Morf Media Inc. Chief Compliance Officer Delivers New Training on the Right Prescription for Life Science Data Governance

September 16, 2015, 4:51 am

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FDA IT Compliance Expert and Morf Media Inc. CCO Angela Bazigos Joins Performance Works Leaders to Show How Life Sciences Companies Can Manage Sensitive Data in an Environment of Increasing Risk and Regulation

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) September 16, 2015

Morf Media Inc., developer of the next-generation training delivery platform for the the mobile workforce, today announced that Food and Drug Administration (FDA) IT compliance expert Angela Bazigos, also serving as chief compliance officer of Morf Media Inc., Performance Works co-founder, Ken Rosen and Performance Works CMO Dr. Ronald Weissman are delivering new training on the best practices for life sciences companies to manage their sensitive data in an environment of increasing risk and regulation. The training, Finding the Right Prescription for Life Science Data Governance, will be available in October from Morf Media Inc. on its innovative training delivery platform for the mobile workforce.

The experts from Morf Media and Performance Works share their expertise on how managers at life sciences companies can protect and manage sensitive data to meet compliance regulations. They cover effective ways to significantly decrease the risk of data exposure, including that of highly-regulated Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) data. The training includes the following:· Increasing risk to PII, PHI, and IP data in an age of breaches and growing data dispersion
· Changing regulatory landscape that adds greater complexity to corporate workflow
· Best practices to monitor and respond to compliance and legal requirements for dispersed sensitive data, including mobile technologies and cloud services
· Proactive approach to compliance to help your business avoid data risks and better address compliance and legal requirements

“Any data breach is costly and disruptive, but for pharmaceutical businesses, medical device companies, and others in the life sciences field, the need to protect and manage sensitive data (PHI, PII, and IP) make these challenges even more complex,” stated Bazigos. “The real world costs of compromised data can be staggering, not just in fines, but in employment and business reputation loss as well. Patient and consumer safety is at stake. But training can make all the difference and the training delivery platform from Morf Media offers the most effective training prescription for life sciences data governance today. ”

About Performance Works
Performance Works helps CMOs and CEOs make better decisions by bringing them the voice of their customers and guiding them on how to apply what we hear. Performance Works clients enter new markets more quickly and enjoy greater revenue and shorter sales cycles. For more information, visit: http://www.perworks.com/

About Morf Media, Inc.
Morf Media, Inc. is transforming training into playbooks for the mobile workforce. For the first time companies can provide one to one training to millions of customers, staff and partners on a smart phone or tablet. Targeting companies in highly regulated industries, including financial services and life sciences, Morf Media makes training fast, fun, easy and mobile. With its proprietary Morf Playbooks,™ interactive three minute mini courses and a virtual Coach,™ Morf Media training delivery platform empowers professionals to transform content into effective, engaging digital playbooks that help people fill out forms properly, engage in compliance training, reference policy details and get reminders and compliance notifications on the go. Morf Media offers secure centralized reporting for managing governance, regulatory and compliance training on a sustained basis. Founded in 2013 by a seasoned management team, the company is based in San Francisco. For more information about Morf Media, please visit: http://www.morfmedia.com.

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September 16, 2015, 5:25 am

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Nationwide to Honor Most Unusual Pet Insurance Claim of the Year

BREA, Calif., Sept. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- After reviewing more than 1.3 million pet insurance claims received over the past year, Nationwide has nominated 12 worthy candidates for the 2015 Hambone Award. Each year, the nation's first and largest provider of pet health insurance... Reported by PR Newswire 7 hours ago.

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Fitbit Extends Corporate Wellness Offering with HIPAA Compliant Capabilities

September 16, 2015, 6:00 am

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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitbit, Inc., the leader in the connected health and fitness market, today announced that it supports HIPAA compliance, enabling Fitbit Wellness to more effectively integrate with HIPAA-covered entities, including corporate wellness partners, health plans and self-insured employers. The U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is the primary U.S. law governing the security and privacy of personal health information used by health insurance Reported by Business Wire 6 hours ago.

