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Use patient photos appropriately for anti-medical ID theft
With medical identity theft becoming an increasingly prevalent problem in the United States, physician practices can protect their patients against fraud by confirming that everyone presenting
Court decision ends Red Flags dispute
A recent federal appeals court decision--which dismissed a suit focusing on the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) so-called Red Flags Rule--"validates" its long-standing argument that physicians who
Court decision ends Red Flags Rule dispute, AMA says
A recent federal appeals court decision--which dismissed a suit focusing on the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) so-called Red Flags Rule--"validates" its long-standing argument that physicians who
Putting the fragments together to ensure data security
While the total economic impact of data breaches in American hospitals has reached an astounding $6 billion annually, many health care organizations still are failing to put into place protections to
More practices verifying patients' identity
As part of an effort to cut down on medical identity fraud, a number of physician offices across the country have taken new steps to make sure the patients they treat are who they say they are. To
Physicians receive gifts from Congress, America at large this week
Call it a holiday miracle. I don't often get to play Santa Claus, but in this week's edition of FiercePracticeManagement, I get to be the bearer of an issue chock-full of good news for physicians.
Congress exempts physicians from Red Flags Rule
In a voice vote Dec. 7, the House passed Senate legislation exempting physicians from identity theft regulations called "Red Flag Rules" that organized medicine has criticized as an unnecessary
Red Flags Rule enforcement delayed until year's end
The Federal Trade Commission announced this morning--one business day before the June 1 enforcement date--that physicians will be granted yet another temporary reprieve from having to comply with the
FTC grants Red Flags extension after medical groups file suit
After more than two years of appealing to the Federal Trade Commission that physicians shouldn't be considered creditors under its "red flags rule," on May 21, the American Medical Association, the
SPOTLIGHT: Healthcare organizations may have a false sense of data security
Healthcare organizations may be lulling themselves into a false sense of security when it comes to data security, according to a biannual report from HIMSS Analytics. The white paper, commissioned by
