The 2015 meeting is the 6th Annual State Healthcare IT Connect Summit produced in partnership with NASCIO, Co-Sponsors eHealth Initiative, American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) and Official Media Sponsor Health Affairs. The 2-day event will be held in Baltimore on Mach 23-24.
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Health Information Exchanges (HIE) provide a means for HIPAA secure electronic communications between healthcare providers and is a key element in improving patient health and…
The bipartisan children’s advocacy organization First Focus and PolicyLab at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia released a new analysis showing that, five years after its technical end, the recession of the mid-2000s continues to impact America’s children
Leading consumer groups, led by the Campaign for Better Care (CBC), filed comments urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to prioritize ensuring that accountable care organizations (ACOs) participating in the next cycle of the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) deliver high-quality, high-value care, supports beneficiary choice and empowerment, and improves ready access to health services.
The National Association for Trusted Exchange (NATE) kicked off its new NATE Blue Button for Consumers (NBB4C) Trust Bundle at the 2015 ONC Annual Meeting…
Building on the announcement from HHS, pledging much-needed changes to the Meaningful Use program, healthcare IT leaders praised the release of the Office of the…
ZirMed®, the premier cloud-based enterprise financial and clinical performance solution for healthcare, announced it was once again ranked Best in KLAS®, recognized as the #1 claims and clearinghouse vendor in the healthcare market. This is ZirMed’s third time winning Best in KLAS.
ZirMed®, the premier cloud-based enterprise financial and clinicalperformance solution for healthcare, announced results from its latest ICD-10 end-to-end testing efforts. After surveying its clients, ZirMed found overall that those who have started testing have gainedconfidence in their ICD-10 coding strategy and found additional areas for testing in 2015.
EHNAC, a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data, announced that GE Healthcare and NextGen Healthcare are the first two organizations to achieve accreditation under its Practice Management System Accreditation Program (PMSAP).