The ICD-10 delay has caused many providers to either slow down or suspend their preparation efforts, according to a new survey from the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange.
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Healthcare organizations rely on clinicians to maintain HIPAA compliance and adapt to any future regulatory changes. Find out what defines a compliant clinician and how certain traits can keep your healthcare organization HIPAA compliant no matter what. Download the…
It’s been a year since the HIPAA Omnibus changes, and many healthcare organizations were audited as a result. Find out the most common ways to navigate safely through a HIPAA audit and keep your organization prepared. Download this brief…
The following is a roundup of recently reported healthcare industry lawsuits, lawsuit updates and settlements, beginning with the most recent.
U.S. District Judge Kevin Sharp has held Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America must face a shareholder class-action lawsuit for allegedly concealing negative financial information from investors before its $4.35 billion initial public offering in March 2011, according to a…
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Banks Jackson Commerce (Ga.) Medical Center and a cardiologist, Narasimhulu Neelagaru, MD, have agreed to pay more than $500,000 to resolve alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, according to the Department of Justice.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid is seeking volunteer organizations for ICD-10 end-to-end testing scheduled to begin in January 2015, according to a HealthData Management report.
Physician groups, hospitals and coding support companies have been gearing up to address the many changes required to meet the challenges of the upcoming conversion to ICD-10-CM/PCS. A recent poll of both large and small providers shows that the successful…
A unanimous three-judge panel from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago has dismissed a lawsuit brought by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons challenging the delay of the employer mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care…
In August, a final rule from HHS officially confirmed Oct. 1, 2015 will be the compliance deadline for U.S. healthcare providers to begin using the ICD-10 coding system.