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NCFL to lead Statewide Family Engagement Centers in North Carolina and Nebraska

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Thursday, October 5, 2023

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Education has selected the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) to establish and lead the new North Carolina Statewide Family Engagement Center (NC SFEC) and to continue its leadership of the Nebraska Statewide Family Engagement Center (NE SFEC).

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  • LOUISVILLE, Ky., Oct. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Education has selected the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) to establish and lead the new North Carolina Statewide Family Engagement Center (NC SFEC) and to continue its leadership of the Nebraska Statewide Family Engagement Center (NE SFEC).
  • National nonprofit receives federal grants to lead two statewide family engagement centers.
  • The North Carolina SFEC award represents a new opportunity for NCFL and its partners—including the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Book Harvest, North Carolina Parents as Teachers, University of North Carolina Greensboro, and local education agencies—to work together on family engagement strategies.
  • "Partnering with the National Center for Families Learning to create a North Carolina Statewide Family Engagement Center will help bridge the gap between families and schools.

Growing Crisis in Child Care Focus of Nebraska Conference

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Jim Pillen will provide opening remarks, marking the first time the state’s highest-ranking official will speak at the conference.

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  • Jim Pillen will provide opening remarks, marking the first time the state’s highest-ranking official will speak at the conference.
  • At a time when 91% of counties in Nebraska do not have enough available licensed child care slots to meet current demand and 11 counties lack a single licensed provider, Nebraskans are coming together to help solve a growing child care and economic crisis.
  • “With as many as 80,000 jobs open in Nebraska, our child care crisis is an economic crisis.
  • This year’s event is coordinated and facilitated by the Buffett Early Childhood Institute and sponsored by First Five Nebraska, Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children, the Nebraska Association of School Boards, Nebraska Business Development Center, Nebraska Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, Nebraska Community Foundation, Nebraska Department of Economic Development, Nebraska Department of Education, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, the Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative, Nebraska Early Learning Connection, Nebraska Economic Developers Association, Nebraska Extension, Panhandle Partnership, Inc., the Buffett Early Childhood Fund, and the Buffett Early Childhood Institute.

Protecting the privacy of health information: A baker’s dozen takeaways from FTC cases

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Saturday, August 12, 2023

Protecting the privacy of health information: A baker’s dozen takeaways from FTC cases In the past few months, the FTC has announced case after case involving consumers’ sensitive health data, alleging violations of both Section 5 of the FTC Act and the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule.

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Protecting the privacy of health information: A baker’s dozen takeaways from FTC cases

    • In the past few months, the FTC has announced case after case involving consumers’ sensitive health data, alleging violations of both Section 5 of the FTC Act and the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule.
    • The privacy of health information is top of mind for consumers – and so it’s top of mind for the FTC.

Health Privacy: The Basics

    • Rather, it’s anything that conveys information – or enables an inference – about a consumer’s health.
    • Indeed, Premom, BetterHelp, GoodRx, and Flo Health make clear that the fact that a consumer is using a particular health-related app or website – one related to mental health or fertility, for example – or how they interact with that app (say, turning “pregnancy mode” on or off) may itself be health information.
    • Our guidance on health and location highlights the fact that location data can convey health information.
    • For example, repeated trips to a cancer treatment facility may convey highly sensitive information about an individual’s health.
    • To stay on the right side of the FTC Act, take a broad view of what constitutes health data and protect it accordingly.
    • Your obligation to protect the privacy of health information is a given.  The need for privacy-by-design is (or should be!)

HIPAA-related claims

    • “HIPAA Compliant,” “HIPAA Secure,” and similar claims may deceive consumers.  Compliance with HIPAA, the national law protecting the privacy of certain health information, has become a shorthand among patients and providers alike for health privacy protection.
    • Not surprisingly, companies offering health-related products and services often want to tout HIPAA compliance to give consumers comfort – even if these companies aren’t actually covered by HIPAA or aren’t actually complying with HIPAA.
    • FTC enforcement actions like GoodRx, BetterHelp, Henry Schein, and SkyMed make clear that HIPAA claims like that may deceive consumers, whether those consumers are health care providers (like the dentists in Henry Schein) or regular people (like the therapy patients in BetterHelp).
    • In ECM, the FTC proved in court that a company that gave its business customers labels and certificates bearing false claims about biodegradability had provided “the means and instrumentalities” to deceive downstream consumers.

Other Health Privacy Practices

    •  It may be tempting to use your privacy policy to reserve the right to change your health data practices, so that any continued use of your service constitutes “consent” to the changes.
    • The FTC’s action in Vitagene makes clear that’s not a lawful means for obtaining consent for material retroactive privacy policy changes.
    • Hidden euphemisms don’t cut it.  Rather than living up to their legal obligation to tell consumers the whole truth, some companies hide key terms about data practices in dense privacy policies or terms of service filled with ambiguous language that cloaks how they really use consumers’ health information.
    • The orders in our recent health privacy cases uniformly require affirmative express consent – consent that can be obtained only following a clear and conspicuous disclosure of all material facts.