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A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of MVP Health Plan, Inc. and Its Affiliate; Upgrades Ratings of Subsidiary

September 16, 2015, 6:35 am

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A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of MVP Health Plan, Inc. and Its Affiliate; Upgrades Ratings of Subsidiary

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B+ (Good) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “bbb-” of MVP Health Plan, Inc. and its affiliate, MVP Health Service Corp. Additionally, A.M. Best has upgraded the FSR to B+ (Good) from B (Fair) and the ICR of “bbb-” from “bb” of MVP Health Insurance Company. Concurrently, A.M. Best has withdrawn the FSR of B (Fair) and the ICR of “bb” of MVP Health Insurance Company of New Hampshire, Inc. (Bedford, Reported by Business Wire 5 hours ago.

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Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2014

September 16, 2015, 7:29 am

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that in 2014, there was no statistically significant change from 2013 in either real median household income or the official poverty rate. At the same time, the percentage of people without... Reported by PR Newswire 5 hours ago.

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Wonkblog: Number of Americans without health insurance falls as income and poverty rate stay level

September 16, 2015, 8:06 am

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The proportion of Americans who lack health insurance took a big dip last year, with nearly 9 million people gaining coverage since 2013, according to federal figures announced Wednesday morning.The new figures, from the large annual Census survey that measures American’s well-being in several ways, found that the share of people across the country who were uninsured throughout the year fell from 13.1 percent in 2013 to 10.4 percent last year, in part reflecting the impact of the Affordable Care Act, which fully took effect in 2014. Reported by Washington Post 4 hours ago.

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Number of Americans without health insurance fell to 10.4% in 2014, from 13.3% in 2013, according to Census Bureau - @Reuters

September 16, 2015, 7:18 am

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Poverty Rate Holds Steady, but Number of Uninsured Drops

September 16, 2015, 8:11 am

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The number of people without health insurance dropped last year by 8.8 million, to a total of 33 million, the Obama administration said Wednesday. Reported by NYTimes.com 4 hours ago.

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Obamacare Drives Number of Uninsured to an 8.8M Drop

September 16, 2015, 8:55 am

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The share of people without health insurance in the U.S. fell to 10.4 percent last year as Obamacare's expansion of public and private coverage programs took effect, the Census Bureau said Wednesday. In 2014, 33 million people in the U.S. were uninsured, down from 41.8... Reported by Newsmax 3 hours ago.

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Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in the United States in 2014

September 16, 2015, 9:47 am

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Today’s report from the Census Bureau shows that real median income rose in 2014 for both family households (e.g., related people living together) and non-family households (e.g., a single person living alone). Overall median household income declined as the share of family households decreased. The official poverty rate held steady in 2014, while the supplemental poverty rate—which includes the effects of key anti-poverty policies—declined. Over the past two years, the child poverty rate has declined more than in any two-year period since 2000. The fraction of the population without health insurance declined sharply as the Affordable Care Act’s major coverage provisions took effect, falling in all fifty states in 2014. Continued employment and wage growth so far this year suggests that incomes are rising in 2015. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and other policies have contributed to recent improvements in incomes, and the President’s commitments to extending refundable tax credits enacted under the Recovery Act and implementing an EITC for childless workers will further strengthen these positive trends.

FIVE KEY POINTS IN TODAY’S REPORT FROM THE CENSUS BUREAU

*1. Real median income for family households rose $408 in 2014, while real median income for non-family households also rose but overall median household income declined. *All households are considered either “family households” (those with persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption) or “non-family households,” and median income for both these groups rose in 2014. At the same time, overall median household income fell as the number of family households (who have a relatively high median income of $68,000) fell and the number of non-family households (who have a relatively low median income of $32,000) surged. Fuller analysis is needed to understand the dynamics between family and non-family households and the implications for income comparisons.

