The Department of Health and Human Services recently named Lyfechannel’s myfamily app as the winner of its Healthfinder.gov Mobile App Challenge. The challenge, sponsored by HHS’ Office of Disease Prevention and Health
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Utah’s Department of Health has reported its second data breach within the past year. This incident involved the personal information of approximately 6,000 Medicaid patients. On January 10th, an employee
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The multi-agency Medicare Fraud Strike Force charged 91 people for allegedly participating in schemes amounting to almost $430 million in Medicare fraud. The second such major raid by the government
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San Francisco-based McKesson Corp. has announced plans to acquire MED3000, a developer of physician group management, billing, and revenue cycle tools based in Pittsburgh. This comes a week after McKesson
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The University of Miami Hospital (UMH) has disclosed that two employees were accessing patients’ personal information inappropriately and may have sold it to a third party. According to officials at
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A recent survey found that 96 percent of medical practices are concerned about the potential impact of the transition to ICD-10, now scheduled for October 1, 2014. At the same
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a one-year delay to the compliance date for the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. The new code sets, used to classify
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The Department of Health and Human Services this week announced a new rule designed to cut red tape and save money. In conjunction with another regulation issued earlier this year,
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it is making up to $275 million available to states to improve the quality and affordability of their healthcare
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The American Medical Association (AMA) announced yesterday that it has formed an alliance with over 60 organizations to help physicians better utilize payer-provided data reports. The AMA created the Guidelines
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