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According to an article on JD Supra Business Advisor, “two companies were hit with fines equaling a total of almost $2 million to settle alleged Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations involving stolen, unencrypted laptops, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on Tuesday.” One […]
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[Guest Post: Millie Whitehead] Most people go to the hospital to improve their health. They expect to get a new injury or illness. Unfortunately, thousands of people in the UK suffer injuries, contract illnesses and even die in hospitals each year. The medical community has taken multiple steps to improve the quality of care, but […]
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Who: MedCityNews.com What: Providers are now having trouble with interoperability and conversions of data.The majority of physician offices have implemented EHRs, but they must now communicate with other entities such as HIEs and ACOs. With the increase in mergers and acquisitions, we are also seeing an increased demand for conversions from one system to another. […]
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Who: BostonHerald.com What: President Barack Obama’s budget next week will steer clear of major cuts to Medicaid, including tens of billions in reductions to the health care plan for the poor that the administration had proposed only last year. The president’s budget is to be released next Wednesday. Perhaps half the nearly 30 million people […]
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Who: BeckersHospitalReview.com What: In a webinar on April 3, Scott Becker, JD, CPA, publisher of Becker’s Healthcare and partner with McGuireWoods in Chicago, moderated a panel discussion with five healthcare leaders. Together, the panel hashed out some of the biggest trends that have emerged today within hospital finance, outsourcing and transactions: 1. The merger climate […]
