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Is the HITECH Act Unconstitutional?

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1. Nancy, on January 23, 2010 at 11:32 PM said:

   More on HITECH,

   Excellent report Dr. Borges. Here is a related post for all ME-P readers:

   http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2009/12/is-it-unconstitutional-to-mandate-health-insurance.html

   Nancy

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2. Al, on September 10, 2013 at 4:48 PM said:

   NEW HITECH REGULATIONS ENFORCED SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

   DO NOT FORGET – On September 23, 2013, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“DHHS”) will begin to enforce the HITECH Omnibus Regulations, which made significant revisions to the privacy requirements of HIPAA.

   Al

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3. Darrell K. Pruitt DDS, on February 12, 2014 at 12:52 PM said:

   HITECH Costs

   If there is nothing holding down the cost of HITECH enforcement, will it rise or fall? And who pays the bill?

   The fun part of giving stimulus money away to providers is over. Now all that’s left is a pissed off HHS Inspector General and claw-back audits. (See: “HITECH Act EHR Program Fraud Alleged – Former Hospital CFO Charged with Submitting False Documents,” by Marianne Kolbasuk McGee for GovInfoSecurity, February 11, 2014).

   http://www.govinfosecurity.com/hitech-act-ehr-program-fraud-alleged-a-6498

   Attorney David Holtzman, former senior adviser at the HHS Office for Civil Rights, and now a vice president with security consulting firm CynergisTek, tells GovInfoSecurity, “I envision that the inspector general’s office and HHS are going to more carefully review healthcare providers and facilities to measure the accuracy of [HITECH Act] attestations and to make sure covered entities have, in fact, put the appropriate information security protections in place and have done the HIPAA security risk assessment they attested to, as well as the other meaningful use measures.”
   
   How much will that temper tantrum add to the bill?

   Since the rising cost of enforcement of cash giveaways, as well as the generous giveaways themselves, contribute to the rising cost of healthcare, can anyone describe how HITECH benefited the nation?

   Darrell K. Pruitt DDS

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4. Ann Miller RN MHA, on October 27, 2014 at 2:51 PM said:

   ONC UPDATE

   DeSalvo leaves ONC position to assist Ebola response team

   Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, has left her position as national coordinator of health IT to work on the team responding to the Ebola outbreak

   http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/desalvo-steps-down-onc-position-aid-us-ebola-response
   
   ONC’s 10-year plan to achieve interoperability

   The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has released its 10-year plan to achieve a national, interoperable health IT platform

   http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/onc-releases-10-year-interoperability-roadmap

   Ann Miller RN MHA

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5. Darrell Pruitt DDS, on June 16, 2017 at 2:30 PM said:

   HI-TECH

   “Pros and Cons of Potential ‘Wall of Shame’ Changes – HHS Reportedly Considering Revamping Breach Reporting Website – Is it time for the Department of Health and Human Services to change the so-called ‘wall of shame’ website used to report large health data breaches as mandated under the HITECH Act?

   And if so, what should be changed?”

   Marianne Kolbasuk McGee
   [HealthInfoSec – June 15, 2017]

   http://www.careersinfosecurity.com/pros-cons-potential-wall-shame-changes-a-10001

   Transparency with Americans about the cost and danger of EHRs has made them too difficult to sell.

   Darrell Pruitt DDS

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