Two recent studies published by the office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (the “ONC”) suggest that the use of electronic health records among physicians and hospitals has greatly increased. The study is based on information collected in calendar year 2013.
According to ONC, approximately 78% of office-based physicians have adopted some form
The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) has issued a report criticizing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (“CMS”) and its Recovery Audit Contractor (“RAC”) Program. In a report issued on September 4, 2013, the OIG determined that CMS need to take corrective action on
Several cases challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) are traveling through the country in route to the United States Supreme Court. One of those cases, entitled Thomas More Law Center v. Obama, 2011 WL 2556039 (6th Cir. 2011), has become the subject of a petition by the