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No charge for Medicare preventive services

You can safeguard the health of your Medicare patients by informing them of preventive care services now available at no charge. The changes are part of the 2009 Affordable Care Act. Read full article.

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AMA warns against DTC genetic testing

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has the potential to undermine the relationship you have with your patients, according to the American Medical Association (AMA). Read full article.

Feds cracking down on HIPAA violations

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) sent a message last week that it is serious about violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), hitting a major hospital and medical group with more than $5 million in fines and penalties. Read full article.

RAC reader survey

In 2008 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the recovery audit contractors (RAC) program, designed to fight fraud, waste, and abuse in the Medicare system. In an effort to gauge the program’s efficiency and effectiveness, and find out whether appeals of RAC findings have been successful, The Frank Cohen Group, LLC has created a 10-question online survey for Medicare providers who have been audited by the RAC program. The survey is available at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RacIssues. Results will be published in a future issue of Medical Economics.

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