August, 28, 2026 Dear Fellows and Colleagues, Health Data Management has always been about more than reporting on the evolution of health data. We also believe in recognizing, connecting and elevating the professionals leading that evolution. That is the purpose of the American College of Health Data Management (ACHDM), the
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A new Justice Department center will connect health claims with tax, financial and investigative data. Its promise is earlier fraud detection; its test is separating criminal schemes from ordinary billing anomalies.
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More than 1.5 billion electronic health documents have been exchanged through the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common