*2. Median household income growth tends to follow aggregate weekly earnings growth—which would suggest strong income growth in 2015. *Aggregate weekly earnings reflects the total amount earned by private sector workers—the product of employment, hours worked per week, and wages earned per hour. Accordingly, aggregate earnings are conceptually linked more closely to household income than to wages, since both income and aggregate earnings reflect the influence of rising employment as well as rising wages. The below chart shows that median household income growth has been closely related to growth in aggregate weekly earnings in recent decades—with an unusually large disconnect between the two measures in 2014. Aggregate weekly earnings growth in 2014 implied a 1.0 percent increase in real median household income—as compared to the 1.5 percent decrease that was realized. The reasons for the disconnect are unclear, although it could reflect the changing composition of family and non-family households against a backdrop of rising household formation (see point 1). Aggregate earnings in 2015 so far have grown much faster than last year as the long-term trend of labor market improvement has persistent. The historical relationship implies strong median household income growth in 2015 when the data become available next year.

*3. Over the past two years, the child poverty rate declined more than in any two-year period since 2000. *The child poverty rate declined 1.9 percentage points in 2013 and 0.4 percentage point in 2014. The overall official poverty rate was unchanged in 2014. But when using the supplemental poverty measure—an alternative poverty gauge that reflects the impact of key anti-poverty policies—overall poverty declined from 15.8 percent to 15.3 percent in 2014. The child poverty rate also declined under the supplemental poverty measure in 2014, by a full 1.4 percentage points from 18.1 percent to 16.7 percent.

*4. The supplemental poverty measure (SPM), which declined 0.5 percentage point in 2014, includes the direct effects of key anti-poverty policies like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). *The SPM is widely acknowledged to measure poverty more accurately than the official measure. Unlike the official measure, the SPM uses a post-tax and post-transfer concept of resources that combines earnings with assistance from government programs, including cash transfers and the cash-equivalent of in-kind transfers like food assistance—minus net tax liabilities, which can be negative for families receiving refundable tax credits like the EITC or Child Tax Credit (CTC), and necessary expenditures on work, child care, and health care. Together, 9.8 million Americans are above the poverty line who would fall below it but for refundable tax credits, and other programs account for similar totals. Social Security (whose benefits are also included in the official poverty measure) accounts for 25.9 million people who would otherwise fall below the poverty line. The President supports continuing these trends by extending the refundable tax credits enacted under the Recovery Act and implementing an EITC for childless workers.

*5. The share of people without health insurance coverage declined in every single state in the country in 2014—for the first time in the history of the series—as the Affordable Care Act’s major coverage provisions took effect. *The new American Community Survey (ACS) data show that all states saw coverage gains in 2014, but the magnitude of those gains varied widely by state. Notably, states that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act saw a 3.4 percentage point decline in their uninsured rate, about 1.5 times as large as the 2.3 percentage point decline in states that did not expand the program. The causal effect of Medicaid expansion on state uninsured rates is likely even larger since non-expansion states had higher uninsured rates prior to 2014, and states with more uninsured tended to see larger coverage gains during 2014. Although the ACS is not the first survey to report estimates of state-level trends in insurance coverage in 2014 and beyond, the survey’s extremely large size allows it to provide particularly precise estimates.

Today’s Census release also included estimates of the national change in the uninsured rate based on the Current Population Survey (CPS). According to the CPS, the national uninsured rate dropped by 2.9 percentage points from 13.3 percent in 2013 to 10.4 percent in 2014, broadly consistent with findings from earlier Federal and private surveys for that time period. These other surveys have found that rapid progress in reducing the uninsured rate has continued during 2015, with further declines in the uninsured rate of at least 2 percentage points as of early 2015. Following these sustained declines, the uninsured rate is now at its lowest level ever.

Jason Furman is Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. Sandra Black is a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers. Matt Fiedler is Chief Economist of the Council of Economic Advisers. Reported by The White House 2 hours ago.

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September 16, 2015, 10:40 am

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The number of people without health insurance dropped last year by 8.8 million, to a total of 33 million, the Obama administration said Wednesday. Reported by NYTimes.com 1 hour ago.

