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HIPAA Changes to Help Patient Access to Health Information – EHR Intelligence

Jan 8, 2016 |

“The guidance released yesterday is an important step forward in helping patients exercise their right to access their health information under HIPAA, including electronically. Our cadre of volunteer ‘tracer’ patients has found that, unfortunately, confusion surrounding HIPAA persists and often means that patients don’t get the kind of access to their health care information they need,” said the campaign’s coordinator Christine Bechtel.

House Vote to Pass Reconciliation Bill Is a ‘Deeply Disappointing Signal for 2016’

Jan 6, 2016 |

Statement of Debra L. Ness, President, National Partnership for Women & Families

Widespread Insurance Coverage of Doula Care Would Reduce Costs, Improve Maternal and Infant Health

Jan 5, 2016 |

Leading Maternity Care Experts Release Issue Brief Encouraging Medicaid and Private Insurers to Cover Doula Care

Texas Anti-Choice Law Now Before U.S. Supreme Court is ‘Fundamentally Out of Step with Policies that Promote Better Health Care’

Jan 5, 2016 |

Top Health Policy Experts Join National Partnership’s Amicus Brief, Which Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Reverse Lower Court Ruling and Strike Down Texas’ H.B. 2

For domestic violence victims, paid sick time can be lifeline – Detroit Free Press

Jan 4, 2016 |

More than 43 million Americans don’t have paid sick time, according to the National Partnership for Women and Families.

Paid Family Leave Gains Ground For Private, Public Sector Workers – NPR

Dec 28, 2015 |

This NPR interview features National Partnership Vice President Vicki Shabo.

Family Friendly Workplace Laws Taking Effect in Early 2016

Dec 23, 2015 |

Memo to Interested Media

We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby: The 14 Companies Making Strides In Parental Leave – The Bump

Dec 22, 2015 |

Individual families sharing their stories is the most important part of all of this—more important, even, than these companies’ policies. It’s these stories that are going to make a difference. You can start by sharing your story here with the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit fighting to make paid family and medical leave available for all working families.

How to Tell Your Boss That You’re Pregnant – U.S. News & World Report

Dec 21, 2015 |

In fact, employees have no legal requirement to tell their boss that they’re pregnant at all – although their changing bodies might eventually betray the news, says Sarah Fleisch Fink, senior policy counsel for workplace programs at the National Partnership for Women & Families, a nonprofit, nonpartisan activist group.

Robust Health IT Is Key to Health System Transformation, Leading Consumer, Health and Labor Advocates Say

Dec 15, 2015 |

The Consumer Partnership for eHealth Files Comments Urging CMS to Keep Meaningful Use Strong as It Finalizes Stage 2 and 3 Rules and Turns to New Models of Care

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HIPAA Changes to Help Patient Access to Health Information – EHR Intelligence

House Vote to Pass Reconciliation Bill Is a ‘Deeply Disappointing Signal for 2016’

Widespread Insurance Coverage of Doula Care Would Reduce Costs, Improve Maternal and Infant Health

Texas Anti-Choice Law Now Before U.S. Supreme Court is ‘Fundamentally Out of Step with Policies that Promote Better Health Care’

For domestic violence victims, paid sick time can be lifeline – Detroit Free Press

Paid Family Leave Gains Ground For Private, Public Sector Workers – NPR

Family Friendly Workplace Laws Taking Effect in Early 2016

We’ve Come A Long Way, Baby: The 14 Companies Making Strides In Parental Leave – The Bump

How to Tell Your Boss That You’re Pregnant – U.S. News & World Report

Robust Health IT Is Key to Health System Transformation, Leading Consumer, Health and Labor Advocates Say

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