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Alaska Medicaid and OCR Reach Seven-Figure Settlement Over Stolen Device; What HIPAA Covered Entities Can Learn10 Jul 2012
By M. Daria Niewenhous on July 6th, 2012 The recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforcement action against Alaska’s Medicaid program provides... Continue Reading
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Rural Indiana hospital adopts Direct messaging technology10 Jul 2012
July 09, 2012 | Erin McCann, Associate Editor DECATUR, IN – A rural Indiana hospital has taken the next step in... Continue Reading
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CPCA partners with Arcadia to speed PCMH recognition10 Jul 2012
July 09, 2012 | Mike Miliard, Managing Editor SACRAMENTO, CA – California Primary Care Association has partnered with Burlington, Mass.-based... Continue Reading
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Feds rank Texas worst healthcare provider10 Jul 2012
By Todd Ackerman and Alexa Walczak on Thursday, July 5, 2012 Texas ranked dead last in the federal government’s latest... Continue Reading
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How Bundled Payments Pay Off in Joint-replacement10 Jul 2012
Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, July 9, 2012 Before they met with vendors of joint surgery devices several years ago,... Continue Reading
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Doctors Differ In Diagnosing Supreme Court Ruling10 Jul 2012
Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, July 5, 2012 Physicians opposed to healthcare reform may feel like they’re caught in a... Continue Reading
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Solo Physician Practice Recruiting Dwindling10 Jul 2012
If trends hold true, there will be a time in the near future when the only place to find a... Continue Reading
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Docs who used EHRs showed lower malpractice claims03 Jul 2012
BOSTON – A study by Harvard Medical School researchers, published Monday in the Archives of Internal Medicine, showed that Massachusetts... Continue Reading
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New funding on tap for health insurance exchanges03 Jul 2012
WASHINGTON – On the heels of the Supreme Court ruling that upholds the health reform law, Health and Human Services... Continue Reading
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U.S. will need 5.6 million more healthcare workers by 202003 Jul 2012
WASHINGTON – The healthcare economy is expected to grow at twice the rate of the national economy between now and... Continue Reading
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