New Report Released: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Health Care Industry Implications

This report provides health plans, health care providers and pharmacy benefit managers with the key insight they need to quickly adapt to the new provisions of the economic stimulus law.

Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 2, 2009 -- Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (AIS), publisher of Health Plan Week, Report on Patient Privacy, Report on Medicare Compliance and Medicare Advantage News, is pleased to announce AISHealth.com's newest free report, The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Health Care Industry Implications.

This report provides health plans, health care providers and pharmacy benefit managers with the key insight they need to quickly adapt to the new provisions of the economic stimulus law. It covers topics that have wide-ranging implications for the industry, from privacy and records technology to Medicare and Medicaid. This free report can be accessed at http://www.aishealth.com/Products/freereports.html

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Health Care Industry Implications report features in-depth articles from AIS's health care newsletters on topics such as:

-- Stimulus Bill Will Dedicate Billions to Comparative Effectiveness Research, Electronic Health Records
-- Carrots, Sticks Used to Push Electronic Health Record Adoption; Clock Ticking on Stark, Kickback Exceptions
-- Personal Health Records Vendors Are Now Covered by Security Breach Notification Procedures
-- Stimulus Act Brings New Life to HIPAA Enforcement
-- New Federal Breach Notification Provision Exceeds All States' Disclosure Mandates
-- Business Associates Will Soon Be Subject to Same Rules, Fines as Covered Entities Under New Law
-- 'Accounting for Disclosures' Burden Grows With ARRA Changes
-- New HIPAA Amendments Restrict Certain Rx Marketing Practices
-- Stimulus Law Will Not Help HIPAA's Negative Impact on Research
-- Stimulus Law Will Affect Medicare Advantage, Medicaid Plans Via More Funding for IT, Tough Privacy Rules
-- Medicaid Infusion Will Mean New Federal Scrutiny for Managed Medicaid Health Plans
-- Stimulus Bill Impacts State Medicaid Program and Providers

Spanning 30 pages, this new report supplies its readers with insight and analysis of the ground breaking new law signed by President Obama on Feb. 17, 2009. Visit http://www.aishealth.com/Products/freereports.html to download your copy today along with other free reports published by AIS.

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