Archives for January 2013
20 Best Practices for Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions08 Jan 2013
The current healthcare environment is creating one of the most active hospital and health system consolidation markets in decades. This... Continue Reading
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Population Health Management is a Two-Way Street: Encouraging Patient Engagement08 Jan 2013
Under CMS’ Readmissions Reduction Program, hospitals will be financially penalized for having high readmission rates for heart attack, heart failure... Continue Reading
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De-Identifying Protected Health Information: OCR Issues Long-Awaited Guidance08 Jan 2013
The HIPAA Privacy Rule is intended to protect individually identifiable health information by limiting its use and disclosure. But the... Continue Reading
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Late Action to Avert “Fiscal Cliff” Includes Several Health Policy Changes08 Jan 2013
As was widely expected over the month of December, the Obama Administration and Congress scrambled in the late hours of... Continue Reading
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First HIPAA Breach Settlement Involving Less Than 500 Patients Announced08 Jan 2013
ALL PROVIDERS ARE OFFICIALLY ON NOTICE. In a move that signals just how seriously the federal government is taking its... Continue Reading
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First OCR Resolution for Data Breach Involving Less than 500 Patients: No Breach is “Too Small”08 Jan 2013
The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reached its first settlement for a breach involving data regarding... Continue Reading
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Hospitals Add Nearly 12k Jobs in December08 Jan 2013
Hospitals and health systems added 11,700 jobs in December 2012, bringing total hospital employment to more than 4.86 million jobs,... Continue Reading
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Lexmark Reports on Acquisition of Acuo Technologies [Professional Services … – Equities.com08 Jan 2013
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January 08, 2013-20 Best Practices for Healthcare Mergers & Acquisitions08 Jan 2013
Tuesday January 8, 2013 Home | Subscribe Provider Advisory Weekly Top Stories 3 Simple Ways Hospitals Can Engage Patients in... Continue Reading
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Copying common in electronic medical records: study – Reuters08 Jan 2013
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