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Opportunity Knocks: Recent Developments Child Welfare Agencies Need to Know About and Tips for Getting Started
A couple of opportunities are converging at the federal level that can collectively advance the sharing of data for better child welfare outcomes. First, the recent Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) Final Rule provides funding for new child welfare systems that are more modular and focused on the data rather than the system itself. Several states have already declared their intent to take advantage of the funding and build new systems.
- 25. July 2018
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Focusing on Data Quality: Key Considerations for Child Welfare Agencies
The Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) Final Rule represents the evolution of the earlier Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS). It also represents a bit of a sea change. Moving the focus from monolithic automated information systems to shared data enables myriad ways for Title IV-E agencies to meet their automation needs, and at the same time, provide important data to the Child Welfare community.
- 19. July 2018
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Federal District Court Judge invalidates Kentucky’s work requirement in its approved Medicaid expansion program
On June 29, 2018, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia rejected Kentucky’s work requirement imposed as part of the state’s Medicaid expansion program under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
- 11. July 2018
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US District Court holds no private right of action under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
On June 15, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled that the HIPAA statute does not provide a private cause of action. A patient at a hospital in Washington, District of Columbia, claimed that the medical intake computer station violated HIPAA’s privacy protections. She filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the District of Columbia’s Office of Human Rights, but neither would pursue her claims.
- 28. June 2018