If a healthcare organization wanted to help patients in financial difficulty, what would be the best route? Should they be asking patients to demonstrate financial need by filling out forms and sharing tax returns, then waiting to hear if they qualify? Or could they just find out what medical bills these patients already have and … Read more
Washington’s Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital resolves violation affecting 419 people Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights (OCR) announced an agreement with Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, a non-profit community hospital located in Yakima, Washington, resolving an investigation under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). OCR … Read more
The Knessets health committee decided on Tuesday that access to medical cannabis will be greatly expanded, with far more patients qualifying without needing to obtain a special license to use the drug. The decision is part of a reform carried out by the Ministry of Health in recent months. Under the reforms, patients with a … Read more