This fact sheet provides examples of ways that states have chosen to address Medicaid billing for school nursing, highlighting the need for states to consider expanding Medicaid coverage for school nursing services by amending state laws.
Overview Health departments may choose whether to be completely covered by HIPAA, or to only apply HIPAA where legally required to do so, which is…
Overview The following Hybrid Entity Policy Template documents the hybrid entity and its required components. Because this policy is a useful reference for a variety…
Overview This resource summarizes tools for understanding, evaluating and becoming a Hybrid Entity. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights…
Overview Generally, once public health removes or obscures personal identifying information within a data set, law does not constrain the use or disclosure of the…
Overview “Statistical or scientific de-identification” is an important tool to assist public health in negotiating its dual and sometimes conflicting missions – maintaining the privacy…
The National Association of School Nurses has issued a position statement that the school nurse is an “essential member of the school health team to address student concussions.” This fact sheet outlines how, as a school-based healthcare professional, the school nurse is likely to be the school staff member with the most comprehensive knowledge of mild brain injury.
This resource explores how Ohio's naloxone access and Good Samaritan laws differ from those in most other states, and in ways that may make them less easy to communicate and possibly less effective.
Maryland’s current 911 system was developed in the 1960s, and what was state-of-the-art in communications then, is woefully outdated now. As a result, the system does not provide the most effective and efficient emergency response possible.
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) are state-run databases that collect information on specified medications at the point of dispensing. The data is available to medical professionals and others, as permitted by relevant law. PDMPs can help clinicians improve decisions regarding opioid prescribing.
This resource examines Indiana's combined naloxone access and overdose Good Samaritan law, and how it differs from those in other states.
In Colorado, 899 people died of drug-related overdoses in 2014 -- most of these deaths were caused by opioids. This fact sheet provides an overview of Colorado's law to increase access to naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote.
