As Compliance Issues Evolve, HIPAA Remains at Forefront
It might seem reasonable to think that, with HIPAA now having been around for the last 20 years, issues with HIPAA violations would be on the decline. But in an ...
The Benefits of Alternative Methods of Health Care Dispute Resolution
Although litigation can be an extremely effective means of resolving disputes over various health care issues with insurers and other defendants, it’s not always the answer for every case. There ...
Last Decade Has Seen Shift in Trends of Litigation Against Health Insurers
In the past, particularly in the 1990s, health care litigation against insurers came primarily from patients who were unsatisfied with the kind of coverage they were receiving for their treatments ...
Affordable Care Act Grants Extended to 20 New Jersey Medical Facilities
Twenty different health care facilities across the state of New Jersey will share approximately $5.5 million in grants through the Affordable Care Act. The money will allow them to bring ...
Affordable Care Act Turns One, Continues to Impact New Jersey
Around this time last year, people were beginning to sign up in the healthcare.gov marketplace for the first time under the Affordable Care Act. With the one-year anniversary of the ...
Connecticut Health Care Reimbursement Issues Underline Flaws in System
There are so many inefficiencies that still continue to plague the health care system at a national and state level, even after all of the reforms that have come into ...
Current Trends in Health Care Reimbursement
With all of the changes made to the health care system in the United States within the last couple years, health care reimbursement has been a particularly hot topic. Here ...
Committee Seeking Major Overhaul for Health Care At End of Life
A 21-member, nonpartisan national committee put together by the Institute of Medicine recently concluded after some independent research that overhauls are necessary in the way the federal health care system ...
How Has the Affordable Care Act Affected Doctors?
One of the biggest questions leading up to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act this year was how the act would affect doctors. With the final quarter of the ...
How the HITECH Act Affects Health Care Facilities, Medical Professionals
In some states, health care providers must notify patients of a data breach compromised their personally identifiable information, including social security numbers, banking information, credit card numbers and more. Now, ...