Business and Policy Leaders to Meet in Miami to Discuss Transformation of the U.S. Health Care System

Just weeks after key provisions of the Affordable Care Act take effect in 2014, the University of Miami School of Business Administration will bring together national health care, health care policy and business leaders

Navigating Social Media in the Healthcare Industry

By Maria Pierson

There is no doubt about the power of social media. In simple terms, it allows companies to talk directly with their stakeholders. Those companies that do it well are those that are willing to listen, engage and act.

How Will Health Care Facilities Change in 2014?

By Vanessa Orr

In such a rapidly changing health care environment, it’s hard to forecast what might happen in the next year. But we’ve asked some experts in the industry for their predictions about what the future might hold.

tw telecom Delivers Robust Communications Solutions for Healthcare

Today, healthcare delivery organizations have more challenges than ever before, with dwindling insurance payments, rising costs, tighter budgets, the need to manage large quantities of data, and to keep patient records secure.

Publisher's Note

By Charles Felix

Once again we’re all on the holiday merry-go-round (and where it stops nobody knows!) By now, we’ve all weathered Thanksgiving and for some of us — Hanukah as well.

Meaningful Use Stage 2 Final Rule – Do Providers Win?

By Seth Flam, D.O.

We have previously discussed two new ways that 2014 EHR technology should make practicing medicine with an EHR more convenient. Secure email via the ONC Direct Project standard will help facilitate electronic communication between providers of disparate EHRs.

Workers’ Compensation Payroll Fraud

By Tom Murphy

Workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud has become a real problem in Florida. Besides being illegal, it affects the bottom lines of all businesses, large or small, and leads to higher insurance premiums for honest businesses.

“Never Events”

By Anna C. Broxmeyer

In an effort to improve the quality of health care and to reduce the rate of “never events,” in May 2006 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported an initiative to decline payments for “never events.”

Magneto Therapy: Does It Actually Work?

By Dr. Hiram A. Paz, Ph.D.

Many physicians are skeptics when it comes to certain types of alternative therapies and magneto therapy is one of them. In some cases, practitioners of magneto therapy have been accused of quackery without providing scientific evidence against the practice.

Accountable Care Across the Continuum: Integrating Post-Acute Care Providers

By Christine Burke Worthen, Esq.

While there has been a lot of focus on ACO's and care coordination in the primary care and hospital settings since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, there has been a greater focus more recently on the role of post-acute care providers in the ACO model.