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Documentation and Provider Standards Training

American Medical Compliance

Provider Compliance and Responsibilities Additionally, the federal government’s False Claims Act (FCA) of 1986 explicitly targeted fraud and abuse in the healthcare industry in an effort to eliminate it. HCFAC received $248,459,000 from HHS and the Attorney General in 2007 to combat healthcare fraud and abuse.

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3 Compelling Reasons — Beyond the Law — to Expand Consumer Access to Personal Records

HIT Consultant

These safeguards become even more demanding as consumers and government agencies call for increased transparency and access to personal data. Our industry has undergone several iterations of consumer data protection rules — starting in 1996 with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA ).

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Americans’ Top Sources of Stress are Money, Money, Money and Family

Health Populi

Punctuating the issue of costs, being able to pay for health care tops Americans’ list of the most important characteristic in the health care system — above being seen by a doctor in a timely matter/not long wait, sufficient time to spend with a doctor, access to specialists, prevention, and a choice of health plans.

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Amazing Customer Healthcare Experiences Will Require Change Deep Beneath the Surface

HIT Consultant

Is anyone still using Microsoft Health Vault (RIP: 2007–2019)? He has more than 25 years of entrepreneurial and executive experience in the American and international health technology and insurance industry. MacroHealth connects and optimizes payer relationships with health solution partners.

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Longevity Stalls Around the World And Wealth, More Concentrated

Health Populi

where workers have traded off wage growth for health care cost growth in companies that have covered health insurance. Job growth in the expanding gig economy has been, statistically, impressive — but those jobs largely aren’t accompanied by benefit packages and, especially, health insurance coverage.

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July 2022 Semi-Annual Health IT Market Review

HIT Consultant

Post-COVID, the Fed ballooned its balance sheet, caused direct transfer payments from the government to households, and cut interest rates to near zero. Our passion for healthcare inspires us to not only create value for our clients, but to also generate broad, overarching improvements to the functionality and sustainability of health.

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National Health Spending Will Reach Nearly 20% of U.S. GDP By 2027

Health Populi

This growth rate for health care costs exceeds every period measured since the high of 7.2% recorded in 1990-2007. The bar chart illustrates the factors contributing to growth in personal health care spending. Thus, by 2027, health spending will be roughly split by public and private sector sources of payment.