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HEALTH FREEDOM WATCH
Volume 20: Issue 4: 4th Quarter 2017
Medical Records
What Every Patient Should Know About Privacy
ST. PAUL, Minn.—Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom (CCHF, www.cchfreedom.org) president and co-founder Twila Brase was a featured speaker yesterday at the National Physicians Council for Healthcare Policy meeting in Washington, D.C., asking the important and timely question, “Patient Privacy: Where Art Thou?”
MN Action Alert: Protect and Control Your Health Information!
ACTION ALERT
STOP ATTACK ON STRONG MINNESOTA MEDICAL PRIVACY LAW
ACT NOW: Save your consent and privacy rights!
DEADLINE: Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017 at 5:00 pm
Congress Has Exposed Patients’ DNA to Prying Eyes.
The 21st Century Cures Act was hailed as the biggest health-care reform since ObamaCare. It’s easy to see why: The law, which passed both houses of Congress by unanimous consent last December, increased the budget of the National Institutes of Health, designated nearly $2 billion for cancer research, and set aside $500 million in 2017 alone to address the opioid crisis.
CCHF Responds to HHS Request with 21 Ways to Cut Burden of Obamacare
Citizens’ Council for Health Freedom, a national health freedom organization located in Minnesota, and the initiator of The Wedge of Health Freedom (jointhewedge.com) is responding to your request for information on reducing the regulatory burdens imposed by the PPACA and moving American medical care to a more patient-centered system that “adheres to the key principles of affordability, accessibility, quality, innovation, and empowerment.” Our recommendations are based on five key elements of health freedom and five essential rights:
The Essential Five Rights of Health Freedom
HEALTH FREEDOM WATCH
Volume 20: Issue 2: 2nd Quarter 2017
ALERT: Congress Approves National Patient ID
Friday, May 5, 2017 was not a good day. Trump signed into law a ‘National Patient ID’ law (2017 Appropriations, H.R. 244, Public Law 115-31) enacted by Congress. Federal funds are now available to develop a “patient-matching strategy”.
Moms, Do You Know Where Your Baby’s DNA Goes?
ST. PAUL, Minn.—With Mother’s Day just around the corner, every mom remembers the day her baby was born as a time of joy, emotion and, at moments, feelings of stress and being overwhelmed. But one thing most mothers might not think about in those first few days as a new parent is how their newborn baby’s DNA is collected, stored and used for research.
Twila interviews Dr. Kimberly Jackson, MD
Interview on March 20, 2017 with Dr. Mark Lopatin, MD about third-party payment and why it's better for patients to pay the doctors
MN PRIVACY ALERT! EXTENDED DEADLINE! Protect YOUR Medical Records!
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Health Privacy Alert!
HIPAA DOES NOT PROTECT PRIVACY... AND YOU ARE
NOT REQUIRED TO SIGN HIPAA "PRIVACY" FORMS
By federal law, you are not required to sign the clinic or hospital HIPAA "Privacy" form (or the Acknowledgement of the Notice of Privacy Practices embedded in consent forms)...even if the clinic tries to insist that you must.
ACA - "Obamacare"
Medical or Health Care Sharing
Patient Privacy
Baby DNA Warehousing
Health Insurance Exchange
REAL ID - Federal Control
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