Business of Medicine
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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...
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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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One clinic at a time: Kentucky doctor works to change opioid prescribing
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Hawaii healthiest U.S. state in 2015, North Carolina most improved
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President Obama calls for ‘moon shot’ to cure cancer
Managing Your Practice
EPLI
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CMS: End of meaningful use imminent in 2016
Meaningful use will be phased out this year. What will replace it? CMS says physicians should stay tuned for more announcements to come about...