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Hospitals criticized for patient data-mining
Hospitals are coming under fire for using private health and financial records to target affluent or privately insured patients, according to Kaiser Health News and USA Today. Although data mining is
Chief knowledge officers manage ACO, IT data
With the final rule for accountable care organizations (ACOs) released and the traditional fee-for-service payment method transforming to one that rewards quality, hospitals and healthcare
What docs should know about prescription data mining
With a recent Supreme Court decision adding Vermont to the majority of U.S. states where it's legal to use physicians' prescribing records for marketing purposes, doctors should recognize the
Supreme Court to decide on Rx data-mining case
The Supreme Court will take a closer look at whether states should be allowed to ban the sale of doctors' prescription data to drug companies, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ruling would affect
Florida AG wants to fight Medicaid fraud with statewide data mining
Florida wants to implement a statewide pilot program that will allow the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) in Attorney General Bill McCollum's office to mine data for outliers, anomalies or other
New Jersey may restrict physician-industry relationships
Across the U.S., states are mulling restrictions on relationships between doctors and industry (perhaps because the federal legislature is busy with one or two little health issues of its own?) This
Federal appeals court upholds NH data mining ban
The federal appeals court in Boston has dealt data mining companies like IMS Health and Verispan a huge blow by reinstating a New Hampshire law that bans the sale of doctor-specific prescription
MA drops planned ban on physician gifts from drugmakers
Massachusetts legislators have stripped several controversial provisions out of pending legislation which would have imposed strict new rules on pharmaceutical company relationships with doctors.
