Legal & Regulatory Issues

The Health Information Management field is constantly evolving. Industry changes are vast and vary from the implementation of electronic health records to an increased focus on protected health information. Yet, they share a common theme — information technology is now…

The healthcare reform law is major reason why Republican candidates are expected to win a high percentage of competitive House districts in the upcoming elections, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Health policy analysts predict a 73 percent chance that the individual mandate requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be modified, stalled or repealed if Republicans gain a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to…

Rand Paul, MD, the Kentucky GOP candidate for senator known for speaking his mind, has come out against a popular provision of the healthcare reform law that will bar insurers from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions, according to a report…

Physicians are dissatisfied with Medicare reimbursement, though they show little consensus for major proposals to reform, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

The University of California has launched the Center for Health Quality and Innovation to support innovations at the UC health campuses and link the various campus's efforts, according to a UC news release.

Republican senators are vowing to continually introduce bills to repeal or defund the healthcare reform law, even as they acknowledge these efforts won't have much chance of success, according to a report by the Hill.

The Social Media Health Network, a service of Mayo Clinic’s Center for Social Media, launched yesterday, according to Lee Aase, manager of syndication and social media for Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

After opening its new cardiovascular center last week, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (Mich.) has scaled down its proton beam therapy center  plans from $159 million to $75 million, according to a Detroit News report.

Republican leaders are split over repealing or restructuring the healthcare reform law, according to a report by the Hill.