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May
Thanks again to everyone who participated in the Home Care Technology Report HIPAA compliance survey we ran from February 23 through March 26. The purpose of the survey was to gather information in a manner that would allow us to compare it to the Ponemon Institute Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and […]
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21
Nov
stored in: Tim Rowan's Home Care Technology Report and tagged: Accountable Care Act, CMS, consumer information, healthcare costs, healthcare provider performance, Medicare claims, Medicare Data Sharing for Performance Measurement program, patient privacy, private healthcare insurers, quality of care
CMS announced the first three participants in a program designed to help consumers get more information regarding their local doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers. The Medicare Data Sharing for Performance Measurement program, made possible by the Affordable Care Act, will make Medicare claims data available, under strict privacy requirements, to groups that […]
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