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By Mike Miliard | 08:09 am | October 21, 2016
Whether intentional or accidental, coding mistakes can have legal consequences. Experts share insights about avoiding those and advice about what to know when auditors show up at your door.
By Jessica Davis | 01:28 pm | October 20, 2016
The National Cancer Institute, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft have partnered to build NCI an online repository for genomic data, the White House announced as part of its Cancer Moonshot Task Force report.
By Tom Sullivan | 01:07 pm | October 20, 2016
Trump called the Affordable Care Act bad healthcare at the most expensive price; Clinton said Trump's tax plan would have dire consequences for Medicare.
By Jack McCarthy | 10:39 am | October 20, 2016
Sutter is using Validic’s digital health platform to monitor patients with Type 2 diabetes in one pilot. In the other, Amita Health is implementing TapCloud’s technology for behavioral health, stroke, orthopedic surgery and other medical conditions. 
By Bernie Monegain | 01:36 pm | October 19, 2016
After an incident exposed the protected health information of 31,800 people, the organization failed to conduct a proper risk analysis, according to federal officials.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:51 am | October 19, 2016
Physician practice trade groups contend that the newly-minted final MACRA rule will make it harder for them than their larger provider counterparts. 
By Bernie Monegain | 08:13 am | October 19, 2016
The service can be used to boost performance by capturing disease burden and risk-adjustment factor scores.
By Jessica Davis | 11:53 am | October 18, 2016
The initiative has added a WildFire decryptor and deprived cybercriminals of an estimated 1.35 million euros since its inception in July.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:04 am | October 17, 2016
Maine, Ohio, Tennessee and Texas will test the technology and relevant data will be available sometime during the open-enrollment period for 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 
By Bernie Monegain | 11:42 am | October 14, 2016
Final rule enables ONC to better support physicians and hospitals amid the rapid pace of innovation in the health information technology market.