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• OMIC Enters Into Partnership with New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology
  

  We are excited to announce that the New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology (NJAO) has become OMIC’s 46th educational alliance partner. Through this agreement, OMIC policyholders who are members of NJAO will earn a special premium discount when they participate in our risk management program. The discount, currently averaging nearly $1,500, will automatically be applied for […]

• Poll: 71% Support Medical Malpractice Measure that would destabilize MICRA
  

  This ominous article appeared in the Sacramento Business Journal May 18, 2014. A recent poll of California voters found seven out of 10 back an initiative on the November ballot to raise the medical malpractice cap. A Tulchin Research survey of 3,500 voters likely to vote in November shows that, after reading the title and […]

• CMS Agrees that JCAHPO Certificants – COA, COT, COMT- Can Enter CPOE Orders for Meaningful Use 2
  

  From JCAHPO: JCAHPO is aware that there have been some questions recently in some parts of the ophthalmic community regarding which staff members are allowed to enter medication or laboratory orders under the CMS EHR Incentive Program for Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) meaningful use. After considering all of the relevant regulations and CMS guidance, […]

• HIPAA Vulnerabilities Associated With Microsoft’s Ending of Windows XP Support
  

  The following Q&A was originally posted by Health Security Solutions. (OMIC has no affiliation with HSS nor do we promote endorse or verify information by any third party vendor) What’s all this I am hearing about Windows XP and HIPAA? Microsoft officially ended support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. Following the established end-date, […]