HealthLeadersMedia | December 14 - A senior official with the Office for Civil Rights said Tuesday that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy and security rule enforcer plans to release final rules regarding the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health...
The Wall Street Journal | December 13 - The reactions to Judge Henry Hudson’s ruling striking down a key portion of the health-care law are coming in fast and furious. (Click here for our earlier post on the ruling; here for
A smattering from around the blogosphere...
HealthLeadersMedia | December 13 - Most hospitals lose money on Medicare. It typically only reimburses 85% to 90% of costs, and it usually takes cost shifting to private plans for a hospital to stay in the black. The equation looks like this: Take the (hopefully) positive...
ModernHealthcare | December 13 - All eyes moved to the U.S. Supreme Court following a Virginia-based federal judge's decision that Congress lacks constitutional authority to force Americans to purchase health insurance.
Both sides in the case and even U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson in his ruling...
Diagnostic Imaging | December 13 - As new approaches to health information technology and evidence-based medicine affect payment methodologies, it’s time for radiologists to rethink their clinical practices and business strategies. Radiology will be affected not only because it reaches across the full spectrum of healthcare...
