AMA says EHRs create 'appalling Catch-22' for docs - And just how many experts does it take to screw in a light bulb, anyway?

(NOTE:  this post, being about minor matters like death and financial mayhem, is particularly and unusually [even for me] biting and lacking...

AMA says EHRs create 'appalling Catch-22' for docs - And just how many experts does it take to screw in a light bulb, anyway? 2015-05-17T22:23:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Ghosts in the Criminal Machine - How a Drug Company Can Plead Guilty to Federal Fraud, Yet No One is Held Responsible

We have often discussed how leaders of health care organizations have become increasingly unaccountable for their actions.  A recent, slight...

Ghosts in the Criminal Machine - How a Drug Company Can Plead Guilty to Federal Fraud, Yet No One is Held Responsible 2015-05-17T21:26:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

UnitedHealth's Latest Blunders Include Lax Fraud Detection, Recalled EHRs - So Why is its CEO Worth $13.9 Million, or is it $34.7 Million?

We managed to go four months since our last post about UnitedHealth, but sure enough, the company that keeps on giving... examples of poor m...

UnitedHealth's Latest Blunders Include Lax Fraud Detection, Recalled EHRs - So Why is its CEO Worth $13.9 Million, or is it $34.7 Million? 2015-05-12T22:31:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

What Me Worry? - American Legacy Foundation Executives' Relaxed Response to a $3 Million Plus Fraud

A Washington Post investigation into diversion of money from US not-for-profit organizations provided a striking case study showing the app...

What Me Worry? - American Legacy Foundation Executives' Relaxed Response to a $3 Million Plus Fraud 2015-05-12T00:17:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

44% of hospitals reported to HHS that they can delete the contents of their EHR audit logs whenever they'd like?

Modern Healthcare published an article " Feds eye crackdown on cut-and-paste EHR fraud " on Dec. 10, 2013 by Joe Carlson. The ar...

44% of hospitals reported to HHS that they can delete the contents of their EHR audit logs whenever they'd like? 2015-05-11T21:52:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

EHR cut-and-paste problem is only one of the several mechanisms to clone documentation - and facilitate fraud

In my Dec. 10, 2013 post " 44% of hospitals reported to HHS that they can delete the contents of their EHR audit logs whenever they...

EHR cut-and-paste problem is only one of the several mechanisms to clone documentation - and facilitate fraud 2015-05-11T21:11:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Pervasiveness of Health Care Corruption as Shown by Another Roundup of Legal Settlements

Legal settlements are one way to document unethical and even corrupt behavior by large health care organizations, even if they may not deter...

The Pervasiveness of Health Care Corruption as Shown by Another Roundup of Legal Settlements 2015-05-08T00:47:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

The Continuing Mystery of the Fugitive Founder and Missing Money - What it Says About the Opacity of Offshore Medical Schools

The next chapter in the bizarre tale of the fugitive founder of an off-shore (from the US and Canada) Caribbean medical school, and his now ...

The Continuing Mystery of the Fugitive Founder and Missing Money - What it Says About the Opacity of Offshore Medical Schools 2015-05-08T00:09:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown