Policy

Reversing the information announced in last week’s AGA eDigest, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Red Flags Rule — which identified physicians as creditors, outlines identity theft policies and was scheduled to take effect on Nov. 1 for all physician practices — has been delayed again until June 1, 2010. Read the FTC’s announcement.

In the meantime, the AMA, backed by national and state medical associations, will continue its efforts to request that all physicians be exempted from this law and that we are provided with a formal comment period of 90 days on this ruling.