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News Home -- Biotechnology and Healthcare IT News Headlines -- 2007 -- February

Understanding the Lucrative Business of Selling Medical Records Buying and selling certain health information isn’t new. Since the 1940s, health insuring organizations (HIOs) have bought prescription records from a variety of sources, including through the claims process by managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit mangers, and others, and then linked with physicians listed in the Physician Master File of the American Medical Association (AMA). Source: Acadiana Medical News Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 by Obi Igbokwe - View more news posts by Obi Comments    Add your comments