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In this week’s Featured Podcast (number 5) we talk with Alan Reider of Arnold & Porter LLP about the Federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act (PPSA). Mr. Reider specializes in healthcare, regulatory, and compliance law and he walks us through a significant piece of legislation regarding the new transparency required in the relationships between physicians and […]
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Washington Update – Latest Healthcare & Regulatory Law from Alan Reider of Arnold & Porter LLP This Issue: The Federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act Feds and States cracking down on improper relationships between physicians and drug companies What medical practices should be aware of Can accepting a pen from a rep get you in […]
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Book Review by Jose Gaudier, MD At a time that I was getting myself organized to review the topic of genetics and get more acquainted with some of the new information, this book suddenly appeared. It is a simple but fairly comprehensive book on one of the most amazing discoveries of the last 150 years. […]
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If anyone has any doubts about the ridiculously litigious climate in which we live, the news is full of examples, such as the fast-food companies being sued for making people too fat or the theme-park that was sued because their haunted house was too scary and caused a woman to incur severe “emotional distress.” In […]
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In every industry, there are always those who seek to position themselves as the keepers of the nomenclature. Everybody else wonders what all the fuss is about. Granted, what’s in a name?
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As I wrote in previous posts, the technical side of the electronic medical records (EMR) implementation process, namely which EMR system to use, is probably the least critical component. The most important things are ultimately related to the people side or what is known as ‘change management’. For EMR, this boils down to the implementation […]
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We’ve all heard the proverb, “He who fails to plan, plans to fail.” This is certainly the case in the majority of failed electronic medical records (EMR) implementations, and usually the physicians/ administrators/ owners (circle your choice) bear the responsibility. Since this may well be the most difficult (and expensive) project your medical practice will […]
