More than a dozen civil rights organizations alleged in a new complaint that Florida uses administrative practices that are preventing underserved communities from renewing their Medicaid coverage.
The first statement that will likely catch an organization’s attention is the window of time in which a response must be provided — 14 days following the organization’s receipt of the letter and that time will fly by.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
The news about data breaches continued on Tuesday when insurer Premera Blue Cross disclosed that cyberhackers had accessed medical and financial records of as many as 11 million people. It’s been just weeks since the Anthem hack occurred, which involved records of 80 million people. The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a small agency within […]