This week's note from the instructor provides guidance on what type of information should be provided to patients during the informed consent process of clinical trials.
Q: My hospital's marketing team is becoming ambitious on social media lately. They like images, of course. What should we know about posting images of patients in social circles as it relates to HIPAA?
This week’s Medicare updates include a proposed rule regarding changes to the Medicare Advantage program regulations and Prescription Drug Benefit program, a review of hospital wage data to determine vulnerabilities in the hospital wage index system, the Fall 2018 semiannual report to Congress, and more!
On December 4, CMS released additional FAQs regarding the 2019 IPPS final rule requirement that hospitals post a list of their standard charges on the internet.
