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Biden administration proposes to strengthen patient privacy for those seeking abortions
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is trying to enhance the federal law that guards patient privacy to further protect those who seek legal abortion care and other reproductive health care services. The announcement comes amid two major ongoing federal court cases dealing with access to the abortion pill and fears that the pill’s U.S. Food […]
Fired Arkansas Human Services worker mishandled Medicaid clients’ personal information
An Arkansas Department of Human Services employee used her personal email account to handle protected information about Medicaid recipients, according to the agency. The mishandled information included beneficiaries’ ID numbers, dates of birth, gender information, location data and flu diagnoses of 925 individuals, according to a news release. The breached data did not include names, […]