Monday, October 28, 2013

Patients in Miami Being Treated for Dementia?

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Researchers find that a higher proportion of seniors are prescribed antidepressants, dementia drugs, and other medications in some part...

Shared Decision Making, reducing the cost of care through innovation

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Study demonstrates how Shared Decision Making-based health coaching dramatically reduces the overall costs of care, hospitalizations, and...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

HEDIS ICD-10 Recommendations Are Ready For Review

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ICD-9-CM is an official classification system that practitioners currently use to code diagnoses and procedures on health care claim for...

Meaningful Use Quick Reference Grids for 2014 from ONC

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Almost 2 years ago, ONC  released meaningful use quick reference grids  to capture—in one place—how meaningful use Stage 1 objectives and ...

Health Facilities in California, Texas Report Health Data Breaches

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013 Two recent data breaches involving stolen laptops in California and Texas have compromised the personal da...

Government Recovers $20 for Every Dollar Spent on Health-Care FCA Cases, Report Says

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By  James Swann    Oct. 22 --The federal government gets $20 back for every dollar invested in False Claims Act health-care fraud cases,...

Universal American, GTCR sue each other over healthcare deal

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(Reuters) - Healthcare benefits provider Universal American Corp ( UAM.N ) sued private equity firm GTCR LLC on Tuesday to undo a $222.3 m...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Physician Self Referrals May Be Cut By Bill To Narrow Stark

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Submitted by  brad@physiciansnews.com  on October 22, 2013 – 2:16 pm By Neil W. Hoffman and H. Carol Saul The federal physician sel...

Sugar Land physician sentenced to federal prison for diagnostic testing scam

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Submitted U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas | Posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 1:57 pm Donald Gibson, II, 57, o...

Omnicare agrees to settle kickback case for $120M

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CINCINNATI (AP) —  Omnicare Inc. , the nation's biggest dispenser of prescription drugs in nursing homes, said Wednesday it will pay $...

Pennsylvania Doctors Allowed to Say “I’m Sorry”

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Submitted by   brad@physiciansnews.com   on October 22, 2013 – 8:11 pm By Brad Broker “I’m sorry.” Those are very powerful words,...

Justice Department announces $12 million health-care fraud settlement with mail-order diabetic supply company, owners

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The Justice Department on Tuesday announced a $12 million settlement with a mail-order diabetic supply company and its owners who have ag...

States' Refusal To Expand Medicaid May Leave Millions Uninsured

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Originally published on Wed October 23, 2013 3:47 am By   Julie Rovner Enlarge image Credit  Joe Raedle / Getty Images Pro...