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Month: April, 2010
Healthcare Information Risk Management
Information security should be your top administrative priority
Stark Self-Referral Prohibitions
There has been increasing interest in the medical community to form multi-disciplinary entities for a more global delivery of healthcare services. If the delivery of services is to patients which are not beneficiaries of the federal government, then the formation and operation of the entity is straightforward. However, when federal government plans are the payers, [...]
Toll of Drunk Drivers
Going after the commercial vendors that allowed a patron to become intoxicated and impaired on their premises not only promotes justice, but provide additional potential resources for the victims or their families.
The Myth of Defensive Medicine
The Congressional Budget Office as early as 2004 concluded that despite some reductions in medical malpratice premiums in states which restricted medical tort recoveries, the remaining claims of tort reformer regarding defensive medicine lacked substantial evidence. The CBO indicated that the evidence of other claims of tort reformers were weak or inconclusive. More importantly, the cost [...]
Mission of Collision Course
…These groups approaching the intersection are the healthcare industry (or segments thereof), insurance companies, injury victims and trial lawyers. In the currently uncontrolled 4 way intersection, collisions are inevitable.