To be CFS certified, one has to be audited by a third party to the requirements of the CFS protocol.

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Panicked about those new form 1099-K (Merchant Card and Third Party Network Payments) requirements?

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The form is the result of new compliance reporting requirements for certain credit card and third party network payments (think PayPal).

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The critical issue here, which certainly transcends Big Pharma, is whether under federal common law, third-party beneficiaries can sue government contractors to enforce the statutory requirements with which those businesses contractually pledged to comply.

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Much of the patient portal technologies meant for small practices are sold as third-party add-ons to EHR systems but lack the necessary capabilities to meet the meaningful use requirements.

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The only beneficiary of accelerated mortgage payments is the bank, whose money you are effectively lending back to it at zero percent interest, money it can hold to bolster its capital requirements or lend to someone else and earn fees by selling the mortgage to a third party.

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We believe that this proposal meets all applicable requirements under the Merger Agreement to enable the Special Committee to determine that the Investor Group is an Excluded Party in accordance with the Merger Agreement.

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