearing Dates
2007.09.11:
Health Law Section Fall Meeting
2007.09.07:
United HealthCare Settles Claims Processing Problems for $20 Million
2007.09.07:
HHC Puts Infection and Death Rates Online
2007.09.06:
First "Partnership for Coverage" Public Hearing
2007.09.05:
Pipeline to Partnerships (P2P)
2007.09.03:
Employee Education Guidance
2007.08.22:
Nursing Home Quality/Inspection Data on DOH Website
2007.08.17:
More AG Grousing About Provider Cost/Quality Rankings
2007.08.10:
DOH Announces Major Health IT Initiative
2007.08.08:
OIG Approves New York State False Claims Act
2007.08.08:
AG Recovers $7 Million from NY Medicaid Contractors
2007.07.20:
Governor Signs Legislation Governing Office Based Surgery
2007.07.20:
Bellevue Hospital to Fold Into Ellis
2007.07.17:
Attorney General Opposes Provider Quality/Cost Rankings
2007.07.15:
US House Passes Drug Safety Bill 403-16
2007.07.14:
Biomarkers- progress in a complex world.
2007.07.13:
DOH Unveils Environmental Public Health Tracking Website
2007.07.11:
Governor Broaches Issue of Universal Coverage
2007.07.10:
Department of Insurance Circular Letters
2007.07.10:
WSJ Rounds Up Hospital Data
2007.07.09:
Hospitals Building Out, Adding Amenities
2007.07.03:
HIPAA Stymies Useful Information Flows
2007.06.27:
American Medical Association Cautious About Redi-Clinics
2007.06.25:
Update on NYS Regulations
2007.06.21:
Health Commissioner Likens GME in New York to "Australian Marsupials"
2007.06.20:
OIG Plays 42 Questions With First HIPAA Security Audit
2007.06.19:
Health Plan Uses Incentive Funds to Encourage EMRs
2007.06.18:
IRS Releases Draft Revision of Form 990
2007.06.14:
Mental Health and Privacy Topics of Report on Virginia Tech Tragedy
2007.06.13:
Commonwealth Fund Issues Gloomy Report
2007.06.13:
Governor Backs Medical Marijuana Effort
2007.06.13:
Progress on Berger Recommendations in Chautauqua
2007.06.08:
EMRs are No Quality Panacea
2007.06.06:
Study Questions Effectiveness of Pay-for-Performance
2007.06.05:
Fall Section Meeting - Advance Notice
2007.05.23:
New York Health Information Security and Privacy Collaborative
2007.05.23:
Program Available for Uninsured to Determine Eligibility
2007.05.23:
More Opposition to Berger Commission Recommendations
2007.05.21:
Insurance Department Posts Annual Report
2007.05.17:
State Offers Money to Facilitate Berger Commission Recommendations
2007.05.16:
Is There a Doctor In The House? Why, yes!
2007.05.10:
NY Legislature Wants to Revisit Berger Commission Report
2007.05.08:
NY Insurance Department Posts External Appeals Report
2007.05.07:
Governor Spitzer Signs "Jonathan's Law"
2007.05.03:
New York Medicaid Is the Slowest Payor in the Nation
2007.05.01:
Right to Sell Information on Physicians' Prescribing Habits Restored in NH
2007.05.01:
OCR Highlights HIPAA Privacy Compliance and Enforcement Activities
2007.05.01:
CMS Proposes Modifications to Home Health Payment System
2007.04.30:
New York's New False Claims Act
2007.04.27:
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2007.01.01:
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