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- ONC Summit: Consumers Want Providers to Speed EHR Deployment
- IT Industry Study: 50% of Physicians Use Medical Apps
- Survey Examines Roles of Chief Nursing Officers in IT Decisions
- Data Shows Uninsured Patients Have Shorter Hospital Stays
- Medicaid Meaningful Use Go-Lives Hit 39 States
- Survey: Healthcare is Second-most Important Issue After Job Creation
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ACO’s Creates New Opportunities for Nurses
By Cathryn Domrose, Nurse.com Released last month, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services‘ new guidelines for accountable care organizations were a victory for many healthcare professionals dismayed by the original version released in April. Nursing organizations were concerned the … Continue reading
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Medicare Will Expand Coverage for Telehealth
By Ken Terry, Information Week – Healthcare The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed changing how it defines telehealth services that may be eligible for Medicare coverage. But it’s unclear how far the agency will go in expanding such … Continue reading
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Obama Administration Offers New Ways to Improve Care, Lower Cost for Medicaid
July 8, 2011 US Department of Health & Human Services Initiatives focus on people receiving Medicare and Medicaid benefits The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced three new initiatives to help states improve the quality … Continue reading
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New Study: Medicaid Makes a “Big Difference” in Lives
By Julie Rovner, for NPR The study, being published as a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, has a distinctly bipartisan flavor. Among its authors are Katherine Baicker of Harvard, who was an economic adviser to … Continue reading
Legal Oversight May Leave Rural Health Clinics Behind
By Alexandra Wilson Pecci, for Health Leaders Media 7/6/2011 A seemingly small omission from the 2009 economic stimulus law could spell big trouble for the country’s thousands of rural health clinics. The problem? If you’re billing the Centers for … Continue reading
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CMS Rule Encourages Hospitals to Participate in EHR Based Reporting Pilot
Joseph Goedert, HDM Breaking News, 7/5/2011 The CMS has issued a proposed rule urging critical access facilities and hospitals to take part in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program Electronic Reporting Pilot. “Through this pilot, we have encouraged hospitals to take … Continue reading
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HHS Urges Medicare Patients to Make Use of Free ‘Health Care Reform’ Benefits
By Daniel J. DeNoon, WebMD Health News June 20, 2011 — Only one in six Medicare beneficiaries have so far received any of the preventive care services now free to them due to health care reform. To save lives — and money … Continue reading
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HHS Review of Regulations: Impact on Hospitals and Telemedicine
Nurse.com The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a review of regulations in response to a request from President Obama for all federal government agencies to streamline regulatory procedures. Among various initiatives for review are several that could … Continue reading
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ONC: First Medicare EHR Incentive Payments Due This Week
Government Health IT, 5/19/2011 The first Medicare electronic health record (EHR) incentive payments will be issued this week, according to an announcement made Wednesday by the ONC. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said providers who have successfully … Continue reading
CMS Rule Streamlines Telemedicine Credentialing
By Joseph Goedert, Health Data Management, 5/2/2011 The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released a final rule to streamline credentialing processes for physicians and other practitioners providing telemedicine services. The rule is intended to reduce burdens for small … Continue reading
