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A new audit has concluded that New Jersey has not put adequate security measures in place to protect sensitive Medicaid program data. The review, conducted by the New Jersey Office of the State Read more...

> The Brooklyn Health Information Exchange has begun developing an enterprise master person index in preparation for beginning operations this summer. Read more...

Minnesota providers and insurers will soon become the first in the United States required to file all claims electronically. A new law, which takes effect in 2009, includes all business-to-business transactions, as well as transactions between providers, insurers and the state.

The law also impacts worker's comp claims, chiropractic, dental and pharmacy claims and medical care claims filed through auto insurance plans. Insurers and providers will be required to follow a standard …

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In many cases, it's still the deep-pocketed providers that are rolling out EMR technology. But a group of Maryland clinics are bucking this trend, counting themselves among the few that share an integrated clinical, registration, scheduling and billing system. A group of eight clinics offering care to the underserved participate in the network, run by the Community Health Integrated Partnership (CHIP), sister organization to the Maryland Community Health System health plan. CHIP's …

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For two years, Maine has tried to make its flawed Medicaid billing system work. Now, state administrators are ready to throw up their hands and kill the system, which has already cost the state and federal government $56 million. If administrators pull the plug, there's no other system available to pay the state's roughly 7,000 Medicaid providers.

The system immediately began rejecting claims in January 2005, when it first went live. To keep care available to patients during this …

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