By Sarianne Gruber – At the start of this month, Robert Wood Johnson Health System and Barnabas Health publicly announced its merger – one that will cover 5 million people or more than half of the state’s population spanning from Ocean County in the south to Hudson County in the north and Somerset in west.
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Ten common conditions represent more than 2 million annual visits to hospital emergency rooms statewide at an estimated cost of about $1.3 billion, and nine out of 10 of them could have been avoided or treated elsewhere, according to research issued by Excellus BlueCross BlueShield.
CMS is reporting these events and information on payment issues concerning Medicare and Medicaid. News includes updates on eCQM library and eCQI resources, SNF Value-Based Purchasing Program, Medicare Shared Savings Program, and the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule.
The telemedicine market is growing at a significant rate due to increasing healthcare costs, a growing geriatric population, and rising incidence of chronic diseases mixed with increasing government funding and growing technological advances. Read news from the industry.
Check out the latest announcements made from companies and organizations on the hiring and appointments in the healthcare and health IT industry.
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report in February. Active registrants total over a half a million.
Daniel Nutkis, CEO of HITRUST testified at a Homeland Security Committee hearing on the Role of Cyber Insurance in Risk Management in front of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies.
The National Medical Association has joined colorectal cancer care advocacy groups and the American College of Radiology (ACR) in calling on Congress to pass the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act (H.R. 4632).
The telemedicine market is growing at a significant rate due to increasing healthcare costs, a growing geriatric population, and rising incidence of chronic diseases mixed with increasing government funding and growing technological advances. Here is news on the industry.