Importation of IUDs from Countries Outside of the United States (Mar 23, 2009)
ACOG continues to receive inquiries regarding the use of IUDs imported from countries outside of the Unites States.   The importation of prescription drugs from Canada and other countries is one of the FDA’s main concerns. The FDA has f...(click title to continue)

ACOG Supports Effort to Encourage Electronic Prescribing (Mar 4, 2008)
As of January 1, 2009 all computer generated prescriptions for Medicare Part D patients must comply with the NCPDP script standard and thus be transmitted electronically and not by computer-generated fax. If not, prescriptions must be printed and th...(click title to continue)

CMS Requirements of Informed Consent Affects Providers (Feb 25, 2008)
With an eye to concerns about patient safety and provider-patient miscommunications that result in legal actions, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published revisions to the Hospital Interpretive Guidelines for Informed Consent. ...(click title to continue)

National Provider Identifier (Sep 7, 2007)
The NPI is the standard unique identifier for healthcare providers mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). It is to be used by all covered health care providers in filing and processing health care clai...(click title to continue)

The Laborist: A Flexible Concept (Jan 9, 2007)
The concept of using an obstetic hospitalist is gaining increasing attention as a means of providing coverage of labor and delivery for emergent and non-emergent care. This article examines some of the ways that such programs may be set up in teaching and community hospitals.

Recognizing the Need to Speak the Patient's Language (May 1, 2003)
Even before the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services issued the guidance for treating patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) in August 2000 (see ACOG article "Assisting Hearing Impaired and Non-Engli...(click title to continue)