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NewsCMS e-prescribing proposal slammed over physician penalties
The American Medical Association (AMA) and 91 specialty societies criticized the government's proposed new rules on electronic prescribing in comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Read more...
Physicians get partial reprieve on CMS e-prescribing penalties
Doctors who failed to do a minimum amount of electronic prescribing in the first half of 2011 will lose 1 percent of their Medicare reimbursement in 2012 if they do not qualify for an exemption. Read more...
ICD-10 not a given despite potential for Meaningful Use delay
Most healthcare providers would be glad to see Stage 2 of Meaningful Use delayed until 2014, as a workgroup of the Health IT Advisory Committee has suggested. But will the postponement ensure that Read more...
Study: Telemedicine works well for stroke
Telemedicine boosters got new ammunition this week, when a study came out suggesting that remote exams of stroke patients performed via a videoconferencing hookup can work as well as a bedside Read more...
CMS offers e-prescribing guide
This week, CMS issued its own guide to e-prescribing, including one section addressed to office-based clinicians new to e-prescribing and the other helping office-based clinicians who already Read more...
| Press ReleasesFitch Teleconference Today: Impact of Potential Medicare Cuts on U.S. HospitalsNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The operating margins of U.S. non-profit hospitals are vulnerable to possible cuts to Medicare reimbursement, according to Fitch Ratings, which will be discussing the Read more >> Market for Electronic Medical Record Software to Grow at over 12 Percent Per Year to Reach over $8.3 Billion by 2016Government Incentives and Penalties Will Drive Large Part of Growth, According to Millennium Research Group TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global Read more >> Fraser Trebilcock: Independent Contractors Cannot Be Considered a Whistleblower Against Health Care ProvidersLANSING, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Health care providers do not have to worry about protecting themselves from frivolous claims from outside contractors thanks to a recent Sixth Circuit Court of Read more >> Looming Cuts in Medicare Reimbursement Fuel Challenges and Opportunities for Skilled Nursing FacilitiesContemporary Healthcare Capital, LLC Introduces Senior Mortgage Financing—Setting the stage for an Industry Turn-around SHREWSBURY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As the Congressional Super Committee begins Read more >> Care Initiatives Deploys Voice Technology for Outcomes-Based Care Across Skilled Nursing Facility EnterprisePITTSBURGH, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Vocollect Healthcare Systems (www.accunurse.com and www.blog.accunurse.com), a business unit of Intermec, Inc. (NYSE: IN), announces that Care Initiatives, Read more >> |
