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Top at Risk DRG’s in the Post ICD-10 Era & How to Proactively Address Coding Challenges
ICD-10 is expected to be fraught with significant challenges to coding quality…
Contract Renewal May Result in Loss of Business for Florida Hospital
Adventist Health System, parent company to Florida Hospital, renewed its contract with…
Broward Health Agrees to Pay Almost $70M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations – Whistleblower Could Receive More Than $12M
On September 15, 2015, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that…
Accountable Care and HealthIT Strategies Summit 2015: Still early days
Patients and providers both need to be empowered to deliver on the…
Pill-Mill Crackdown Hurting Patients With Legitimate Pain
Florida has been plagued for years with the reputation of being…
Financial Assistance for Clinical Trials
(This post was originally published in the Patients Helping Patients Blog of…
Abstinence-only education has failed; let’s embrace what works instead
In 2003, I encountered my first abstinence-only sex education program in Arizona.…
Is the Medical Profession a ‘Special Interest’?
Don’t expect this humble blogger to explain Donald Trump’s broad and sustained…
Cash for mammograms is ‘ethically troubling,’ JAMA article says
Summary: “Offering women money, paid time off, or other incentives to undergo…