Republican Congressman Tom Price, Chairman of the House Conservatives Caucus, has introduced a new proposal this month, HR3400. This bill, called The Empowering Patient’s First Act, grants all Americans quality health care with options chosen by the patient and the caring physician or healthcare provider. Its main ideology supports: Flexibility in offered benefits by employers [...]
The problem with EMR implementation is dealing with the merge between treatment and technology for the doctors. They are having a hard time combining the EMR and are blocking or misusing the EMR. I still see doctors using paper charts with their EMR. That is not how it is supposed to work. They are creating [...]
Surprisingly, at a time when Berwick, Â the new appointed head of CMS (Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services) states that he greatly admires England’s National Health Service, England is going to decentralize theirs! In a new surprising and radical move, Britain’s new coalition government has remarked that it will revamp their healthcare system which has [...]
It has been proposed that 3rd party systems who had been exempt from HIPAA, like billing companies, customer service contractors and others who received patient information, should be held accountable at the same degree as hospitals and healthcare providers. Violation of privacy rules would subject them to fines. This is not just a slap on [...]
Red Flag Delay Yes, you have read this before- four other times before as a matter of fact. This is the fifth time that the FTC announced a delay in enforcement of the Red Flags rule, changing the compliance deadline from June 1 to Dec.31. As you may recall, the Red Flag rule designates doctor’s [...]
We have often seen that for many businesses, when following a code of ethics translates to losing money, their mantra is “there is no ethics in business”. Apparently this is what Glaxo- Smith-Klein subscribes to.  In doing their comparison study between Avandia and Actos for diabetes, the  cardiovascular risk and death came to light.  Instead [...]
Congressional fireworks have been averted while away for the 4th of July holiday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) just got a new head. Dr. Donald Berwick, a pediatrician and leading promoter of patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare was just appointed to the post of Administrator. Â Turns out, Dr. Berwick can [...]
Happy 4th of July to everyone. While we are enjoying the beach or a family barbeque, let us remember our countrymen in the military and how they are fighting for us. Â Let us also rejoice in the freedoms that we have. It is wonderful that regardless of our political leanings, our ethnic backgrounds, educational or [...]
