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Physician Office Image HHS announces “safe harbor” regulations. Health and Human Services officials have published final safe harbor rules in the Federal Registry that create new exceptions to two federal fraud and abuse laws.

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Calendar of Events
Georgia Public Health Association
77th Annual Meeting and Conference
September 5-8, 2006
Marriott Hotel
Augusta, GA

28th Annual Georgia Medical Fair
September 7-9, 2006
Westin Atlanta Airport
Atlanta, GA

Georgia Academy of Family Physicians
58th Annual Scientific Assembly & Exhibition
November 9-10, 2006
Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA

Other Healthcare News
Working with QIOs likely led to improvements in the quality of health care delivered to patients across several settings, according to a new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Web Site Updates
August is Immunization Awareness Month! Download or order free gmcf Immunization Tools.

Latest Publications
Hospital Update
August 23, 2006


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Hospital Houston Medical succeeds with culture change. gmcf is eager to share success stories. After all, success and positive outcomes are what give us the courage to continually improve our health-care system.

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Nursing Home Advancing Excellence coalition to kick off at Washington summit. A coalition of organizations representing long-term care providers, caregivers and quality improvement specialists will gather in Washington, D.C. next month to open a new campaign, dubbed Excellence in America’s Nursing Homes.

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Home Health “Power Tools” unleashed at Macon Home Health conference. "Power Tools for Quality Improvement," the gmcf statewide home health conference, drew more than 150 attendees to the Macon Centreplex on August 17.

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Medical Review August is National Immunization Awareness Month. While many consider this to be a time to ensure that children are immunized for school, it also provides a good opportunity to remind Medicare patients about immunizations.

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This material was prepared by gmcf, the Medicare Quality Improvement Organization for Georgia, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. Publication No.8SOW-GA-QIO-06-10