Author: trident500
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Morning Headlines 4/25/13
FDA Device Surveillance to Tap Phone App The FDA will overhaul its FDA Adverse Event Reporting System in part by launching a smartphone app for streamlined adverse event reporting by physicians. Electronic health records key to patient care quality improvement In England, a survey of physicians reveals that 94 percent believe that patients should have…
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Healthcare industry asks feds for clearer guidance on fraud, fewer audits
After sifting through 2,000 pages of public comments, staff members for the Senate Finance Committee say the healthcare industry wants clearer rules, fewer redundant audits and more focus on proactive healthcare fraud prevention.
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HIStalk Interviews Elizabeth Holland, Director HIT Initiatives Group, CMS
Elizabeth Holland is director, HIT Initiatives Group, Office of e-Health Standards and Services for CMS. Describe the scope and process for the Meaningful Use audits for hospitals and EPs.
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No estimate on amount of money lost to fraud in Medicare: CMS
The CMS has no estimate of how much federal money is lost to fraud in the Medicare program most plagued with improper payments, and the agency’s top integrity official was unable to tell lawmakers when they might see such a number.
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No delay in tying Pioneer ACO pay for quality performance
Medicare will tie financial incentives to quality performance this year for 32 accountable care organizations known as Pioneers, the CMS’ first and most ambitious pilot of the new payment model.
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CMS proposes offering patients up to $10M for fraud tips
Many Medicare fraud schemes rely on “patient recruiters” to scour local communities for senior citizens who, knowingly or not, can provide personal information that can be used to generate false bills.
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What’s Next TEDMED?
One of the beauties of TEDMED is that they do a really professional job recording the event and sharing the recorded video with the world. For those who missed it or want to re-watch certain sessions, you can find the full TEDMED session recordings available online . Thanks to Xerox , I was able to…
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EHR use provides Canadian docs billions in benefits
Electronic health records have proven very useful to Canadian physicians in community-based care, helping them to reap more than $1.3 billion in benefits since 2006, according to a new report by PwC. read more
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DoD resistance to open-source EHR ‘detrimental’ to Obama’s goals
Despite the White House’s public desire to use open standards to create an integrated electronic health record system to serve both the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, DoD, for years, has resisted such an approach, according to a recently publicized DoD memo. read more
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Better EHRs could help boost doc time at patient bedsides
Just like everybody else, doctors spend too much time behind computers–and not enough time at patients’ bedsides–according to new research from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, published this week in the Journal of General Internal Medicine .