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NewsNew consultancy panel boasts health IT heavyweights
Health intelligence firm Leavitt Partners--which was founded by former U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt--announced this week the creation of its "FuturePanel," Read more...
Halamka outlines BIDMC's ICD-10 processes, shares resources
While Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka, M.D., doesn't necessarily believe that ICD-10 is a worthwhile project--particularly because it is used for reimbursement instead of for Read more...
Today's health IT accomplishments are yesterday's challenges
It is 2012--time to look forward to a year of deadlines, determination, and perhaps defiance, as we strive to reach that goal of nationwide interoperable electronic health records. What's my Read more...
CMS home care pilot will test technology to treat chronic patients
A new pilot program being rolled out by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will rely on the use of IT to help treat Medicare patients with chronic conditions in their homes. Dubbed the Read more...
Federal agencies to go on a $6.5B health IT spending binge
Federal agencies will spend $6.5 billion on their own health IT needs in 2016, up from $4.5 billion in 2011, according to a new report from Deltek, a government IT contractor that operates a research Read more...
MGMA wants 5010 delay expanded due to practice unreadiness
With a majority of physician practices still unprepared for the impending transition to the government-mandated 5010 transaction set for electronic transactions, the Medical Group Management Read more...
HL7, ASC X12 push to develop claims attachment standards again
Standards development organizations Health Level Seven and the Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12) have asked the National Committee on Vital Health Statistics (NCVHS) to be designated as Read more...
Verizon expands health fraud prevention to payers, government
Verizon is offering private health insurers and government agencies involved in healthcare the same fraud prevention solution that it has already piloted for the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Read more...
Electronic health records
Although the final rule for ACOs eliminates the proposed requirement that 50 percent of participating primary care physicians would need to show Meaningful Use of an electronic health record (EHR), Read more...
KLAS: ICD-10 procrastination a lingering issue for providers
Despite an October 2013 deadline, now is the time for providers to begin ramping up preparations for the ICD-10 switch, a new report from healthcare research firm KLAS stresses. The report determines Read more...
| Press ReleasesNew NCQA Accreditation Program Identifies ACOs That Are Most Likely to SucceedMinnesota, Montana Groups Are Early Adopters WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On November 21, the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) will release the standards and guidelines that compose Read more >> Anesthesia Business Consultants Reminds Anesthesiologists to Request eRx Exemption Now That the Web Portal is Up and RunniJACKSON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CMS has just announced a new provider web portal through which anesthesiologists, pain physicians and others can to enter requests for hardship exemptions from the Read more >> Practice Fusion is Now the Largest Meaningful Use Physician Community in USFree, web-based EHR kicks off 2011 Meaningful Use attestation period with a forecasted 5,000 medical providers, potentially qualifying its users for $90M in EHR incentives in 2011SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. Read more >> Research and Markets: 2011 Benchmarks in Reducing Avoidable Healthcare Utilization: Data to Drive Down ER Visits and ReadmDUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/0c38e4/2011_benchmarks_in) has announced the addition of the "2011 Benchmarks in Reducing Avoidable Read more >> Most Radiologists Eligible for Meaningful Use Payments, Says JACR ArticleExpert Describes EHR Attributes to Earn Federal Bonuses, Avoid Penalties SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- An article in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) Read more >> |