Health privacy: A top priority for the FTC – and for your company

Federman & Sherwood Investigates Managed Care of North America, Inc. for Data Breach

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation into Managed Care of North America, Inc. with respect to their recent data breach.

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  • The law firm of Federman & Sherwood has initiated an investigation into Managed Care of North America, Inc. with respect to their recent data breach.
  • On May 26, 2023, Managed Care of North America, Inc. notified patients that the company experienced a data breach after an unauthorized party accessed sensitive consumer data entrusted to the company.
  • According to Managed Care of North America, Inc., they determined that information stored on their servers may have been subject to unauthorized access from February 26, 2023 through March 7, 2023.
  • Managed Care of North America, Inc. determined that the information exposed in the data breach includes: names, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial information, medical information and health insurance information.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Global Market Report 2022: Rising Number of Arthritis Patients Fuels Growth - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

The global rheumatoid arthritis market size is expected to reach USD 33.30 billion by 2030, according to a new study.

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  • The global rheumatoid arthritis market size is expected to reach USD 33.30 billion by 2030, according to a new study.
  • The report gives a detailed insight into current market dynamics and provides analysis on future market growth.
  • The market is being fueled by a rise in the number of arthritis patients and associated joint problems.
  • As a result, the global market for rheumatoid arthritis medications is seeing rapid growth, which is opening up attractive potential.

Pediatric Telehealth Market Report 2022: Telehealth Shifting Toward Platform-As-A-Service - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, November 21, 2022

The "Pediatric Telehealth Market - Global Outlook & Forecast 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Pediatric Telehealth Market - Global Outlook & Forecast 2022-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The global pediatric telehealth market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 23.40% during 2022-2027.
  • In pediatric care, using telehealth services is seen as one of the significant steps in recent years.
  • Currently, the pediatric telehealth market platform is a golden solution that provides remote access to deliver pediatric care by stepping out from traditional to advanced technology.

NACDD Announces New Board of Directors

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Friday, September 30, 2022

ATLANTA, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) is pleased to introducetwo new officers and seven incoming Board Members for its Fiscal Year 2022-2023.

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  • ATLANTA, Sept. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) is pleased to introducetwo new officers and seven incoming Board Members for its Fiscal Year 2022-2023.
  • Pier has worked extensively in public health for more than 20 years.
  • Simon is the Deputy Chief Medical Officer and State Chronic Disease Director at the Arkansas Department of Health and was the immediate past Treasurer of the Board.
  • The following new Board Members will serve as At Large Directors with their term beginning Oct. 1 and continuing through Sept. 30, 2024.

We Care for Kids Week to Highlight Link Between Early Childhood Education and Nebraska’s Success

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Monday, September 26, 2022

State and community-based organizations will join together this week to celebrate the first We Care for Kids Week in Nebraska.

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  • State and community-based organizations will join together this week to celebrate the first We Care for Kids Week in Nebraska.
  • When Nebraska families have access to quality early childhood education, Nebraskas children, communities, and economy thrive.
  • The site also provides materials in English and Spanish that can be used to promote We Care for Kids Week.
  • We Care for Kids works to ensure that all Nebraska families have access to quality early childhood education for their children.

Molina Healthcare Selected For Nebraska Medicaid Managed Care Program

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Monday, September 26, 2022

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH) (Molina) today announced that its health plan subsidiary, Molina Healthcare of Nebraska, has been selected by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to provide health care services to Nebraskans under the states Medicaid managed care program.

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  • Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH) (Molina) today announced that its health plan subsidiary, Molina Healthcare of Nebraska, has been selected by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to provide health care services to Nebraskans under the states Medicaid managed care program.
  • Molina Healthcare of Nebraska is one of three managed care organizations selected to offer health care coverage to approximately 360,000 Medicaid beneficiaries in the state.
  • Molina Healthcare, Inc., a FORTUNE 500 company (currently ranked 125), provides managed healthcare services under the Medicaid and Medicare programs and through the state insurance marketplaces.
  • This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding DHHSs selection of Molina Healthcare of Nebraska.

VA Maryland Health Care System Names a New Associate Director for Patient Care Services/Chief Nurse Executive

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Monday, September 19, 2022

BALTIMORE, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The VA Maryland Health Care System has named Diana Choi as its new Associate Director for Patient Care Services/Chief Nurse Executive. In this role, Choi is responsible for day-to-day operations of Nursing, Social Work and Sterile Processing Services for the health care system. She also is responsible for planning, coordinating and evaluating the operation of these services.

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  • The VA Maryland Health Care System has named Diana Choi as its new Associate Director for Patient Care Services/Chief Nurse Executive.
  • BALTIMORE, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The VA Maryland Health Care System has named Diana Choi as its new Associate Director for Patient Care Services/Chief Nurse Executive.
  • It costs nothing for veterans to enroll for health care with the VA Maryland Health Care System and it could be one of the more important things a veteran can do.
  • To enroll for VA health care, interested veterans can call 877-222-8387 Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., or they can visit http://www.va.gov and clinic on "Apply now for VA health care."