Monthly Archives: August 2016

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  Happy 20th Birthday, HIPAA!

  Birthdays are always fun. Well, sometimes. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is 20 years old this year. It was born out of wedlock, the result of a

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  Removing Pain Management Questions is Not the Answer

  When I first read about the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposal to remove the pain management questions from the HCAHPS survey to combat the opioid epidemic, I thought it

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  Overall Hospital Star Rating System is Seriously Flawed

  When I first heard that CMS planned on introducing a hospital star rating system, I thought, “We’ve done it! We’ve finally reduced healthcare to 5 stars, like a Motel-8!” This

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