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Mount Sinai chief data officer tapped to lead genomics spinout
Stamford, Conn-based Sema4, a genomics company spun out of Mount Sinai Health System, named Andrew Kasarskis, PhD, as its new chief data officer, according to a June 17 news release. -
Price transparency rule isn't preventing patients from overpaying thousands for labs & tests
CMS' price transparency rule aims to save Americans money by allowing them to price shop for healthcare services, but it's still common for patients to overpay for their tests and lab work, sometimes by thousands of dollars, according to research released June 8 by pharmacy discount company GoodRx. -
West Virginia lab settles HIPAA investigation after taking 2 years to provide patients' records
The Diabetes, Endocrinology & Lipidology Center has agreed to pay $5,000 in a settlement to HHS' Office for Civil Rights for a potential HIPAA violation. -
Lab hits UnitedHealth with lawsuit over COVID-19 test payments
A medical testing lab in New Jersey filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group on June 2, accusing the company and its units of not covering claims for COVID-19 tests, according to Law 360. -
UPS loses package storing PHI of 4,500 California lab patients
COVID-19 testing center Exceltox Laboratories shipped the protected health information of 4,571 patients through UPS, but it never reached its final destination, according to a May 7 data breach notification letter.
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