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By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 04, 2007
WASHINGTON – Federal agencies and state and local enforcement personnel have made about 40 arrests in south Florida as part of a recently launched Medicare “strike force” to tar...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 04, 2007
WASHINGTON – A two-page memorandum issued last month by the Internal Revenue Service is expected to reduce the hesitancy of not-for-profit hospitals that have considered providing healthcare inf...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 04, 2007
WASHINGTON – Even with a contingency plan in place to give the healthcare industry time to implement national provider identifiers, the government is keeping the pressure on to move the industry...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | June 04, 2007
JACKSONVILLE, FL – A coordinated effort is under way in Florida to prompt more physicians to use electronic prescribing. The initiative, called ePrescribe Florida, followed a new t...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | May 31, 2007
The long-awaited release of standard providers' identification numbers is expected within a month. The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday outlined its plan...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | May 21, 2007
A coordinated effort is under way in Florida to move more physicians to use electronic prescribing. The initiative, called ePrescribe Florida, followed a new tack in...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | May 11, 2007
Donations of information technology and supporting services to not-for-profit healthcare providers will not be seen as kickbacks that could jeopardize providers' not-for-profit status, a memorandum is...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | May 11, 2007
Even with a contingency plan in place to give the healthcare industry time to implement national provider identifiers, the federal government is keeping the pressure on to move the industry to adoptio...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | May 10, 2007
A cooperative effort between federal agencies and state and local enforcement personnel has netted about 40 arrests in south Florida, as a recently launched Medicare "strike force" begins to target fr...
By Fred Bazzoli | 01:00 am | May 04, 2007
ABILENE, TX – A physician-owned specialty hospital closed last month after it became the center of controversy when one of its patients died after experiencing a medical emergency that required...