The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Population Affairs recently issued a final rule governing the Title X Family Planning program. The new rule will become effective 60 days after it is published in the Federal …
The U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) recently released the CMS Action Needed to Ensure Compliance with Abortion Coverage Requirements report. Federal law prohibits federal funding for abortions in most circumstances, but state Medicaid programs are required to cover abortions if …
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On December 3, 2018, the U.S. D.H.H.S. Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network (OPTN) Board of Directors approved a revision to the liver allocation policy. [Allocation of organs is addressed in 42 C.F.R. 121.8.] The revised policy is raising concerns in …
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has reported that the Camp Fire in Butte County burned 153,336 acres, destroyed 13,972 residences and 4,821 other buildings, and killed at least 85 people. [See the Camp Fire Incident …
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Bloomberg Law recently summarized several reports on increasing cyberattacks in the healthcare sector. The Cylance 2017 Threat Report examined “anonymized threat data collected between January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2017, and found 58% of ransomware attacks impacted healthcare industries …
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