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Protecting Health Information Privacy: The Case For Self-Regulation Of Electronically Held Medical Records, Catherine L. Glenn
Protecting Health Information Privacy: The Case For Self-Regulation Of Electronically Held Medical Records, Catherine L. Glenn
Vanderbilt Law Review
Advances in technology have given new life to debates concerning privacy.' Specifically, issues surrounding increased access to personal medical records have recently garnered attention. On one side of the debate, healthcare providers and insurers support expanded access to medical records for treatment, research, and insurance claims purposes. At the same time, however, many patients legitimately expect their medical records to remain private. The advent of Internet access to patient records and electronic medical insurance claims submissions has heightened patients' concerns that computerized medical records will offer less protection and more potential for unauthorized disclosure than paper files in locked cabinets. …
Health Care Reform Through Medicaid Managed Care: Tennessee (Tenncare) As A Case Study And A Paradigm, James F. Blumstein, Frank A. Sloan
Health Care Reform Through Medicaid Managed Care: Tennessee (Tenncare) As A Case Study And A Paradigm, James F. Blumstein, Frank A. Sloan
Vanderbilt Law Review
TennCare is a Medicaid demonstration project that allows Tennessee to require all Medicaid beneficiaries to secure medical care through a mandatory managed care system. Enrollees contract with private managed care organizations ("MCOs'), which are responsible for organizing a network of care providers and delivering medical care to covered beneficiaries. Driven by rapidly escalating Medicaid costs, TennCare's mandatory managed care program has succeeded in saving money for the state in its Medicaid program. To secure the federal waiver that allowed the program to proceed, the state included non-Medicaid-eligible uninsured and uninsurable residents as TennCare beneficiaries. Federal matching funds accrue for all …