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� Medical groups fear ACA grace period will lead to unpaid claims - Sept. 2, 2013
� Brief: Medical practice managers seek EHR penalty moratorium in 2015 - Sept. 2, 2013
� Brief: Drug compounding company issues sterile products recall - Aug. 26, 2013
� Doctors shortchanged by insurers’ shift to credit card payments - Aug. 26, 2013
� Column: Deadline looms on updating HIPAA privacy materials - Aug. 26, 2013
� Brief: HHS health IT chief to step down - Aug. 19, 2013
� CMS mulls how to unseal Medicare doctor pay data - Aug. 19, 2013
� Medicare sticks to clock-watching on hospital observation policy - Aug. 19, 2013
� Data breach insurance goes mainstream in health care - Aug. 19, 2013
� Brief: Advanced practice nurses want in on insurance exchange plans - Aug. 12, 2013
� Significant mobile health growth predicted in next 4 years - Aug. 12, 2013
� Some primary care doctors still lack 2013 Medicaid pay boost - Aug. 12, 2013
� Column: Picking your best option for patient interpretation services - Aug. 5, 2013
� AMA pushes for more accurate Medicare Physician Compare - Aug. 5, 2013
� Brief: CMS places 6-month home health moratorium on Chicago, Miami - Aug. 5, 2013
� Health, fitness apps pose HIPAA risks for doctors - Aug. 5, 2013
� FDA turns harsh light on menthol cigarettes to snuff them out - Aug. 5, 2013
� Doctors, hospitals unite to improve meaningful use stage 2 - Aug. 5, 2013
� Bill would prevent ACA from ending doctors' insurance contracts - Aug. 2, 2013
� Letter: When proctoring pay makes the list, the Sunshine Act goes too far - July 29, 2013
� Brief: Sunshine Act phone app available for physicians - July 29, 2013
� Health data breaches usually aren’t accidents anymore - July 29, 2013
� Brief: FDA takes action against fake pharmacies - July 29, 2013
� Advance pay ACOs: A down payment on Medicare's future - July 29, 2013
� Brief: Medicare delays face-to-face rule for ordering DME - July 22, 2013
� Brief: Medicare proposes dialysis pay cut - July 22, 2013
� Multimedia: Medicare PQRS by specialty and state - July 15, 2013
� Brief: OIG: $540 million in Medicare overpayments is not recoverable - July 15, 2013
� Brief: Medicare won’t cover PET scans for dementia screenings - July 15, 2013
� Medicare physician quality reporting: Tale of the tape - July 15, 2013
� ACA employer mandate delay may mean more patients in exchanges - July 15, 2013
� Medicare RAC audits under Senate scrutiny - July 8, 2013
� Medicare Physician Compare website undergoes overhaul - July 8, 2013
� Connected Coverage: A high-impact year for doctors at the high court - July 8, 2013
� Brief: Patient can’t sue generic drugmaker over labeling — high court - July 8, 2013
� Brief: New flu vaccine safe for people with egg allergies - July 8, 2013
� Medicare doctor pay data release could be in next SGR bill - July 1, 2013
� Brief: Prescription drug monitoring database records leaked - July 1, 2013
� News More oversight seen as needed for compounding pharmacies - July 1, 2013
� News Insurer report card points to patient collection hassles - July 1, 2013
� Half of physicians report they aren't their own boss - July 1, 2013
� Drug pay-for-delay deals declared fair game for FTC lawsuits - June 24, 2013
� Doctor safe harbor on free hospital EHRs nears expiration - June 24, 2013
� Congress prods agencies to get aggressive on drug diversion - June 24, 2013
� Brief: New rules toughen evidence for medical guideline recommendations - June 24, 2013
� Brief: CMS: Medicare cancer drug pay not spared from sequestration - June 24, 2013
� Brief: $1 billion could be saved on Medicare lab tests, OIG finds - June 24, 2013
� Project tallies lifetime radiation from health scans - June 24, 2013
� Brief: Medicare enlists patients to report fraud - June 17, 2013
