May 9th 2024
Small Business Committee sympathetic to independent physician practices.
Healthcare industry unprepared for data breach, survey says
November 27th 2009Companies that work with healthcare organizations and handle private patient information are largely unprepared to meet the new data breach-related obligations included in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act.
New HIPAA rules on information breaches take effect in September
September 18th 2009If patient information is stolen, practices must notify the affected patients and, in some cases, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and local media, according to new regulations that go into effect on September 23.
Health insurers' executive pay faces Congressional scrutiny
September 18th 2009In a letter sent to executives, two top lawmakers demanded compensation information, for each year from 2003 to 2008, on health insurance company employees earning more than $500,000, including their bonuses, stock options, and other incentives.