Compliance & Legal

Aug 15 | Jeff Lagasse

Majority of providers fall short of compliance with HIPAA access requirements

The primary reason for noncompliance was that most providers don't send records electronically even when so…

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Aug 09 | Susan Morse

Allscripts pays $145 million to settle Practice Fusion civil and criminal investigation

Despite reporting strong second quarter bookings increases of 31% over the previous year, Allscripts…

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Jul 30 | Jeff Lagasse

FTC's $5 billion penalty for Facebook security lapses includes new health privacy restrictions

The fine is the largest ever imposed on any company for violating consumers' privacy,…

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Jul 30 | Susan Morse

Healthcare's number one financial issue is cybersecurity

The cost of a healthcare breach is about $408 per patient record and that doesn't include the loss of business, productivity and…

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Jul 09 | Susan Morse

Affordable Care Act gets day in court

Appeals court scheduled to hear oral arguments, with no immediate decision expected.

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Jul 09 | Laura Lovett

Precision healthcare startup GNS lands $23M from Cigna Ventures

Amgen Ventures, Celegene, Echo Health Ventures, Alexandria Venture Investments and Gary Loveman also participated.

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is among Republicans arguing against the constitutionality of the ACA.

Jul 03 | Susan Morse

Affordable Care Act heads to appeals court on Tuesday

The federal court declined a request by Republicans for more time; Briefs are to be filed by end-of-day Friday.

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Jun 28 | Jeff Lagasse

Nonprofit hospitals in Virginia garnish wages more often than for-profit hospitals, yielding only small payoffs

More than 70% of Virginia hospitals that garnish wages are nonprofit, and the…

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Jun 26 | Susan Morse

AMA files lawsuit to block law forcing physicians to give scripted information regarding abortion

North Dakota and eight other states have passed laws requiring providers to tell patients…

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Jun 25 | Mike Miliard

EHRA to CMS on IPPS rules: focus 'high-value' measures, keep 90-day reporting

The HIMSS EHR Association tells the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that the Promoting…

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