[MassRepublican]

I agree - the Federal Government has created so much red tape in hospitals in the name of fighting Medicare Fraud, that now MILLIONS of Health Care dollars are spent trying to be "Compliant", to bill "corectly", to meet "regulations", and now this nonsense of HIPPA (hospital improvement of privacy protection act). They throw in buzz words like Privacy and Fighting Fraud and other gems that get the public to buy into all of this. If you really knew how much money was being spent to meet all these regulations you would be appalled.

[bonesmccoy]

You are entirely correct. In fact, I receive daily emails from various companies (many based in Florida) who use scare tactics to panic doctors into blowing hundreds of dollars on "compliance" books, consulting, and measures.