On April 30, CMS published its draft 2009 IPPS regulation. The inpatient prospective payment system reg is loaded down, as…
With Mother's Day just around the corner, The Mommy Blawger hosts Blawg Review this week, in honor of International Midwives'…
The Medicare recovery audit contractor (RAC) initiative is moving from pilot phase to national implementation, in stages. See my earlier…
The HealthBlawger was quoted in a piece entitled "A graduated discipline policy can boost procedural compliance," which ran as the…
I've taken a break from posting as I've been on vacation, recharging batteries; I'll be playing catch-up over the next…
From today's press release from MAeHC:The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative (MAeHC) announces the extension of their electronic health record (EHR) pilot…
A year ago, AHRQ found rampant confusion and mistakes among covered entities trying to comply with HIPAA. This month, HIMMS…
Welcome to the World Health Day edition of Blawg Review. If this is your first visit to HealthBlawg, I hope…
The latest edition of Health Wonk Review is up at The Health Care Blog, hosted this time around by Brian…
Greater Boston's Caritas Christi Health System has had a rough couple of years -- fiscal difficulties at some of its…