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Suggestion box | Healthcare seeks clearer guidance, fewer audits

By Joe Carlson | April 27, 2013 | Print Magazine

The healthcare industry wants clearer rules, fewer redundant audits and more focus on proactive healthcare fraud prevention.
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Lawmakers seek new rules for compounders

By Jaimy Lee | April 26, 2013 | Basic Web

A new draft bill would establish different regulations for traditional compounding pharmacies and what the legislation is calling “compounding manufacturers,” the large-scale compounders that mix and ship sterile drugs across state lines.
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Audits find organizations unaware of new data, privacy rules

By Joe Carlson | April 23, 2013 | Basic Web

Simply knowing all the rules could prevent many of the problems plaguing data security and privacy among healthcare providers and insurers.
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Stiff resistance | Docs fight encroachment in turf war with nurses

By Ashok Selvam | April 19, 2013 | Print Magazine

The campaign to give more primary-care duties to nurse practitioners faces headwinds across the country. Physician groups continue to resist sweeping measures that would expand the allowed scope of practice for licensed nurses with advanced medical training.
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HHS, FCC form patient-safety advisory work group

By Joseph Conn | April 19, 2013 | Basic Web

HHS and the Federal Communications Commission have formed a joint advisory panel to improve patient safety and promote innovation in health information technology.
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GOP backs prevention cuts to fund high-risk pool

By Jonathan Block | April 17, 2013 | Basic Web

House Republicans moved to divert money from the healthcare reform law's prevention and public health fund to shore up a program the law created to give temporary relief to Americans who can't otherwise afford health insurance because of pre-existing conditions.
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GOP lawmakers balk at giving FDA more authority over compounding pharmacies

By Jonathan Block | April 16, 2013 | Basic Web

House Republicans signaled they are not convinced the FDA needs more statutory authority to police the activities of compounding pharmacies like the one blamed for a meningitis outbreak.
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Second Tuomey trial may decide hospital's future

By Joe Carlson | April 15, 2013 | Basic Web

South Carolina jurors may render a verdict that would put Tuomey Healthcare System out of business, but they won't know about that risk beforehand.
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Navigators hit some turbulence | Brokers and agents push for tighter regulation of insurance exchange helpers

By Jonathan Block | April 13, 2013 | Print Magazine

Help for consumers who want to purchase health insurance plans through the new exchanges will be coming to Georgia this year in the form of paid “navigators” earning from $20 to $38 an hour.
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N.Y. requires health workers to wear flu masks

By Barbara Benson, Crain's New York Business | April 11, 2013

Healthcare workers who don't get flu shots will now be required to wear face masks on the job. Low vaccination rates among care givers prompted state regulators Thursday to pass the amendment to public health codes.
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