Author: trident500
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EHR Expert Jobs, Healthcare Social Media, MU Attestation Data
UPMC, Cleveland Clinic CIOs Say EHR Experts Hard to Find – blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/03/21… via @ wsj @ healthit #EMR #meaningfuluse — Nuance Healthcare (@NuanceHealth) March 25, 2013 I guess Cleveland Clinic doesn’t think the government trained EHR workforce. I know a lot of them that can’t get a job in any EHR position. Wow – if…
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Jacob Landis to make cross-country bicycle tour to raise funds for people with hearing loss
A 24-year-old hearing-impaired baseball fan from Annapolis, Md., hopes to raise $1 million to help others facing hearing loss, so they too can experience in what he calls his “miracle,” the cochlear implant performed at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1999 that restored much of his hearing when he was 10 years old.
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Restrictive Medicaid Eligibility Criteria Associated with Higher Rates of Delayed Medical Care
Effective health screening and preventive care is known to reduce health care costs and improve health outcomes, yet new research from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) shows that restrictive Medicaid policies are associated with patients delaying needed medical care due to cost. States and counties with the most restrictive Medicaid eligibility criteria (where individuals must…
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Medicare reimbursement cuts threaten access to care
Physicians and patients alike are feeling the impact of Medicare reimbursement cuts that went into effect on January 1, 2013. With an additional 2% sequestration cut to roll out on April 1, it’s likely that physicians who treat Medicare patients will be faced with difficult decisions as operating margins continue to shrink.
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CMS Creates Web-Based Tool for Medicare Chronic Conditions
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new Medicare Chronic Conditions Dashboard to provide researchers, physicians, public health professionals, and policymakers data on the geographic spread, required services and costs for beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a new Medicare Chronic Conditions…
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Leveraging EMR Data Into Marketing Analytics
The following is a guest post by Daniel Goldberg, CEO of Gold Medical Marketing By now, most physicians have at least begun the process of cleansing their offices of bulky patient charts and opted for the less cumbersome EHR / EMR systems. Regardless of the system you are using, EMR data may hold a value…
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Patients Want to Share Their Medical Data
During the recent Dell Healthcare Think Tank which I took part in, I had an idea that I think is incredibly powerful and not talked about nearly enough. In fact, I think its reasonable to say that if we want to get healthcare costs down, then we have to learn how to do this well.…
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Some Californians could see 30% hike for individual health plans
Californians who buy individual health plans will see their premiums increase an average of 14% next year under the Affordable Care Act, a report released by California’s healthcare exchange says.
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How will immigration reform intersect with Medicare?
In this pair of stories, news outlets examine whether immigration reform will stress the Medicare program as well as what hospitals are doing to address the health law’s Medicare Wage Index.
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Lawmaker urges extension of safe harbor for EHRs
Normally, it would be illegal for a hospital to donate electronic medical-record software to an independent doctor who refers patients for treatment at the hospital. But federal officials created special rules to allow such transfers as a way to…