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Rate Of Uninsured Drops To 16.6 Percent In Florida

September 16, 2015, 8:45 am

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September 16, 2015, 9:11 am

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Why The Recovery Doesn't Feel Like A Recovery

September 16, 2015, 9:56 am

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There's new data out today on incomes and poverty based on the Current Population Survey conducted jointly by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At first glance, it's pretty boring: basically, nothing changed between 2013 and 2014, except for the number of people with health insurance.

On the other hand... nothing changed! When it comes to their financial situation, Americans were basically no better off than they were the year before. Incomes aren't growing, poverty is not falling. It would seem that important parts of the economy were totally stuck in neutral during 2014.

Furthermore, incomes for the bottom tenth of earners have barely budged since 1967. It's not just that we haven't made the poor better off in the last year, it's that we haven't made the poor much better off in the last 50 years (income-wise, anyway. There's evidence that they are somewhat better off thanks to federal benefits like SNAP and TANF).

Possibly worse, we've barely moved the needle at the 50th percentile. It's not until you get to the 90th percentile that you see a big difference between what people made 50 years ago (converted to 2015 dollars) and what they make today.

The official poverty rate didn't change from 2013, either. That means that as the population grows, so does the total number of people living in poverty in America.There is, however, one part of the report that shows significant change over the course of last year: the number of people in America with health insurance. The uninsured rate fell for nearly every age group, and fell particularly sharply for young adults between the ages of 20 and 30. This is a clear sign that Obamacare is working (thanks, Obama!)

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So Much For That Recovery: Incomes Flat Again In 2014

September 16, 2015, 9:52 am

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There's new data out today on incomes and poverty based on the Current Population Survey conducted jointly by the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At first glance, it's pretty boring: basically, nothing changed between 2013 and 2014, except for the number of people with health insurance.

On the other hand... nothing changed! When it comes to their financial situation, Americans were basically no better off than they were the year before. Incomes aren't growing, poverty is not falling. It would seem that important parts of the economy were totally stuck in neutral during 2014.

Furthermore, incomes for the bottom 10th of earners have barely budged since 1967. It's not just that we haven't made the poor better off in the last year, it's that we haven't made the poor much better off in the last 50 years (income-wise, anyway. There's evidence that they are somewhat better off thanks to federal benefits like SNAP and TANF).

Possibly worse, we've barely moved the needle at the 50th percentile. It's not until you get to the 90th percentile that you see a big difference between what people made 50 years ago (converted to 2015 dollars) and what they make today.

The official poverty rate didn't change from 2013, either. That means that as the population grows, so does the total number of people living in poverty in America.There is, however, one part of the report that shows significant change over the course of last year: the number of people in America with health insurance. The uninsured rate fell for nearly every age group, and fell particularly sharply for young adults between the ages of 20 and 30. This is a clear sign that Obamacare is working (thanks, Obama!)

-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. Reported by Huffington Post 2 hours ago.

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Massive Numbers Aged 20 to 35 Still Go Without Health Insurance

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Lumity Raises $14M To Crunch Data And Devise Better Health Insurance Plans For Companies

September 16, 2015, 11:35 am

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Lumity, which devises and recommends health care plans to employers by comparing employee profiles against its own historical data, said today that it has raised $14 million. Social+Capital led the round, with True Ventures and Rock Health participating. Read More Reported by TechCrunch 26 minutes ago.

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U.S. Census: Number of those without health insurance drops from 41.8 million to 33 million

September 16, 2015, 11:02 am

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The number of people without health insurance in the United States dropped substantially between 2013 and 2014 -- from 41.8 million people to 33 million -- according to a report released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Reported by Newsday 59 minutes ago.

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Since Obamacare, NJ's number of uninsured keeps falling, Census says

September 16, 2015, 11:04 am

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The estimated number of New Jersey residents who still have no health insurance has dipped below 1 million for the first time in years, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Reported by NJ.com 57 minutes ago.

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