Category: HIE

As the only South Carolina-owned and operated health insurance carrier, Blue Cross Blue Shield South Carolina (BCBSSC) has been offering insurance security to state citizens for more than 65 years. They wanted to capture, centralize and manage the hundreds of thousands of monthly incoming inquiries and supporting documentation related to both authorization requests and provider…

The Joint Commission has announced changes to its standards for accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory healthcare organizations that provide diagnostic imaging services, including ambulatory organizations that have achieved Advanced Diagnostic Imaging certification. The Joint Commission has announced changes to its standards for accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory healthcare organizations that provide…

One North Carolina Democrat who never voted for the health law finds he still has a tough fight from Republicans. In the meantime, new polls show support for the health law at a new low, but some still see the law as Obama’s biggest achievement. …read more

Within two years of implementation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) had a small but significant positive effect on the quality of pediatric care, according to a study from Boston Children’s Hospital. Within two years of implementation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) had a small but…

​Within two years of implementation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts’ Alternative Quality Contract (AQC) had a small but significant positive effect on the quality of pediatric care, according to a new study from Boston Children’s Hospital. The results were published online Dec. 23 in Pediatrics. …read more

The joint Commission has announced changes to its standards for diagnostic imaging, effective July 1, 2014. Additional requirements will be phased in by 2015. The changes apply to accredited hospitals, critical access hospitals, and ambulatory health care organizations that provide diagnostic imaging services, including ambulatory organizations that have achieved Advanced Diagnostic Imaging certification. read more…

During the holidays, the goal should be to set the course somewhere “between Hallmark and heartache,” a Vanderbilt psychiatrist says. In other words, don’t strive for the perfect (you won’t achieve it), and recognize and deal head-on with some of the stressors of the season. …read more

Health advocates cheered last month’s U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal to ban partially hydrogenated oils – which contain trans fats that increase the risk of heart disease – but some wonder whether the substitutes for these fats will be any healthier. …read more

New Orleans Health Commissioner Karen DeSalvo, MD, will take over as national coordinator for health information technology, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced this morning. read more …read more

This December marks the 40th anniversary of the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania being designated a Comprehensive Cancer Center by the National Cancer Institute. To celebrate this momentous milestone, over 400 people gathered together early this month for an event recognizing the center’s vast achievements in cancer research, patient care, and education…