Sentences with phrase «public health entities»

The problem, she argues, is that under Deuell's rider, PP remains eligible for some funding, and thus is still siphoning funds away from other providers — additional FQHCs and public health entities, for example, that might otherwise be able to provide more comprehensive services, including reproductive health care.

They further supported the broad definition of public health authority and the reliance on broad legal or regulatory authority by public health entities although explicit authorities were preferable and better informed the public.

«These findings suggest the need for institutions and public health entities to plan for intervention and prevention resources and strategies during periods of reduced sun time,» they wrote.

A number of private and public health entities have vaccine candidates and antivirals ready to test, but testing has been delayed without a mouse model.

Not exact matches

The report envisioned the entity as being «composed of public health experts, scientists, water purveyors and the Commissioners of the DEC and the DOH.

«Under Administrator Pruitt, commonsense public health and environmental protections are being slated for elimination with no regard for scientific evidence and little justification beyond the wishes of regulated entities,» Tonko said in his opening remarks.

Other entities involved in the study included the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and University of Texas School of Public Health - El Paso regional campus.

The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX) is a private entity dedicated to promoting the «endocrine issue» as a public health threat with policymakers, regulators, advocates and the public.

The two entities have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for joint research and educational activities, focusing in particular on Public Health Genomics.

Promoting development of clinical research in genetics and genomics aimed at resolving citizens» health problems, within the framework of the Andalusian Public Health System (SSPA), National Health System (SNS) and equivalent enthealth problems, within the framework of the Andalusian Public Health System (SSPA), National Health System (SNS) and equivalent entHealth System (SSPA), National Health System (SNS) and equivalent entHealth System (SNS) and equivalent entities.

public health humiliation = huge private accumulation (profit)... because a chronic disease «managed» using chronic prescription drugs it's the best way to make money... but maybe i am a pessimistic guy and big pharma is really a good entity, they just did their job after all...

The book's title, Special Interest, invokes a term historically applied to wealthy and powerful entities such as oil companies, tobacco interests, and gun manufacturers, whose narrow aims are often recognized as colliding with the more general public interest in such matters as clean water, good health, and public safety.

Restorative Discipline calls for collaboration with community - based restorative justice programs, local businesses, and agencies that serve youth, including community and faith - based programs, law enforcement, and public health and mental health entities, local Community Resource Coordinating Groups, justice system representatives and other stakeholders.

SLRP authorizes repayment of educational loans to health professionals, who in turn must commit to practice in medically underserved areas in public or non-profit entities for a minimum of two years and maximum of four years.

[ix] Eligible employment includes any position at a federal, state, or local government entity, or non-profit organization with a 501 (c)(3) designation, or another non-profit organization that does not have 501 (c)(3) status but provides emergency management, public safety, or law enforcement services; health services; education or library services; school - based services; public interest law services; early childhood education; or public services for individuals with disabilities and the elderly.

Must work within the nonprofit sector or another public entity that meets the aforementioned health professional shortage criteria

The Planetary Health Alliance will be grown into a consortium of universities, non-governmental organizations, governmental entities, and other partners, working together to build a community of stakeholders to foster research, training, and policy action at the intersection of human - driven environmental change and public hHealth Alliance will be grown into a consortium of universities, non-governmental organizations, governmental entities, and other partners, working together to build a community of stakeholders to foster research, training, and policy action at the intersection of human - driven environmental change and public healthhealth.

Subtitle F: Public Institutions -(Sec. 261) Expands the list of institutional entities eligible for energy sustainability and efficiency grants and loans to include Indian tribes, not - for profit hospitals, or not - for - profit inpatient health care facilities.

In promulgating a standard of performance under section 111 for the emission from capped sources of any air pollutant that is not a greenhouse gas, the Administrator shall treat the emission of any greenhouse gas by those entities as a nonair quality public health and environmental impact within the meaning of section 111 (a)(1).

Ed has represented engineering firms, health care companies, and defense firms in grand jury investigations into alleged fraud in their business dealings with the federal government and other public entities.

