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NewsCPOE, data warehouses will be vital to CMS bundling program
While few hospitals have tried bundled payments so far, hundreds are expected to participate in the new bundling program that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched in Read more...
How to qualify for three federal health IT incentives: It's complicated
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has added 120 new answers to the FAQ section in its website on the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program. Among other things, CMS now Read more...
Feds outline Medicare incentives for e-prescribing
Now that the Medicare bill has passed, a new set of e-prescribing incentives will soon be rolling out as well. This week, HHS leaders spelled out just how the incentives would work. The incentives Read more...
| Press ReleasesPress Ganey Only Company to Integrate Most Recent HCAHPS, Core Measures Data to Provide Near Real-Time Picture of VBP ScoreSOUTH BEND, Ind., Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Press Ganey Value-Based Purchasing Calculator has been updated to integrate hospitals' most recent nine months of complete HCAHPS and core measures Read more >> Users of Computer Programs and Systems’ EMR System Lead in Payments to Rural and Community Hospitals for Electronic HealthMOBILE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Computer Programs and Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CPSI), a leading provider of electronic medical record (EMR) systems to rural and community hospitals, today announced Read more >> Alarm Spreads Over Nursing Home Job Losses on Eve of October 1 Federal Regulation Reducing SNF Medicare Funding by 11.1%Nebraska Nursing Home Eliminates Jobs Citing New CMS Regulation; AQNHC President Expresses Concern Losses Represent Leading Edge of Jobs Instability in Other States Like Ohio, Florida WASHINGTON--( Read more >> Anesthesia Business Consultants Alerts Anesthesiologists to New Updates on Federal Budget Proposals and Medicare PaymentsJACKSON, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- There is lots of activity in the world of anesthesia at the moment. Anesthesia Business Consultants would like to further clarify the somewhat confusing eRx Penalty Read more >> Nursing Home Resident Advocacy Group Calls Market Response to Medicare Cuts an ‘Overreaction’WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, Brian Lee, Executive Director of Families for Better Care, called the Standard and Poor credit warning against the for-profit nursing home sector and last week’s Read more >> |
