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’Mystery shoppers’ to monitor access to docs
Alarmed by a shortage of primary care doctors, Obama administration officials are recruiting a team of "mystery...
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...
What's the best way to deal with sleep-deprived surgeons?
No one disagrees that sleep deprivation hurts physicians' performance. The question is what to do about it. Two very...
Key healthcare provisions take effect as GOP moves into House
Key parts of the new healthcare law will go into effect on Jan. 1, just before a Republican-controlled House returns...
Web Exclusive: Hospitals Responsible for Physicians' Bad Behavior
If a physician is in hot water, so is the related hospital, even when the physician is not a direct employee. Medical...
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: 5 Tips for Avoiding Diagnostic Errors
One in 10 medical diagnoses may be wrong. Doctors are missing an enormous opportunity to save lives, prolong or...
’Octomom’ doctor faces more allegations
The Medical Board of California has accused the Beverly Hills fertility doctor who treated octuplets mother Nadya...
Web Exclusive: A Shameful Silence Over Physician Exams
Christine K. Cassel, MD, president and CEO of the American Board of Internal Medicine, is "sickened and...
Organization pushes for "maintenance of licensure"
The Federation of State Medical Boards is working on a policy that would require physicians to demonstrate their...

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