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Month: April 2018

Keep HIPAA Compliance on Your Radar

Keep HIPAA Compliance on Your Radar

April 25, 2018 The secured email protocols and other measures designed to protect sensitive patient information that hospitals and billing companies have implemented during the past few years can seem like a hindrance, but they’re necessary in the age of instant access to information—and cybercrime.  They’re also required by law. With the threat of penalties and fines for breaches of protected health information (PHI) and electronic PHI (ePHI) under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), these privacy and…

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Study Forecasts Primary and Specialty Physician Shortages

Study Forecasts Primary and Specialty Physician Shortages

April 18, 2018   It’s no secret that the United States population is aging.  In just over a decade, the number of Americans in the 65-and-older age bracket will have mushroomed by 50 percent.  Not as widely known is the fact that this aging population is likely to impact physician supply as well, because one-third of all currently practicing physicians will be older than 65 within the next 10 years.  Many of these physicians will be choosing to retire, although…

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