The Antitrust Headache: What ACOs, AT&T and Blue Cross have in Common So what exactly do a nation-wide health insurer and the second (potentially now first) largest U.S. wireless provider have in common? Upcoming battles over the antitrust implications of their actions and a...
Meaningful Use Missing for Behavioral/Mental Health
Meaningful Use Missing for Behavioral/Mental Health As Meaningful Use participation kicks off this year, eligible health care providers and facilities are scrambling to make sure they will qualify for the incentive payments being shelled out by the Medicare and Medicai EHR Incentive...
CVS in the HIPAA Spotlight…Again.
CVS in the HIPAA Spotlight…Again. On March 7, CVS Caremark (CVS) hit the HIPAA spotlight again, and not in a good way. Back in 2009, CVS was the target of a joint U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Offices for Civil Rights (OCR) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC)...
FTC & Attorney General Launch Inquiry into a Nevada ACO
FTC & Attorney General Launch Inquiry into a Nevada ACO ModernHealthcare.com is reporting that the Nevada Attorney General’s office and the Federal Trade Commission have launched an inquiry into a patient-care collaboration between Reno-based Renown Health and a local cardiology...
For Lack of a Proper “Print” Function – The Difficulties in Responding to Subpoenas to Produce the EHR
For Lack of a Proper “Print” Function – The Difficulties in Responding to Subpoenas to Produce the EHR Prepared by Krystyna H. Nowik, Esq. As the use of electronic health records (EHRs) and participation in health information exchanges (HIEs) expands, so does their appearance in court. ...
NJ ACO Pilot Bill Approved by Senate Budget and Appropriations
NJ ACO Pilot Bill Approved by Senate Budget and Appropriations See prior Legal HIE post “NJ ACOs, will they fly?” NEWS RELEASE Reprinted from: http://www.njsendems.com/release.asp?rid=3846 For Release: ImmediateThursday, March 03, 2011 Contact: Jason Butkowski(609) 292-5215 TRENTON – A...