HIPAA Marketing Rule Guidance: Better Than Nothing
The HITECH Act made some significant changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule,…
UW Medicine’s Journey to Become an Accountable Care Organization
As part of the newly forming Health IT community in Seattle, the…
Benefits of ACOs to Both Patients and Providers
Summary: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) are gaining in popularity as a result…
How Are You Using Physician Data Mining?
The pay for performance model of payment has been the preference of…
ObamaCare Signups: More Than Just the Exchange Numbers
All that hyperbole for nothing!President Obama just announced that 8 million people…
Better Medical Marketing with the New (and Free) Medicare Data Set of 880,000 Providers
In 2012, 880,000 physicians and providers billed a total of $77 billionThe…
ICD-10 Delay: What It Means to You
When President Obama signed H.R. 4302 into law, it pushed back the…
HIPAA Privacy and Security Compliance: Should You Care?
The HIPAA/HITECH Omnibus Rule became effective just over one year ago. The…
Improving Clinical Outcomes by Addressing Social and Basic Needs
"It is far more important to know what person the disease has…
Bundled Payments: Rewarding Quality and Value
Summary: The healthcare industry is transforming from fee-for-service to value-based payment systems.…
