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Key Developments
HHS Launches New Tool to Help Providers Protect Patient Data in Mobile Devices
Posted on December 14, 2012
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has launched a new education initiative, called: "Mobile Devices: Know the Risks. Take the Steps. Protect and Secure Health Information." The... Read More >
New Guidance from HHS Office of Civil Rights on De-Identifying Patient Information
Posted on November 28, 2012
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has just issued new guidance on how covered entities might meet the patient information de-... Read More >
Recent Federal RFCs on Exchange Plan Quality and Meaningful Use Stage 3 Recommendations
Posted on November 27, 2012
On Nov. 26, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology’s Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC), which advises the government on its electronic health record... Read More >
CMS Releases Final Rule on EHR Incentive Programs - Stage 2 (Meaningful Use)
Posted on August 23, 2012
On August 23, 2012, CMS released the final rule governing Stage 2 of the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. These programs were authorized by the HITECH... Read More >
Obama Administration Announces Ground-breaking Public-Private Partnership to Prevent Health Care Fraud
Posted on August 2, 2012
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Attorney General Eric Holder announced a new initiative to prevent health care fraud. This new arrangement allows state officials to... Read More >
Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule, DME Face to Face Encounters, Elimination of the Requirement for Termination of Non-Random Prepayment Complex Medical Review and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2013
Posted on July 31, 2012
This proposed rule would update the payment rates under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for Part B drugs and other Part B services based on national uniform relative value units (RVUs). The... Read More >
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