The firm represents corporate, governmental, and nonprofit entities, as well as individual clients, in a wide range of matters, including corporate; business and insurance litigation; tax and tax - exempt; finance; public finance; land use, environmental and utilities, and real estate; health law; labor, employment, and benefits; intellectual property and technology; data privacy and security; and government relations.

One commenter recommended amending the regulation to permit covered entities to disclose protected health information to private organizations for public health reasons.

Therefore, the final rule includes new language, in § 164.510 (b)(4), which allows covered entities to use or disclose protected health information to a public or private entity authorized by law or its charter to assist in disaster relief efforts, for the purpose of coordinating with such entities to notify, or assist in the notification of (including identifying or locating) a family member, an individual's personal representative, or another person responsible for the individual's care regarding the individual's location, general condition, or death.

Rather than an across - the - board consent requirement, to protect individuals» privacy interests while also promoting public safety, we impose a set of procedural safeguards (described in more detail elsewhere in this regulation) that covered entities must ensure are met before disclosing protected health information to law enforcement officials.

In the final rule we have added it because we believe there are situations in which a covered entity, for example, a public hospital conducting post-mortem investigations, may need to use protected health information for the same purposes for which it would have disclosed the information to a coroner.

A covered entity, including a covered health care provider, may disclose protected health information to OSHA under § 164.512 (a), if the disclosure is required by law, or if the disclosure is a discretionary one for public health activities, under § 164.512 (b).

They stated that «such entities, by their very nature, collect health information for legitimate public health and research purposes.»

We reviewed the important purposes for which some commenters said government agencies needed protected health information, and we believe that most of those needs can be met through the other categories of permitted uses and disclosures without authorization allowed under the final rule, including provisions permitting covered entities to disclose information (subject to certain limitations) to government agencies for public health, health oversight, law enforcement, and otherwise as required by law.

Comment: Several non-profit entities commented that medical records research by nonprofit entities to ensure public health goals, such as disease - specific registries, would not have been covered by this provision.

We further clarify that, where a public program meets the definition of «health plan,» the government agency that administers the program is the covered entity.

However, in the absence of some nexus to a government public health authority or other underlying legal authority, it is unclear upon what basis covered entities can determine which registries or collections are «legitimate» and how the confidentiality of the registry information will be protected.

Specifically included in the definition of «health plan» are group health plans (as defined in section 2791 (a) of the Public Health Service Act) with 50 or more participants or those of any size that are administered by an entity other than the employer who established and maintains thehealth plan» are group health plans (as defined in section 2791 (a) of the Public Health Service Act) with 50 or more participants or those of any size that are administered by an entity other than the employer who established and maintains thehealth plans (as defined in section 2791 (a) of the Public Health Service Act) with 50 or more participants or those of any size that are administered by an entity other than the employer who established and maintains theHealth Service Act) with 50 or more participants or those of any size that are administered by an entity other than the employer who established and maintains the plan.

We also include within the definition an organized system of health care in which more than one covered entity participates, and in which the participating covered entities hold themselves out to the public as participating in a joint arrangement, and in which the joint activities of the participating covered entities include at least one of the following: utilization review, in which health care decisions by participating covered entities are reviewed by other participating covered entities or by a third party on their behalf; quality assessment and improvement activities, in which treatment provided by participating covered entities is assessed by other participating covered entities or by a third party on their behalf; or payment activities, if the financial risk for delivering health care is shared in whole or in part by participating covered entities through the joint arrangement and if protected health information created or received by a covered entity is reviewed by other participating covered entities or by a third party on their behalf for the purpose of administering the sharing of financial risk.

Health oversight agency means an agency or authority of the United States, a State, a territory, a political subdivision of a State or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is authorized by law to oversee the health care system (whether public or private) or government programs in which health information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relHealth oversight agency means an agency or authority of the United States, a State, a territory, a political subdivision of a State or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is authorized by law to oversee the health care system (whether public or private) or government programs in which health information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relhealth care system (whether public or private) or government programs in which health information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relhealth information is necessary to determine eligibility or compliance, or to enforce civil rights laws for which health information is relhealth information is relevant.

Comments: Several commenters noted that disclosures for public health activities may be of interest to individuals, but add to the burden imposed on entities.

