MEDICARE IMPROVES ACCESS TO PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR 2011 NEW PHYSICIAN PAYMENT POLICIES EMPHASIZE ROLE OF PRIMARY CARE For Immediate Release: Wednesday, November 03, 2010 Contact: CMS Office of Public Affairs 202-690-6145 MEDICARE IMPROVES ACCESS TO PREVENTIVE SERVICES FOR 2011 NEW PHYSICIAN PAYMENT POLICIES EMPHASIZE ROLE OF PRIMARY CARE The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services [...]
By Karen Collier In August of 2009, one day after the statutory deadline set by Congress in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), HHS released its interim final regulations on patient notification of breaches of unsecured Protected Health Information (PHI). These regulations were required under a part of the ARRA known as HITECH – [...]
Let’s move past today and imagine that it is January 2012. It is not beyond reason that a visit to a doctor’s office will be as streamlined as connecting through a portal on the Internet to schedule an appointment. Admissions happen via voice command and thumbprint technology. Diagnostics are ordered based on information during admissions. [...]
