The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights “Examining Consolidation in the Health Insurance Industry and its Impact on Consumers” on Tuesday September 22, 2015. Aetna and Anthem CEOs testify.
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CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – August.
National Health IT Week is the premier event offering all healthcare stakeholders an opportunity to unite under one banner, expressing the benefits that health information technology (IT) brings to U.S. healthcare. “One Voice, One Vision.”
By Richard Kronick PhD – I am pleased to announce that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has raised its budget cap on large investigator-initiated research grants. R01 health services research and R18 demonstration and dissemination grants are now eligible for up to $400,000 per year total cost for up to five years.
Health information exchange is happening all around. This week’s HIE rundown includes: Entrada unveils major update to mobile productivity platform, Indiana Health Information Exchange and Franciscan Alliance partner to enhance interoperability, & Medfusion launches first consumer mobile app to simplify healthcare records.
By Irv H. Lichtenwald – None of us would have the jobs we currently occupy without some ability to focus on details. Running a company, developing IT systems, managing a hospital, seeing patients and evaluating their concerns—all require the ability to dig deep and identify root causes and effective solutions.
By Alex Tate – If you are considering a program to help you with your electronic health records then you will most likely be doing some research. You are going to find that there are a number of programs available. Therefore, it can be difficult to determine which one will actually be the very best choice.
By Steve Spearman – Earlier this summer, the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) published a paper titled Impact of the HITECH act on physicians’ adoption of electronic health records, that analyzed how well HITECH has incentivized doctors to make the leap into EHR.
The path to transitioning to ICD-10 to minimize practice disruptions and claim denials will not be easy. We reached out to ZirMed, to ask them to give us some tips to help providers make a successful transition. You can check out their nine tips,