Response: We acknowledge that such entities may be engaged in disease - specific or other data collection activities that provide a benefit to their members and others affected by a particular malady and that they contribute to the public health and scientific database on low incidence or little known conditions.

Under the final rule, covered entities may disclose protected health information to such individuals when the covered entity or public health authority is authorized by law to notify these individuals as necessary in the conduct of a public health intervention or investigation.

Similarly, in situations involving a serious and imminent threat to public health or safety, law enforcement officials may be seeking protected health information from covered entities to locate a fugitive.

For example, if under § 164.512 (b), a covered entity discloses the same protected health information to a public health authority for the same purpose every month, it can account for those disclosures by including in the accounting the date of the first disclosure, the public health authority to whom the disclosures were made and the public health authority's address, a brief description of the information disclosed, a brief description of the purpose of the disclosures, the fact that the disclosures were made every month during the accounting period, and the date of the most recent disclosure.

Response: Most entities that maintain disease registries are not covered entities under this regulation; examples of such non-covered entities are public health agencies and pharmaceutical companies.

We believe the approach of § 164.512 (b) strikes an appropriate balance between the objective of promoting patient privacy and control over their health information and the objective of allowing private entities to collect data that ultimately may have important public health benefits.

We reviewed the important purposes identified in the comments for government access to protected health information, and believe that the disclosures of protected health information that should appropriately be made without individuals» authorization can be achieved through the other disclosures provided for in the final rule, including provisions permitting covered entities to disclose information (subject to certain limitations) to government agencies for public health, research, health oversight, law enforcement, and otherwise as required by law.

Another commenter requested clarification regarding the definition's application to public health agencies that also are health care providers as well as how the rule affects public health agencies in their data collection from covered entities.

A covered entity is not in violation of the requirements of this rule when a member of its workforce or a business associate of the covered entity discloses protected health information to: (i) A health oversight agency or public health authority authorized by law to investigate or otherwise oversee the relevant conduct or conditions of the covered entity; (ii) an appropriate health care accreditation organization; or (iii) an attorney, for the purpose of determining his or her legal options with respect to whistleblowing.

Therefore, the final rule defines this term as an agency or authority of the United States, a state, a territory, a political subdivision of a state or territory, or an Indian tribe, or a person or entity acting under a grant of authority from or contract with such public agency, including the employees or agents of such public agency or its contractors or persons or entities to whom it has granted authority, that is responsible for public health matters as part of its official mandate.

The second provision permits covered entities that are government program providing public benefits that serve the same or similar populations to share protected health information for the purposes of coordinating covered functions of the programs and for general management and administration relating to the covered functions of the programs.

Comment: Several commenters recommended expanding the scope of disclosures permissible under proposed § 164.510 (b)(1)(iii), which would have allowed covered entities to disclose protected health information to private entities that could demonstrate that they were acting to comply with requirements, or at the direction, of a public health authority.

Additional commenters who argued that the definition was too narrow raised the following concerns: the difference between «research» and «health care operations» is irrelevant from the patients» perspective, and therefore, the proposed rule should have required documentation of approval by an IRB or privacy board before protected health information could be used or disclosed for either of these purposes, and the proposed definition was too limited because it did not capture research conducted by non-profit entities to ensure public health goals, such as disease - specific registries.

(A) A health oversight agency or public health authority authorized by law to investigate or otherwise oversee the relevant conduct or conditions of the covered entity or to an appropriate health care accreditation organization for the purpose of reporting the allegation of failure to meet professional standards or misconduct by the covered entity; or

The NPRM would have allowed covered entities to disclose protected health information without individual authorization to: (1) A public health authority authorized by law to collect or receive such information for the purpose of preventing or controlling disease, injury, or disability, including, but not limited to, the reporting of disease, injury, vital events such as birth or death, and the conduct of public health surveillance, public health investigations, and public health interventions; (2) a public health authority or other appropriate authority authorized by law to receive reports of child abuse or neglect; (3) a person or entity other than a governmental authority that could demonstrate or demonstrated that it was acting to comply with requirements or direction of a public health authority; or (4) a person who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or may otherwise be at risk of contracting or spreading a disease or condition and was authorized by law to be notified as necessary in the conduct of a public health intervention or investigation.