Media Mentions
2008
Ned Milenkovich was quoted in the August 4 issue of American Medical News in an article regarding the new Medicare payment bill stating that doctors who prescribe electronically for Medicare Part D patients in 2009 will get an incentive payment equal to 2 percent of all the Medicare services they provide for the year. "Physicians are going to need to determine if the positive benefits associated with going electronic outweigh the economic downsides that go along with taking on the new technology," Mr. Milenkovich said.
Ned Milenkovich PharmD, Health, Life Sciences - Health
2007
John Healey and Ned Milenkovich were quoted in the May 14 issue of Decision Health in an article regarding providing an instructional pamphlet on safety to everyone in your practice or facility who uses a laptop or other portable device to perform duties involving protected health information. “It could be used to show compliance with the requirement to ensure a covered entity’s workforce complies with HIPAA security measures,” said Mr. Milencovich. “It can be used as an element of your training program, which is required by HIPAA,” Mr. Healey added.
John D. Healey, Ned Milenkovich PharmD, Health, HIPAA
Ned Milenkovich was quoted in the February 12 issue of Decision Health in an article outlining the new HIPAA security guidance published by the government to secure electronic protected health information (EPHI). "If your policies on portable devices include additional safeguards, you should add those provisions to your confidentiality agreement," Mr. Milencovich said.
Ned Milenkovich PharmD, Health, HIPAA
Ned Milenkovich was quoted in the January 8 issue of Decision Health in an article outlining the final HIPAA non-discrimination rules, which outline the requirements that plans must follow to comply with the non-discrimination provisions of HIPAA. In response to HIPAA compliance predictions, Mr. Milenkovich was quoted saying, "HIPAA complaints will maintain a brisk pace and steady pressure will continue to build on the federal government to begin compliance enforcement." He added, "HIPAA will be used as a tool to make federal health care dollars be spent more efficiently and to capture any fraud/abuse perpetrators by using an electronic form to track compliance."
