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NewsMGMA 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...
MGMA: Doctors not ready for 5010, 'contingency plan' needed
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has called for the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to create a contingency plan for the impending transition to the 5010 electronic Read more...
MGMA's new leader seeks to expand its health IT involvement
Dr. Susan Turney, who has been named as the next president and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and the American College of Medical Practice Executives (AMCPE), is a big Read more...
CMS to adopt CORE rules for eligibility and claims status transactions
An interim final rule set to publish July 8 will define standard sets of information to be used in insurance eligibility and claims status transactions. The new CMS operating rules are expected to Read more...
Physician practices still not in 5010 ballpark as deadline looms
A recent MGMA survey of physician practices makes clear that a large percentage will have trouble meeting the Jan. 1, 2012 deadline for using the HIPAA 5010 transaction set. MGMA, which represents 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...
MGMA survey: majority of physician groups haven't started down 5010 path
Physician groups are even further behind the 5010 implementation curve than hospitals are. A majority of the respondents to a recent survey by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) said Read more...
Consumer groups, providers butt heads on 'harm standard' for breach notification
Consumer groups and provider representatives are lining up on opposite sides of the debate over whether HHS should soften its standard for notifying patients about privacy breaches. Privacy Read more...
Insurers getting behind machine-readable ID cards
Last week, Humana and UnitedHealth Group threw their weight behind the concept of using machine-readable enrollee identification cards rather than than throwaway pieces of plastic. The concept has Read more...
Study: Unique patient identifiers could save $77 billion
Smarter use of existing technologies could save as much, if not more, on healthcare costs for developing new technology, a new RAND study finds. After all, unique patient identifiers (UPIs) already Read more...
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