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Modernizing Medicine To Pay $45 Million To Settle False Claims, Kickback Allegations

Healthcare IT Today

EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine has agreed to pay $45 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower suit alleging that the vendor engaged in varied kickback schemes as well as causing its provider customers to submit false claims. The lawsuit was filed in 2017 by law firms Phillips and Cohen LLP and Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S. Since the U.S.

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The The Five Biggest Areas of Opportunity for Digital Health

The Digital Health Corner

Electronic health records (EHRs) and personal fitness trackers have helped create awareness through use. According to most recent statistics from the Office of the National Coordinator, use of EHRs has increased from 20% in 2004 to 87% in 2015. We need EHRs which are clinically oriented with good user interfaces.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Fast forward” and Inovalon has de-identified data on 230 million patients – health plan data, plus EHR data, plus patient-reported data, plus socioeconomic data.

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More Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. Fast forward” and Inovalon has de-identified data on 230 million patients – health plan data, plus EHR data, plus patient-reported data, plus socioeconomic data.

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When sponsored CDS is a crime …

Docnotes

Today, The Department of Justice issued an announcement that was “the first ever criminal action against an EHR vendor.” I wondered how we could prevent pharmaceutical companies from tempting EHR companies to do such things. ” Criminal action. There were certification requirements for clinical decision support.