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Web Exclusive: Are Your Business Associates Accountable for HIPAA Compliance?
HITECH intends to beef up HIPAA compliance among business associates that handle personal health information. But is...
Former Danbury Hospital CFO pleads guilty to wire fraud charge
William Roe, the former CEO of Danbury Hospital arrested in August and charged with defrauding the hospital out of...
OIG to monitor Medicare, Medicaid IT upgrades, incentives
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services prepares to upgrade its computer systems and begins to award...
Web Exclusive: Charged Up About Chargemaster Automation
If there’s one area you cannot afford to take your eyes off, it’s the chargemaster. With every revenue...
Web Exclusive: HIPAA Compliance Requires Coding, Processes Update
As the deadline for HIPAA 5010 compliance approaches—requiring migration from ICD-9 to ICD-10—the big...
Web Exclusive: CMS: Healthcare Spending to Increase Over Next Decade
Healthcare spending nationwide appears not to be slowing down as much as initially anticipated since healthcare...
Web Exclusive: IRS Releases Healthcare Tax Credit Form
The Internal Revenue Service has released a draft form for small businesses and tax-exempt organizations to calculate...
Web Exclusive: Healthcare M&As To Face Greater Scrutiny?
Consolidation in the healthcare industry has begun to attract the attention of anti-trust officials, journalists, and...
Limited training among some cosmetic surgery doctors worries FL officials
A Tampa doctor accused of allowing unlicensed assistants to perform liposuction should have his license suspended for a...
Hospital settles alleged ADA violation
Southern New Hampshire Medical Center has agreed to pay hearing-impaired patient Kenton Hermans $5,000 and to implement...

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