11.19.14
The TCPA prohibits calls and text messages (collectively referred to as “calls”)2 from being transmitted to a consumer’s mobile device using an autodialer, as well as prerecorded messages from being placed on landlines, without the recipient’s prior consent.
10.22.14
Ever since before the U.S. Supreme Court declared the ACA constitutional two years ago, healthcare executives have been busy re-creating their businesses as if their livelihoods depend on it—which they do.
10.15.14
HIPAA is the principal federal law regulating health information privacy. It applies to Covered Entities, which broadly consist of healthcare providers, health insurers and healthcare clearinghouses.
09.23.14
Patients are using the Internet, personal health records (PHRs) and mobile applications or “apps” to collect and manage personal health information. Many are seeking to share this information with their healthcare providers and clinical care teams to achieve health goals. At the same ...
08.26.14
Disruptive trends in the healthcare system will force companies to change their strategies. With new care models emerging, breakthrough technologies launching and value taking center stage, “business as usual” is no longer an option.
07.22.14
While providers are showing great interest in creating ACOs to participate in the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), they are showing even greater enthusiasm for organizing ACOs to contract with private insurers.
06.23.14
Recognizing the potential long-term value of EHRs for improving care and reducing costs, many hospitals considered offering physicians financial support to purchase EHR software and related health IT items and services.
05.22.14
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has brought the most sweeping changes to the healthcare delivery and payment systems in the United States since at least the Medicare Act of 1965, and probably even before that.
04.23.14
Rising healthcare costs and declining reimbursements have placed immense pressure on providers and health systems to manage the health and costs of the populations they serve more effectively.
04.11.14
On April 2, 2014, the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG or the Agency) released its Medicaid Work Plan (the Work Plan) for federal fiscal year 2014.
