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NJ Blue plan invests $500K in med history tech for hospitals
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has set aside $500,000 to help some of the hospitals in its network bring up electronic medical history technology. Early registrants for the program Read more...
Cigna rolls out Second Life community
In an interesting case of an insurance company doing something (moderately) cutting-edge, Cigna has launched a pilot project under which it has launched a virtual health care community based on Read more...
Want EMRs to succeed? Pay doctors to use them
You know, sometimes an answer is right in front of us. The American College of Physicians is handing you the cheat Read more...
Primary care group wants pay for online work
The American College of Physicians has taken a position that shouldn't be much of a surprise. It's suggesting that payers should reimburse physicians for added work needed to take part in new digital Read more...
Kaiser finishes major phase of costly EMR project
Kaiser has put the finishing touches on a major phase of its costly, high-profile EMR project, giving all of its 8.7 million enrollees and 13,000 physicians access to its outpatient system. To date, Read more...
Case study: NH Blue plan offers mobile EMR access
New Hampshire's Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Hampshire plans to begin offering physicians access to patients' electronic health records via mobile phones. The new capabilities also allow Read more...
Trend: Few US doctors respond to patient email
Not only are physicians struggling with implementing EMRs, few are even exchanging email with their patients, it seems. While many patients say that they'd love to use email to handle routine chores Read more...
Insurers keep getting on web visit bandwagon
A growing number of health plans have begun to pay for patients to participate in online visits with their doctor. In recent months Aetna and Cigna have started paying for some doctors' visits on Read more...
Revenue cycle management options growing
Let's face it, when your income is derived from billing dodgy insurance companies, collecting is going to be a major challenge. However, of late there's been a growing number of vendors and Read more...
DEA may allow e-prescribing of controlled substances
Just last week, we took the DEA to task for its apparent resistance to letting physicians prescribe controlled substances electronically. Well, either I misread the situation or they've had a quick Read more...
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