Navicure announced it has been selected for ICD-10 “end-to-end” testing with eight Medicare payers during the week of January 26-30, 2015. The opportunity will allow participating physician practices to remedy potential problem areas before ICD-10 is implemented on October 1, 2015.
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The New York eHealth Collaborative’s fourth annual Digital Health Conference 2014 was held at Pier Sixty in New York City this week. Here are some highlights from the events twitter feed #DHC14.
More EHR audits are on the way. The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) will continue to pay closer attention to the healthcare industry’s use of electronic health records–in particular HIPAA security, EHR incentive payments and fraud, according to the office’s recently released 2015 work plan.
Announcements and launches from Amazing Charts, NextGen, and CareCloud. Meet Molly, your new nurse avatar. Check out new mobile healthcare analytics and home health IT solutions.
Don’t miss these HIT Policy Committee and HIT Standards Committee meetings scheduled for this week.
With the ICD-10 deadline almost exactly a year away, it’s a great time to make sure your 2015 budget can support a comprehensive, multi-faceted transition plan. When budgeting, consider all the necessary steps to set up your practice for success.
Last Thursday eHealth Initiative released its initial 2020 Roadmap for transforming the health care industry through data exchange and health IT. The 2020 Roadmap Identifies the top 3 priorities as Interoperability, Clinical Motivators and Incentives, and Data Access and Use.
The ECRI institute has released a survey to gauge the preparedness level of hospitals in fighting and managing Ebola. The survey results will be presented at an ECRI web conference on December 3 at 2:30 ET. Identities of survey respondents will be kept confidential.
The future might bring us Electronic Health (EHR) Record systems which automatically enter and record complete patient clinical encounters, verify insurance eligibility, and add notes; minimizing the need for support staff.