� Brief: White House drops appeal on Plan B contraceptive access - June 17, 2013
� House bill would stop EHR penalties for more medical practices - June 17, 2013
� Ruling jeopardizes authority of state medical boards - June 17, 2013
� Brief: Costs dip to make Medicare cards more secure - June 10, 2013
� Brief: Compounding firm’s steroid injections cause infection outbreak - June 10, 2013
� Letter: Fatal EHR flaw — little thought given to physician users - June 10, 2013
� SGR pay cuts play spoiler to optimistic Medicare forecast - June 10, 2013
� Brief: Disabled doctors can use stamped signature for Medicare - June 3, 2013
� Brief: EHR adoption rate exceeds HHS expectations - June 3, 2013
� CMS takes second look at Medicaid hospital pay cuts - June 3, 2013
� Politics may give HHS chief control of Medicare IPAB - June 3, 2013
� Appeals court to decide if Plan B can be sold to all ages - May 27, 2013
� Brief: Medicare 2014 e-Rx penalty deadline nears - May 27, 2013
� Column: Improvements needed for reports on industry gifts to doctors - May 27, 2013
� Physicians sound an urgent call to retool stage 2 EHR program - May 27, 2013
� The toll of Medicare's unfunded mandates - May 27, 2013
� Paper-only prescribers become a vanishing breed - May 21, 2013
� Connected Coverage: Medicare's payment carrots turn to sticks - May 20, 2013
� With Medicare posting hospital charges, are doctors next? - May 20, 2013
� States wade into disclosure rules on biosimilars - May 17, 2013
� Senate confirms Tavenner to lead CMS - May 15, 2013
� Column: Many medical practices not ADA accessible despite incentives - May 13, 2013
� Medicare proposes limits on hospital observation stays - May 13, 2013
� Brief: CMS simplifies ACA health insurance application - May 13, 2013
� Brief: No Medicare cuts from IPAB in 2015 - May 13, 2013
� Brief: House bill would stop ICD-10 mandate - May 13, 2013
� Brief: EHR meaningful use success rate reaches nearly 50% - May 13, 2013
� What’s missing from many health apps — medical expertise - May 13, 2013
� 2 EHRs decertified for meaningful use eligibility - May 13, 2013
� CMS: Do EHRs lead to upcoding? - May 13, 2013
� Column: Health data sharing needs an overhaul - May 13, 2013
� Brief: New Medicare ordering and referring policy delayed - May 6, 2013
� Brief: ACA penalty might not motivate the uninsured - May 6, 2013
� AMA: Drug company gift reports need physician comments - May 6, 2013
� Brief: Many smaller hospitals not ready for ICD-10 - May 6, 2013
� Medical practice action plan: Overcome regulation overload - May 6, 2013
� Medicare incentives seen as crucial to coordinated EHRs - May 6, 2013
� Misreading HIPAA privacy law blocks mental health discussions - May 3, 2013
� Doctors troubled by FTC's role in scope-of-practice issues - April 29, 2013
� Brief: FDA bans crushable generic OxyContin - April 29, 2013
� Last chance for quality reporting before Medicare penalty kicks in - April 29, 2013
� Brief: High court refuses to consider graphic cigarette warnings - April 29, 2013
� GOP lawmakers fault FDA for fatal drug compounding incident - April 29, 2013
� Medical system largely unprepared for privacy breaches - April 29, 2013
� Goodwill likely to break long deadlock on CMS chief - April 22, 2013
� GOP probes ACA insurance exchange “navigator” grants - April 22, 2013
� Brief: More employers plan to keep offering insurance under ACA - April 22, 2013
� Brief: AMA online seminar to cover Sunshine Act’s impact on doctors - April 22, 2013
� CMS, in a switch, starts prepayment meaningful use audits - April 15, 2013
� Brief: ONC launches state meaningful use challenge - April 15, 2013
� Brief: AMA reaffirms support for Medicare private contracting - April 15, 2013
� Brief: DEA backs tighter labeling for opioids - April 8, 2013
