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• The Web We Weave

  
  Defend Us In Battle — Authority: 459
  A s we are now faced with an actual battle , a legitimately named culture war , in dealing with the HHS Mandate regarding healthcare and freedom of religion, the Catholic blogosphere takes center stage. As ordinary sources of news and media will likely remain "neutral" in all of this, and by that I mean heavily ...
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• U.S. Seeks Rollback of a Health Insurer’s ‘Excessive’ Rate Increase

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 123
  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Thursday that rate increases sought by a health insurance company were unreasonable, and it ordered the insurer to rescind them or justify its refusal to do so.  Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, issued the finding against the carrier, ...
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• Jon Stewart Talks Affordable Care Plan And Exchanges With HHS Secretary Sebelius –” It’s Still Not Affordable Yet”

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 119
  This is not Jon’s usual rhetoric but is very tame and is more informative.  He puts her on the spot about premiums going up.  They go over medical loss ratios for insurance companies and the 80/20 plan.  The discuss waivers and how folks will get check back if the companies do not meet the ratios.  There ...
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• Abp. Vigneron: "Inalienable rights... are being trampled."

  
  Defend Us In Battle — Authority: 459
  Archbishop Allen Vigneron - Archdiocese of Detroit T his is why Archbishop Vigneron is considered a strong Bishop by many people. This is what he is known for, making bold statements about Catholic teaching , especially the Pro-Life cause. Detroits Archbishop: HHS Mandate Tramples Religious Freedom ...
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• Straight From the Source

  
  BioSyndica — Authority: 85
  Today, Biosyndica is adding a ‘Press Release‘ page. Here you can find links to source material to a growing collection of key biology-related public policy players across the spectrum. This increases transparency by eliminating the media opinion and allows you … Continue reading →
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• The Welfare President: HHS releases another $863 million for Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program

  
  Lake Minnetonka Liberty — Authority: 135
  Well, let’s see. When you elect a president that has created more poverty than any president in history, whose policies have kept unemployment high because he wants to create government dependency, what do you expect? Here we go, spending money we don’t have on the undeserving. Way to go Barack! I know some ...
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• #1THINGWEDNESDAY Al 1Thing – Dirty Money Ft. Akhen

  
  HipHopSince1987 — Authority: 136
  As promised, the People Like U$ camp is still pumping out new songs off their compilation album. This week’s installment features the Versace Aki iCan who was recently featured on Fuse TV alongside Al 1Thing. Piece Committee on the track and this goes hard…get in tuned with the movement if you aren’t already.  ...
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• National Quality Forum fails to complete HHS IT projects on time

  
  Health IT News — Authority: 561
  The General Accountability Office (GAO) is holding the National Quality Forum (NQF) to task for failing to complete several health IT-related projects on time for the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), according to Nextgov . In a new report , the GAO said that NQF--a non-profit contractor--did ...
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• Insurers urge state to enhance rate review program

  
  FierceHealthPayer — Authority: 417
  Since the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) began reviewing health insurers rate increases to determine whether theyre unreasonable, insurers in Arizona have been urging the state insurance department to enhance its own rate review program, reported the Tuscon Citizen . HHS already has posted detailed ...
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• Peer Into the Future: Health Reform’s 2012 ‘To-do’ List for Plan Sponsors

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 123
  Employer’s Guide to Self-Insuring Health Benefits        January 2012 | Vol. 19, No. 4  Sponsors and administrators of employer-sponsored health plans will spend lots of 2012 in implementing the health reform law, because there’s still a lot of uncertainty that will decide the fate of self-funded health ...
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• CDC Increases Pressure on Parents to Vaccinate Kids with Deadly Toxins ( Article)

  
  Fact over Fiction — Authority: 118
  Recently, the CDC, in coordination with HHS and state health departments, has been increasing the pressure on parents to vaccinate their children. In many cases, pressure has been brought on families with phone calls, school notes sent home and now it seems, knocking on your doors. In this video, Natomas, California ...
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• Meaningful Use Numbers from 2011 and Looking Towards 2012 – Meaningful Use Monday

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 411
  HITECH Answers recently posted a great post that gives a run down of the EHR Incentive program’s progress in 2011. Here’s their list with my own analysis and commentary of each point. 123,921 Eligible Professionals have registered for EHR Incentives, 15,255 have successfully attested to meaningful use in the ...
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• Medicare Study Shows Most Medical Errors Go Unreported

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 509
  CMS Will Work to Make Hospitals Track Errors Better Internally But Information Will Be Kept From The Public Washington, D.C. - A new study released by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) found that hospital employees are only reporting fourteen percent of ...
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• HIPAA Audits Coming

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 123
  The Department of Health and Human Services plans to audit 150 plan sponsors and employers to make sure employee health and financial records are adequately protected. Creating appropriate policies and procedures, instituting a risk assessment and training employees are keys to compliance, experts say.  ...
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• 2011 Closes on a Note of Electronic Medical Record Privacy Breac...

  
  Health Fitness & Beauty - health-fitness.marc8.com — Authority: 136
  At my Oct. 2011 post " Still More Electronic Medical Data Chaos, Pandemonium, Bedlam, Tumult and Maelstrom: But Dont Worry, Your Data is Secure " and others in this query link on medical record privacy, http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/search/label/medical%20record%20privacy I wrote: "Dont worry, your medical datas ...
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• New EFT Standards Issued for Health Plans Paying Claims

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 123
  A mandatory uniform standard for health plans to pay claims electronically was adopted in rules issued Jan. 5 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The rules are designed to help health care providers match payments received with the “remittance advice” transactions that plans are already ...
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• Affordable Care Act provision cuts red tape, saves up to $4.5 billion

  
  Passion for Subro — Authority: 123
  Streamlining electronic funds transfers in health care will bring total savings to more than $16 billion over 10 years New standards for electronic funds transfers in health care, required by the Affordable Care Act, will reduce up to $4.5 billion off administrative costs for doctors and hospitals, private health ...
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• HHS: Trustmarks 13% rate hike is unreasonable

  
  FierceHealthPayer — Authority: 417
  Trustmark Life Insurance Companys proposed health insurance premium increases are "unreasonable," a Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) rate review concluded Thursday. HHS said the insurer should rescind the rates, issue refunds or justify the hike. The Illinois-based insurer raised rates by 13 percent in ...
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• HHS Claims It’s Acting Against Unreasonable Health Insurance Rate Hikes

  
  Newsroom Magazine — Authority: 123
  Before the Affordable Care Act, consumers were in the dark about their health insurance premiums because there was no nationwide transparency or accountability. Now, insurance companies are required to disclose rate increases over 10 percent and justify these increases.  It’s time for Trustmark to immediately ...
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• Hospitals, heed this lesson from a football coach

  
  Public Citizen — Authority: 406
  “ When you make a mistake, admit it; learn from it and don’t repeat it .” These words were apparently uttered by legendary college football coach, Paul W. “ Bear ” Bryant. While the advice is applicable to just about any person or subject matter, a recent federal government report shows that U.S. ...
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