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Emergency Call for Comment on CMS’s proposed MACRA RULES Posted on May 18, 2016 I read the entire ACA in 2010, every word of MACRA last year, and the 962 pages of proposed MACRA rules over the last few weeks. The proposed rules are clearly Obama and...

In the world of cybersecurity the healthcare industry is under siege. A Google search for ” healthcare breach ” now yields about 28,000,000 results, where a Google news search returns 100,000 news articles. Stolen healthcare insurance credentials are...

In our ongoing series on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), we have examined provisions of this sweeping act and what types of medical practices and ancillary businesses are affected. If your business relates in...

On January 13, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administrative Law Judge upheld the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR’s) civil monetary penalty (CMP) against Lincare, Inc., d/b/a United Medical (Lincare), for $239,800 in an appeal of OCR...

Don’t be surprised to see Jason Pierre-Paul sue the hospital and his doctors, says Dr. David Samadi. Could a tweet lead to a HIPAA violation? Last night, reports shocked the New York Giants and everyone who follows them with the release of news that...