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HHS finalizes new standards for Part D e-prescribing

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has finalized two changes in its e-prescribing rules for Medicare Part D, regulations that govern the standards for communications between dispensers

WEDI to work with CMS, other parties to jump-start 5010 transactions

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), an organization that facilitates improvements in the electronic exchange of information, has partnered with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid

CMS to require dialysis centers to submit clinical data online

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) this month will start requiring all 5,500 federally certified dialysis centers in the U.S. to submit facility-wide and patient-level data

CAQH partnership focuses on synchronizing med, pharmacy e-transaction rules

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) and the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare's Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CAQH CORE) have agreed to

Consultants: Industry should be ready for HIPAA transaction 'operating rules'

As if the national push for EMRs, the conversion to ANSI X12 5010 and ICD-10 coding and new, more stringent HIPAA privacy and security regulations weren't enough to keep health IT professionals busy

Payers setting own rules for sharing health information

Right now, payers and providers that want to share information between them have some big problems on their hands. One of the toughest is that payers and providers may not have compatible networks or

Providers may already be behind on ICD-10 implementation

The October 1, 2013 deadline to implement ICD-10 coding may seem comfortingly far away, but according to a recent study, if you're not planning for the change now, you may already be behind. Worse,

Providers may already be behind on ICD-10 implementation

The October 1, 2013 deadline to implement ICD-10 coding may seem comfortingly far away, but according to a recent study, if you're not planning for the change now, you may already be behind. Worse,