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Behavioral Treatment for Clinicians Now Protected with Rule Changes
Recent changes to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law provide protection to hospitals and health systems seeking to offer mental health, behavioral health improvement, or maintenance programs to physicians and other clinicians.
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Proposed HIPAA Change on Reproductive Care Could Be Significant
If finalized, the rule would modify HIPAA to create stricter privacy standards for reproductive healthcare records. Covered entities would need to evaluate their practices surrounding, and interactions with, reproductive healthcare information. That includes creating a process by which they can determine the lawfulness of any reproductive healthcare for which they possess protected health information.
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Hospital at Home Rules Changing, Need Attention
Hospitals with hospital at home programs should consider legal and compliance risks since public health emergency has ended. Multiple regulatory issues are involved.
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With Law Enforcement, Be Courteous but Follow HIPAA Rules
When patrol officers or detectives request access to protected health information, healthcare providers should be reminded they are required to follow confidentiality protections governing these details and should be aware of the applicable limitations as well as ramifications if the rules are violated.
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Establish Relationships with Law Enforcement to Improve Safety, Compliance
Hospital personnel often interact with law enforcement, sometimes resulting in stressful disputes. Establishing a cooperative relationship with police can prevent problems.
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Violence Continues to Threaten Hospital Workers and Patients
Violence in healthcare settings is an ongoing problem. Hospitals must create programs to prevent and track workplace violence. Staff should be trained in de-escalation and other tactics. A multidisciplinary threat assessment team should investigate concerns about potential violence. Data related to threats and violence should be carefully tracked.
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Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence While Searching for ‘Superbug’ Solutions
Researchers enlisted the help of technology to find an antibiotic that could fight multidrug-resistant bacteria.
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CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Exits
After conceding the CDC made mistakes and errors in the pandemic response — then launching an ambitious effort to reinvent the agency — director Rochelle Walensky, MD, has announced she will resign at the end of June 2023.
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AOHP Researchers Track Down Needlestick Hazards
Following an alert from an occupational health manager at a U.S. hospital, researchers with the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare found a longstanding sharps injury problem with prefilled syringes that were designed as safety devices.
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ID Doc: COVID-19 Can Be Controlled, Not Eradicated
Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, is associate division chief of the HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at UCSF/San Francisco General Hospital. She has followed the COVID-19 pandemic closely. Hospital Employee Health sought Gandhi’s thoughts on the end of the Public Health Emergency.