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The popular news webpage msnbc.com is featuring an article in
their health section on bio nanotechnology with headline,
"Gene healing in a lotion? Researchers say they're
close." Northwestern University research is highlighted,
coming from the laboratories of Professor Chad Mirkin.
The technology, as you can read, relates to siRNA methods. This
an active area of nanotechnology with potentially blockbuster
results to impress the public mind (revolution, not evolution). For
example, I noted that terms like siRNA, RNAi, and miRNA appear in
3.4% of the class 977 patent publications published to date (440
out of 12,982). Also, a
review article including IP and interference technologies and
nanobio has been posted on the web.
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Whether you are an employer that provides health insurance for your employees, a business in the growing healthcare industry, a hospital, or other medical provider—or you provide services to any of those entities—you need to know about changes to the privacy and security rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
Understanding the complexities of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules is often a challenge for health care providers and consumers.
Marilyn Tavenner received bipartisan support from members of the Senate Committee on Finance in her confirmation hearing to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) though a full Senate vote is being held up, the president released his FY 2014 budget proposal with health care reform and specified reimbursement reductions to providers and manufacturers totaling $400 billion over 10 years sprinkled throughout it, and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sebelius
The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services has recently issued an updated Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusion from Participation in Federal Health Care Programs.
On Tuesday, the North Carolina legislature has enacted into law, pending the governor's signature, a prohibition on the use of most favored nations clauses in contracts between commercial health insurers and providers.
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