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Posted : January 17, 2012

Starting a Practice and Surviving

In my years as a consultant I have faced many professio...

Posted : December 1, 2011

Meaningful Use

Good news, Stage 2 meaningful use has been postponed un...

Posted : November 30, 2011

Criminal and Enforcement Actions – November 2011

Over 33 cases have been closed during the month of Nove...

Posted : November 27, 2011

HIPAA 5010 Enforcement

Recently CMS issued a release postponing enforcement of...

Posted : November 10, 2011

HIPAA Audits

Effective November 2011 the Government will start condu...

Posted : November 9, 2011

Evolution of Medical Practices

The good news is that we will not see a 29.5% reduction...

Posted : November 8, 2011

Exploiting Privacy Breaches

I’ve described information security as a Cold War...

Posted : October 21, 2011

Meaningful Use – Simplified

At first I thought that Meaningful use was limited to t...

Posted : October 14, 2011

ICD-10 Basics

The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a...

Posted : April 12, 2011

ICD 10 Update

One of the issues that some people don’t realize is t...

Posted : November 28, 2010

Minimizing Liability

This is nothing new for healthcare professionals, howev...

Posted : August 4, 2010

Paradigm Shift

Some lucky Providers are still satisfied with their pat...