� Brief: ONC seeks comments on health IT strategic plan - April 8, 2013
� Working poor lose round in Medicaid court fight - April 1, 2013
� Hospital interest in acquiring physician practices grows - April 1, 2013
� Brief: FDA video stresses safe use of acetaminophen - April 1, 2013
� AMA pushes for better insurance exchange networks - March 29, 2013
� Individual health plans failing to meet ACA benefit standards - March 26, 2013
� Brief: FDA: Common antibiotic can have deadly side effect - March 25, 2013
� Brief: Half of states get insurance exchange green light - March 25, 2013
� Doctor-pharma ties defended on eve of pay reporting mandate - March 25, 2013
� Brief: FDA says “latex free” label carries hidden danger - March 18, 2013
� Unenrolled doctors will cause Medicare claims denials starting May 1 - March 18, 2013
� Report rebuts claim that ACA is unfair to young adults - March 18, 2013
� Medicare readmissions drop for 3 high-profile conditions - March 15, 2013
� FDA pushes for drugs that block Alzheimer’s - March 13, 2013
� Clinical integration model gets FTC green light - March 11, 2013
� Primary care still waiting on ACA Medicaid pay raise - March 11, 2013
� High court ruling opens hospital mergers to more scrutiny - March 4, 2013
� CMS: No more delays with move to ICD-10 - March 4, 2013
� Brief: FDA cracks down on fraudulent flu remedies - March 4, 2013
� Mental health minimum benefits bolstered - March 4, 2013
� Blame for medical data breaches often rests outside physician office - March 4, 2013
� ACA health insurance exchange tally shows heavy reliance on federal help - Feb. 25, 2013
� Federal rules eased for opioid addiction treatment drug - Feb. 25, 2013
� Column: Fast could lead to furious over EHR meaningful use - Feb. 18, 2013
� Letter: Death certificates are missing a necessary check box - Feb. 18, 2013
� Brief: Obama again taps Tavenner to head CMS - Feb. 18, 2013
� Brief: School snacks would be healthier under new standards - Feb. 18, 2013
� Brief: EHRs not ready for quality reporting, hospital groups say - Feb. 18, 2013
� Federal health insurance exchanges face uphill battles - Feb. 18, 2013
� Brief: Medicare to expand DME competitive bidding - Feb. 11, 2013
� Public can see pharma payments to doctors starting in 2014 - Feb. 11, 2013
� Brief: Physicians could see tighter controls on hydrocodone - Feb. 11, 2013
� Brief: FDA will not seek Supreme Court review in off-label promotion case - Feb. 11, 2013
� Medicare expands prepayment audits to include office visits - Feb. 4, 2013
� HIPAA gets tougher on physicians - Feb. 4, 2013
� Brief: New vaccine type to be widely available for next flu season - Jan. 28, 2013
� Proposed meaningful use stage 3 criticized as hasty and too strict - Jan. 28, 2013
� Will deferred care follow rise in Medicaid co-pays? - Jan. 28, 2013
� Medicare quality reporting penalty expected to strike most physicians - Jan. 21, 2013
� Doctors gain small foothold in CO-OP insurance before funding stops - Jan. 21, 2013
� Column: Help on avoiding opioid prescribing pitfalls - Jan. 21, 2013
� Brief: FDA advises how to manufacture abuse-resistant pain drugs - Jan. 21, 2013
� Death certificates present final medical complication - Jan. 21, 2013
� Putting a price on the hassle of preauthorization - Jan. 21, 2013
� HHS settles first small data breach case at medical practice - Jan. 15, 2013
� Brief: FDA approves anthrax drug - Jan. 14, 2013
� What's behind uptick in growth of spending on physicians - Jan. 14, 2013
� Cloud-based EHRs create medical privacy risks - Jan. 14, 2013
� Brief: FDA proposes safety standards to prevent foodborne diseases - Jan. 14, 2013
� FDA gives green light to remote monitoring in clinical trial - Jan. 9, 2013
� Brief: EPA sets lower limit on soot - Jan. 7, 2013
