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Bits and Pieces
June 15, 2009 2:35 PM by Jay Vance

Here are some of the happenings in the world of medical transcription as of late: MedQuist/AHDI Settlement Update According to the AHDI website , the free program offerings for eligible members of the MedQuist settlement class are anticipated to become Read More...

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Beth Israel/Google Health Fiasco--Is Technology Really the Problem?
April 28, 2009 7:55 AM by Jay Vance

Recently the Boston Globe has been reporting on problems arising when Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center sent insurance claims data (i.e., billing codes) to Google Health PHR as a means of summarizing patients' medical condition. As it turned out, this Read More...

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HITECH Makes Business Associates Liable Under HIPAA
March 2, 2009 11:14 AM by Jay Vance

Medical transcription providers should be educating themselves on how the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) portion of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus bill, is changing Read More...

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MedQuist Class Action Settlement Goes to AHDI; No Money to Individual MTs
January 12, 2009 9:16 AM by Jay Vance

I woke up this morning to find a Google Alert in my inbox regarding a most interesting post on Julie Weight's MT Exchange blog . The blog post quoted a MedQuist memorandum to its transcriptionists announcing the settlement of a lawsuit "...that was brought Read More...

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A Major Step Forward for PHRs
November 19, 2008 11:27 AM by Jay Vance

On November 12, acting CMS administrator Kerry Weems and HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt announced a pilot program which will enable Medicare members in Arizona and Utah to use their choice of four commercial personal health record (PHR) providers to access Read More...

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