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CMS releases applications, instructions for 2015 meaningful use hardship exemptions
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Patient records requests: New regs clarify physician responsibilities
Physicians are now required under HIPAA to fulfill patient requests for records. Here’s what you need to do to comply with the new federal...
Blog
Investigating Isotretinoin Inconsistencies
In a JAMA Dermatology article published online on December 2, Lee et al challenged the commonly held belief that laboratory studies should...
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CMS: IT changes are coming, but not here yet
“The approach to meaningful use under MACRA won’t happen overnight,” according to CMS leaders. “We encourage you to look for the MACRA regulations...
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DME: New prior authorization requirements could up the ‘hassle factor’
Experts recommend knowing what durable medical equipment you routinely prescribe and learning now what documentation suppliers will need. Also,...
Law & Medicine
Law & Medicine: Health care costs and defensive medicine
How widespread is the practice of defensive medicine among U.S. physicians, and what effect does it have on the nation’s health care costs?
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Alternative payment models: MedPAC says keep it simple
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Microbead ban could impede nanomaterial development
Environmentalists are cheering a new law that phases out the use of microbeads in personal care products beginning in July 2017, but despite an...