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We know from reading Medical Practice Compliance Alert that the OIG is actively seeking billing errors and raking in the big cash settlements as a result. Now, even a syringe can trigger a multi-million dollar settlement.
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In time for vacation season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have revamped their “travelers’ health” website to include clinician and patient travel checklists.
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The attorneys general for 22 states and Guam have written a letter to Urban Outfitters asking that the company pull its “Prescription Line” from shelves.
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A disabled firewall left the data of 17,500 Idaho State University Pocatello Family Medicine Clinic patients unsecured for 10 months. Now, it’s led to a $400,000 settlement with HHS.
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Citing “ridiculous” ICD-10 diagnosis codes and the administrative burden of adopting them, a pair of bills introduced recently in the House and Senate would halt implementation of the ICD-10 code set and require a government study instead.
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Is heart disease getting a bum rap in the United States? So says researchers who find that over reporting heart disease as a cause of death is common in American hospitals.
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Most hospitals already have disaster plans in place that anticipate a surge of patients, but they should also remember to plan for people who just show up looking for safe refuge.
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Effects of economizing Medicare changes that include a home health copayment may not be big enough to outweigh vigorous opposition, a first House hearing on possible ways to overhaul Medicare suggests.
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