The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reworking the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and is taking special aim at
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CMS Trying to Reduce Physician Paperwork with 2018 Final Rule
When it comes to the changing healthcare landscape, three common words being thrown about these days are “reduce regulatory burden.”
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Four Key Elements of Industrial Hygiene
Industrial hygiene (IH) is a complex science with an in-depth career path, degree programs and accredited certifications. The American Board
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HITECH Act’s Success Continues to Be Debated
When the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) became law in 2009, legislators envisioned it as both
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Management occupancy reviews (MORs) are a panic-inducing part of the job for property managers and owners, housing authority staff, and
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2018 CPT® and ICD-10 Updates Feature Pain Management Code Changes
The new year will bring plenty of CPT® code changes for pain management, and physicians, coders, billers and office managers
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Is Your School Prepared for a Data Breach?
When a phishing email put the private data of a Provo, Utah school district at risk back in 2014, officials
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AHA Decries Regulatory Burdens on Providers
Federal rules are directed toward healthcare providers to make sure they provide safe and high-quality care, but calls for decreasing
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Tax compliance issues for fiduciary entities are sometimes confusing to practitioners because many lack experience in the area of trusts
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Updates to CPT® Mean Changes For Ob/Gyn Coding
The 2018 CPT® manual includes a total of 314 code changes ranging from revised observation visits in the E/M chapter
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