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Health Care & Hospital Law

Feb. 8, 2014

Conflicting health records policy goals create landmines

The extension of the electronic health records exception and safe harbor comes at a time when prosecution of health care fraud and abuse cases in this area is on the rise. By Joshua Hill, Hae-Won Min Liao and Greg Sherman


By Joshua Hill, Hae-Won Min Liao and Greg Sherman


Hospital administrators should be forgiven if the federal government's recent actions concerning electronic health records have left them scratching their heads. On one hand, the government recently signaled that it continues to encourage the widespread adoption of electronic health records among physicians; on the other, the government shortly thereafter warned that it would be sensitive to the risks of frau...

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