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Credit cards FAQ
How do you safeguard the credit information you keep on file? The same way we do medical information; it's all covered by the same HIPAA rules.
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Sweeping reductions to documentation included in Medicare fee schedule proposal
E&M changes alone could save you 51 hours a year, CMS officials estimate.
Opinion
Countdown to launch: Health care IT primed for disruption
Expect for-profit innovators to step into the gap between what physicians expect of EHRs and what the software delivers. Think it can’t happen?...
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What might Kavanaugh confirmation mean for ACA, abortion access?
Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Trump on July 9.
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CMS holds ACA risk adjustment payments following legal ruling
The CMS filed a motion to reconsider following the New Mexico verdict, a hearing of which was held June 21.
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Drug price transparency laws gain ground
At least eight states have passed laws to expose questionable pricing of prescription drugs, but critics say the measures don’t go far enough.
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GOP Doctors Caucus seeks lower MIPS threshold
Lawmakers say too many physicians are excluded from the program under the current rules.
Opinion
Damned documentation
Maybe little kids who used to dream of being firefighters will start to dream that they'll be file clerks with big red hats.
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Despite U.S. court’s ruling, Medicaid work requirements advance in other states
The fallout from the federal court ruling June 29 that struck down the Medicaid work requirement in Kentucky was swift.
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Is the pay-to-publish movement a good thing?
Is it me, or is anyone else worried about the online, pay-to-publish movement sweeping science?
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Cost led to missed care for 4.5% of Americans in 2017
Steady decline in national rate appears to have halted.