About health insurance/insurers
The 10 best health insurance companies of 2024 FYI
About the public’s health
Biden Administration Announces Rules Aimed at Phasing Out Gas Cars “The Biden administration on Wednesday issued one of the most significant climate regulations in the nation’s history, a rule designed to ensure that the majority of new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the United States are all-electric or hybrids by 2032…
The rule increasingly limits the amount of pollution allowed from tailpipes over time so that, by 2032, more than half the new cars sold in the United States would most likely be zero-emissions vehicles in order for carmakers to meet the standards.”
About healthcare IT
Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates This OCR update is worth reading. In summary: “Regulated entities are not permitted to use tracking technologies in a manner that would result in impermissible disclosures of PHI to tracking technology vendors or any other violations of the HIPAA Rules. For example, disclosures of PHI to tracking technology vendors for marketing purposes, without individuals’ HIPAA-compliant authorizations, would constitute impermissible disclosures.”