It’s Official – Senate Confirms Marilyn Tavenner As CMS Administrator
Tavenner First Permanent CMS Administrator Since 2006 After a brief bump in the road to confirmation Marilyn Tavenner was voted in as yesterday as the first…
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Industry Behavior Needs to Change in Standardizing HIPAA Transactions
Compliance – Not Just a Legal Term, It Actually Makes Good Business Sense COMMENTARY By Stanley Nachimson, Nachimson Advisors I have always considered myself a very close…
Senator Lifts Hold on Tavenner Nomination as CMS Administrator
Harkin Says He Has No Objections to Tavenner Leading CMS On April 24, one day after the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve Marilyn Tavenner…
EHR Dissatisfaction: A tech or people problem?
By Kimberly Martini Division vice president, AMN Healthcare A percolating problem is beginning to boil over: doctors and nurses really don’t like their new electronic…
National Nurses Week 2013
Delivering Quality & Innovation in Patient Care In 1954, 100 years after Florence Nightingale’s mission to Crimea, the first National Nurse Week was observed in…
Senator Looks to Delay Choice of Tavenner as CMS Administrator
New Wrinkle in Tavenner Nominiation On April 24, one day after the Senate Finance Committee voted to approve Marilyn Tavenner to be administrator of the…
CMS, ONC to Host Event on Billing and Coding with EHRs
Coding in an EHR Environment On Friday, May 3, CMS and ONC will hold a meeting for providers, vendors, press, and others to discuss electronic…
Latest Telemedicine and mHealth Technologies on Display May 5 – 7
Word’s Largest Telemedicine Conference If you live within driving distance of Austin, Texas, or looking for a great excuse to get there, then check out…
Senate Finance Committee Approves Marilyn Tavenner to Lead Medicare, Medicaid
Finance Chairman Says Tavenner’s Experience Makes Her the Right Choice to Lead CMS Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) yesterday applauded the committee’s approval…