Tag Archive | United States
Medicare Fraud Costs Taxpayers $60 Billion Per Year
by Patrice Sarath It sometimes seems that there are plenty of businesses in the health care industry based on one strategy – defrauding Medicare. For proof, check out the reams of news reports of home healthcare providers, chiropractors, nursing home operators, hospitals, and other health care businesses that have pleaded guilty to or are under […]
Wal-Mart Plans Ambitious Expansion Into Medical Care
by Julie Appleby and Sarah Varney EnlargeEric Risberg/APA trip to the local Wal-Mart, like this one in Oakland, Calif., could soon mean one less stop at the doctor’s office. Updated at 2:52 p.m. ET: Wal-Mart issued a statement Wednesday saying its request for partners to provide primary care services was “overwritten and incorrect.” The firm […]
Electronic health records save money but pose privacy risks, says Pamplin business law professor
BLACKSBURG, Va. – Electronic health records can potentially save billions of dollars in health care costs and increase patient safety, but have considerable risks to individual privacy in the United States, more so than the European Union, says a new study co-authored by Pamplin College of Business professor Janine Hiller. Janine Hiller “EU countries have […]
Surescripts Announces That Majority of Doctors in U.S. Now Use E-Prescribing
Annual 1-50 Ranking of States Based on E-Prescribing Use Shows Nationwide Growth of E-Prescribing; Safe-Rx Awards Salute Top E-Prescribing States, Detail Progress Across All ARLINGTON, VA–(Marketwire – Nov 9, 2011) – Surescripts today announced that over 52 percent of office-based doctors now use e-prescribing. The announcement was made over Twitter as part of a nationwide […]
Are There Privacy Impediments to Payers and Providers Joining Forces?
By Bruce Merlin Fried and Rebecca Fayed In recent months, the line between health care providers and payers has become more and more gray. With rising frequency, health plans purchase physician groups, physician groups increasingly bear risk and, under the banner of accountable care organizations, a growing spectrum of delivery systems with insurance licenses begins […]
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