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Tapping into the big value of health care Big Data

USA - February 27 2015 Big Data — the ability to collect, process, and interpret massive amounts of information — has reached health care. The proliferation of electronic…

Melesa A. Freerks, Lindsey E. Gabrielsen, Adam J. Hepworth, Patrick O. Hernon, C. Frederick Geilfuss II

How to prepare your hospital or medical practice for a meaningful use audit

USA - December 18 2014 For the past several years, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") has incentivized hospitals and eligible professionals to adopt and…

Richard K. Rifenbark

Privacy issues in the sharing of genetic information

USA - September 18 2014 Scientific breakthroughs and technological advancements have led to the emergence of personalized medicine — a practice based on theuse of an…

Jennifer M. Forde, Claire N. Marblestone

OIG's proposed rule to expand civil monetary penalties

USA - June 9 2014 The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on May 12, 2014 published a proposed rule (Proposed Rule)…

Judith A. Waltz

HHS issues final omnibus HIPAA/HITECH rule

USA - January 24 2013 On January 17, 2013, the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the long-awaited omnibus final…

Jeffrey R. Bates, R. Michael Scarano Jr, Leigh C. Riley, Lawrence W Vernaglia, Michael H. Woolever