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Physician alleged that clinic doctors received extra money based on a formula that improperly took into account the value of physicians’ ...
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Healthcare: an economic paradox. On one hand, it is our nation’s fastest-growing employer, projected to add 15.6 million jobs by ...
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Don’t Let ‘Hacktivists’ Steal Your Data (Medscape Business of Medicine: 8.4.15) The frequency and magnitude of cyber security ...
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Healthcare service providers have long since deployed automated systems to address RCM processes. Legacy IT applications have outdated technology ...
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