Author: trident50
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Focus On the Big Picture Going Forward, ONC’s Reider Urges AMDIS Attendees
ONC’s chief medical officer tells CMIOs to look forward to the future of learning organizations in healthcare Speaking to an audience of about 240 CMIOs and other medical informaticists, Jacob Reider, M.D., chief medical officer in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), urged his audience on June 18 to focus…
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Morning Headlines 6/19/14
Launching Aledade Former National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, announces today that he is launching a new startup dedicated to helping primary care physicians form ACOs. The new venture is backed with a $4.5 million seed investment from Venrock. What should Congress do to help medical innovation? The House Energy and Commerce Committee…
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Five Points Healthcare announces acquisition of BestCare Home Care
Five Points Healthcare announced that it acquired BestCare Home Care on April 30, 2014. BestCare is a home health provider of Medicare-certified, Medicaid-waiver and personal care services throughout Northern and Western Virginia. …read more
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Hospitals to feds: Finalize Meaningful Use flexibility rule ‘quickly’
The American Hospital Association “strongly” urges that a rule recently proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT providing flexibility in the criteria to be used when attesting to Meaningful Use in 2014 be finalized as soon as possible. read more …read more
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IT boosts enrollment in public health programs, but human aid still necessary
A majority of participants in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program favored an online enrollment process, but a segment still wants to be able to interact with caseworkers, according to a study from Georgia State University. read more …read more
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Mostashari Launches ACO Start-up Company
Farzad Mostashari, M.D., the former National Coordinator for Health IT, is starting up a company that aims to help primary care physicians form and connect with accountable care organizations (ACOs). Farzad Mostashari, M.D., the former National Coordinator for Health IT, is starting up a company that aims to help primary care physicians form and connect…
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Podcast: How Can the Meaningful Use Program be Improved Going Forward?
In this edition of the Healthcare Informatics podcast, Senior Editor, Gabriel Perna speaks with Jason Fortin, senior advisor with Impact Advisors, on the drama surrounding the controversial meaningful use program. How can CMS and ONC improve the program going forward to avoid an embarrassingly low attestation rate for Stage 2? In this edition of the…
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Farzad Mostashari-led startup to aid physician ACO efforts
Former National Coordinator for Health IT Farzad Mostashari will lead a new startup to help physicians begin their own accountable care organizations. read more …read more
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Survey: Majority of EHR Users Express Some Satisfaction With Their Systems
Nearly three-quarters of survey respondents indicated they were at least somewhat satisfied with their electronic health record (EHR) systems, according to new research from Austin, Tx.-based EHR reviewer Software Advice. Nearly three-quarters of survey respondents indicated they were at least somewhat satisfied with their electronic health record (EHR) systems, according to new research from Austin,…
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Industry groups to Congress: Telemedicine licensing ‘out of date’
A pair of industry groups put pressure on Congress to update “out-of-date” licensing and reimbursement policies for telemedicine. read more …read more