Court upholds Vermont law on prescribing data privacy

Health data firms' argument that selling prescribing data is protected commercial speech gets defeated.

Cigna backs off documentation requirements

After organized medicine objections, Cigna amends its list of when documents are needed for coding modifiers.

Company stops tapping physicians for “overpayments”

Doctors protested self-insured Georgia-Pacific's attempt to collect refunds of suspected claims upcoding.

Hospitals follow through on cost trimming, job cuts

An industry report suggests job growth is flat and more CEOs are getting requests from doctors for financial help.

Physicians get second delay in FTC enforcement of identity theft rules

Organized medicine continues to challenge the application of the "red flags" rules to physicians. Experts still advise compliance with the new Aug. 1 deadline.