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March 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
The premiere issue of LegalNotes, an online Aligning Forces for Quality publication, provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' guidelines for HIPAA's Privacy Rule.
September 5, 2012 | Issue Brief
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a final rule on the Stage 2 Meaningful Use criteria that eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) must meet to qualify as meaningful users of electronic health records (EHRs) and receive incentive payments under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
The Private Adjudication Center, an affiliate of Duke University School of Law, wrote a paper and held a conference examining issues regarding the use of court-ordered arbitration in medical malpractice cases.
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
Researchers at the RAND Corporation conducted the first phase of a two-phase project to evaluate the pattern of use of binding arbitration agreements by California health care plans and providers and their effect on dispute outcomes.
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
From 1997 to 1998, staff at the Harvard School of Public Health developed the design of a voluntary mediation demonstration program for resolving medical malpractice disputes.
January 1, 2012 | Grantee
New online resource charts federal and state laws governing health information.
March 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
This brief developed by the Legal Barriers team reviews provisions in the Affordable Care Act that address the issue of disparities reduction.
November 21, 2011 | Journal Article
The revised Medicare Shared Savings Program makes concessions and compromises to encourage a fundamental effort at health system change.
May 12, 2009 | Program Result
A team of lawyers at George Washington University identified and assessed the actual and perceived legal barriers to using health information to improve health care quality and reduce disparities.
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
Northwestern University studied the impact of the National Practitioner Data Bank on the process of resolving medical malpractice claims.