� Organized medicine urges CMS to halt ICD-10 switch - Jan. 7, 2013
� Brief: GAO calls for more oversight of Medicaid hospital charity pay - Jan. 7, 2013
� CMS innovation center faulted for wasteful duplication - Jan. 4, 2013
� Demand rises for CME linked to physician quality improvement - Dec. 31, 2012
� ACA tops list of 5 biggest physician concerns for 2013 - Dec. 31, 2012
� Physician practices step up data security budgets - Dec. 31, 2012
� Brief: Hospital employment more attractive to surgeons - Dec. 24, 2012
� Only 18 states and D.C. will run insurance exchanges - Dec. 24, 2012
� Column: Don't become ensnared by physician ACO exclusivity clauses - Dec. 24, 2012
� Physicians push for full Medicaid expansion after HHS all-or-nothing stance - Dec. 24, 2012
� Cut your risk of foodborne illness - Dec. 24, 2012
� Brief: Medical experts ask Obama to delay fracking expansion - Dec. 24, 2012
� Opposition stiffens to ACA’s 2.3% tax on medical devices - Dec. 17, 2012
� Small employers likely to boost self-insured health plan growth - Dec. 17, 2012
� Brief: FDA partners with manufacturers to speed medical device approval - Dec. 17, 2012
� Brief: High court to tackle drug pay-for-delay deals - Dec. 17, 2012
� ACA minimum coverage rule raises drug benefits � and objections - Dec. 3, 2012
� Geographic payment adjustments: Medicare's disputed borders - Nov. 26, 2012
� Physician licenses become collateral damage of immigration law - Nov. 26, 2012
� Health insurance exchanges emerge as red vs. blue - Nov. 26, 2012
� OIG reports Medicare nursing home upcoding - Nov. 21, 2012
� Cases highlight tension between records requests and privacy protections - Nov. 19, 2012
� Physician pay a major unknown despite health reform certainty - Nov. 19, 2012
� Doctors describe pressures driving them from independent practice - Nov. 19, 2012
� Medicaid sets temporary payment increase for primary care - Nov. 12, 2012
� Decisions doctors must make to avoid Medicare penalties - Nov. 12, 2012
� Medicare finalizes physician pay for new care coordination benefit - Nov. 12, 2012
� Discussion: Transparency or suspicion? A wrong turn for reports on financial ties in medicine - Nov. 12, 2012
� Doctors get another chance to avoid Medicare e-prescribing penalty - Nov. 5, 2012
� Biggest obstacles to stage 2 EHR bonuses revealed - Nov. 5, 2012
� Investigation faults handling of Medicare patient data breaches - Oct. 29, 2012
� Wal-Mart gives major boost to domestic medical tourism movement - Oct. 29, 2012
� AMA urges more clarity in gift-reporting rules - Oct. 22, 2012
� Pediatricians petition White House to issue food safety rules - Oct. 22, 2012
� Dietary supplements often lack reliable evidence to support health claims - Oct. 15, 2012
� Small-group plans driving insurance exchange benchmarks - Oct. 15, 2012
� Medicare claims contractor swap renews fears of pay disruptions - Oct. 15, 2012
� Task force seeks breakthrough in developing antibacterial drugs - Oct. 8, 2012
� Wireless health monitoring technology expected to expand - Oct. 2, 2012
� Column: Can a computer game help practices keep data secure? - Oct. 1, 2012
� Medicare Advantage popularity may be short-lived - Oct. 1, 2012
� States probe HHS on partial Medicaid expansion options - Oct. 1, 2012
� Medicare auditor targets E&M services for review - Oct. 1, 2012
� Discussion: Getting ready for ICD-10 - Oct. 1, 2012
� AMA proposes revisions to Medicare hospital observation policy - Sept. 28, 2012
� Large settlement for data breach sends message to lock up laptops and smartphones - Sept. 28, 2012
� CDC health safety network promises more updated information - Sept. 24, 2012
� Stakeholders seek regulatory direction on insurance exchanges - Sept. 21, 2012

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