New York times
Dec,19,2012
by:Abby Goodnough
On its face, the low-key discussion around a conference table in Miami last month did not appear to have national implications. Eight men and women, including a diner owner, a chef and a real estate agent, answered questions about why they had no health insurance and what might persuade them to buy it. But this focus group, along with nine others held around the country in November, was an important tool for advocates coming up with a campaign to educate Americans about the new health care law. The participants were among millions of uninsured people who stand to benefit from the law. With incomes below 400 percent of the poverty level, or $92,200 for a family of four this year, the focus group members will qualify for federal subsidies to help cover the cost of private insurance starting in 2014.
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Healthcare Info Security
Healthcare BYOD Perspectives
Dec,21,2012
by: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
While some healthcare organizations are actively rolling out formal privacy and security policies for personal mobile devices used by their employees, others are just dipping their toes in the bring-your-own-device movement. Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest health plans, is trying to figure out the best and most secure way to allow clinicians to bring their own mobile devices to work. Currently, physicians are only allowed to use institution-issued mobile devices for patient care, said Jason Zellmer, Kaiser Permanente executive director of technology risk management, during a Dec. 13 panel discussion at the HIMSS Privacy and Security Forum in Boston.
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MobiHealthNews
Analysis: 75 FDA-cleared mobile medical apps
Dec,20,2012
by: Brian Dolan
How many mobile medical apps have received 510(k) clearance from the FDA? It’s a question I get asked often. For a while the standard response that I’ve given and heard others give was that you could count on two hands how many apps have received FDA clearance. Over the course of the past two years, however, it has become clear that an increasing number of wireless-enabled medical devices with companion apps were securing FDA clearances. Based on a review of the MobiHealthNews archives, but more importantly, the FDA’s database of summary decisions for 510(k) clearances, we have found more than 75 510(k) clearances that included a mention or description of a mobile software component — and compiled our findings into our latest MobiHealthNews Research report: 75 FDA Regulated Mobile Medical Apps.
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Fierce Health Payer
3 more state health exchanges win approval
Dec,19, 2012
by: Dina Overland
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services approved three more state health insurance exchanges last week. New York, Kentucky and Washington, D.C., received conditional approval to operate their state-based health insurance exchanges, reported Insurance & Financial Advisor. Only a few days earlier, HHS approved six other states' exchanges, giving eight states, plus the District of Columbia, a preliminary green light to move forward with their exchange implementation. "I applaud these states' commitment in achieving this milestone and moving forward to build a marketplace," HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said. "Each of these states has made significant progress, and in ten months will be ready for open enrollment where individuals will be able to purchase private health insurance plans."
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Small Business Healthcare Consortium
Hello Small Business Owners,
I am writing to you because our changing health care system will have a profound effect on all of us. Now that the election is over and the Supreme Court has ruled, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not going away. It will not be repealed and it is up to us to make sure it will work for small businesses and individuals as it was intended to do. That’s why I joined the Campaign for Better Health Care’s newly created Small Business Health Care Consortium (SBHCC).
Follow this link to register for:
January 15th: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=ecg0qj9s21aq
January 16th: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=m2wt2unotbju
Many key components of the ACA are national in nature. For instance, small businesses currently providing health insurance to their employees could be eligible for a 35% tax credit. And, while employers with fewer than 50 full time employees are not required to provide health insurance, their employees can take advantage of the ACA’s benefits. Other components will be implemented at the State level and these decisions will either enhance small businesses or provide another hurdle. One important component is that all states must implement a health insurance exchange (marketplace). These exchanges will include a rate review process with defined, easy to understand plans to consider and review side-by-side. As small business owners we share many of the same, serious business challenges. It is my hope that you and your small business peers do want to learn more about the ACA. Let’s take this opportunity to act collectively to get control of health insurance costs and improve access to coverage.
The opportunity to create positive change is now. It is about fairness and choices for small businesses. Please register:January 15th, 11am CST:
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=ecg0qj9s21aq
January 16th, 3:30pm CST:
https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=m2wt2unotbju
And, do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or ideas. Reach me at 312-286-8416 email wireheadtec@gmail.com or Wirehead Technology Healthcare IT Serives at www.wireheadtec.com/Home.html Find a listing of our SBHCC Steering Committee members at: www.cbhconline.org/smallbusiness .
Sincerely,Howard Lee CIO
Wirehead Technology
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