2016 Phase Two HIPAA Audit Program Update
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced the beginning of the 2016 Phase Two Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)…
2 Medical Entrepreneurs Taking Marketing by Storm
For decades, the medical market was a relatively steady place. Patients would visit their family doctors, with two or even three generations sometimes visiting the same physician over the course…
Comprehensive Primary Care Plus – Medicare Doubles Down
CMS, through its Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), is rolling out a refined version of an innovation model that is just winding down its four-year run. CMS, through…
Educating Medical Professionals and Healing with Virtual Reality
Virtual reality garners frequent attention in news circles for its potential to reinvent the games industry. What is lesser known is that this technology has experimental applications far beyond entertainment.…
Facts and Figures vs. The “Frivolous Medical Malpractice” Narrative
10 years ago, medical malpractice took center stage in the U.S. political arena when John Edwards was announced as 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry’s running mate. Many doctors were…
California Supreme Court Rebuts Court Ruling On UR Physician Liability
Medical reviewers and workers’ compensation providers can breathe a sigh of relief – at least for now.Last week the California Supreme Court ruled to officially depublicize a lower court’s previous…
Digital Analytics 101 for Healthcare Marketers: Facebook Ads
This post is part of our series, Digital Analytics 101 for Healthcare Marketers, where we provide short briefs on the What’s, Why’s, and How’s of digital strategy. In this article,…
Blogging About Sensitive Topics
© astrosystem – Fotolia.com © astrosystem – Fotolia.com“I have always thought blogging is perfect for people running ‘sensitive’ businesses [such as family law and divorce], where someone may not want…
How to Open a New Urgent Care Center
According to the American Academy of Urgent Care Medicine (AACUM), the number of urgent care centers in this country has increased 14 percent to 9,300 centers since 2008. And the…
The Link Between Patient Satisfaction and Long-Lasting Relationships
The ACA has put patients at the center of healthcare services. A patient-centric healthcare approach in this digital era means a revised definition of quality in the physician-patient relationship. The…
