Fri.Jan 15, 2021

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What to Know About the New E/M Coding Changes for 2021

Icanotes

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the American Medical Association (AMA) have made significant changes to Evaluation and Management (E/M) coding, which took effect on January 1, 2021. The CMS and AMA designed these changes to reduce the documentation burden that physicians face and give health care providers more time to focus on patient care.

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Women in Leadership – Global Health Series: An introduction from the curator by Florence Kinder

The Healthcare Leadership

Women in Leadership – Global Health Series: An introduction from the curator. by Florence Kinder. Strong and representative leadership in Global Health ventures is vital, both from national and international staff. In order to promote sustainable global health improvement, it is essential, that leadership, particularly from international staff is flexible, adaptable and not overbearing.

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Google Has Officially Acquired Fitbit. Now What?

Health Advances

By Andrew Matzkin, Partner, Co-Leader of the Health Advances Digital Health and Health IT Practice. Back in November 2019, Google announced an agreement to acquire Fitbit for $2.1B. The proposed deal quickly drew scrutiny from regulators in the US, Europe, and Australia out of concerns about privacy and antitrust. Yesterday, Google proclaimed that the Fitbit acquisition is complete.