Regulation and compliance
Regulation and compliance
- Democrats vow rapid action after ruling casts doubt on ACA
Obamacare was struck down by a Texas federal judge in a ruling that casts uncertainty on insurance coverage for millions of U.S. residents.
December 17 - Trump to let states divert Obamacare funds to other health plans
The Trump administration plans to allow states to direct billions of dollars of Obamacare subsidies to health plans that don’t meet the law’s requirements.
December 3 -
The payments and financial services industry has enjoyed an unprecedented wave of invention, but the fruits of that labor are threatened by an ideologically driven political climate that complicates the evolution of global interoperable mobile-driven commerce.
November 7 -
With Democrats in control of the House, observers expect closer looks at data protection rules -- but a partisan environment may impede legislation.
November 7 -
The OCR has hit the health insurer with the fine as part of a settlement from its massive January 2015 breach.
October 17 - How the new California data privacy act could impact all organizations
Finding critical data in a sea of company data can feel daunting. Start by creating a data inventory to help identify potential 'data hotspots,' recommends Matthew Nelson.
October 4 - Hackers access healthcare, personal info from Toyota entity
Hackers accessed information systems at Toyota Industries North America, compromising personal and protected health information.
October 1 -
Independence Blue Cross is alerting nearly 17,000 members after an employee put protected health information on to a public-facing website.
September 20 -
Payers sign on to initiative designed to shorten the time between FDA approval and coverage decisions for medical devices.
September 11 - Is California's new data privacy law a sign of things to come?
In late June, California passed A.B. 375, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, a sweeping piece of legislation that, on its face, grants California residents data privacy rights that have never before been granted in the United States.
August 30