Health Policy

Time to Review Practice Policies: HIPAA Privacy and Security Regulations Released

By Ross D. Margulies; Jayson Slotnik

On January 18, 2013, nearly 3 years after its initial proposed rule, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the long-awaited and much-anticipated HIPAA “omnibus” rule, extending the scope of the privacy law beyond providers to their business associates and subcontractors and adding increased penalties. Read More ›

The End of Health Insurance Companies

By Ezekiel J. Emanuel; Jeffrey B. Liebman

Here’s a bold prediction for the new year. By 2020, the American health insurance industry will be extinct. Insurance companies will be replaced by ac-countable care organizations (ACOs) —groups of doctors, hospitals and other health care providers who come together to provide the full range of medical care for patients.

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