Author: trident50
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Medicare pays doctors even after they’re sanctioned
A ProPublica report finds that the agency continued paying doctors, pharmacists and other health professionals even after they were charged with bilking the program. Meanwhile, a report recommends that Medicare pay hospitals less for low-risk outpatient surgeries. …read more
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What is Behind the Heated Debate Regarding the Success of HIE?
0 For the upcoming April/May issue of Healthcare Informatics, I have written a feature story on the state of HIE across the country, wondering how successful it has become. When it comes to this issue, why is there such a difference in opinion amongst health IT leaders? For the upcoming April/May issue of Healthcare Informatics,…
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Financial tools seeping into population health management
The definition of population health management (PHM) differs depending on whom you talk to. But the lines are blurring between PHM and financial management, according to a blog post at Chilmark… read more …read more
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How to avoid roadblocks to successful HIE
Effective integration with a health information exchange isn’t easy, but there are ways to shorten the roadblocks and develop a comprehensive HIE strategy. To that end, Sean Kennedy, director of health information exchange at the Massachusetts eHealth Institute and Nicole Heim, CIO Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center, speaking Wednesday at the Healthcare Business Intelligence Forum…
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Privacy attorney: Documentation for HIPAA audits must be meticulous
With HIPAA audits this fall expected to be more narrow in focus, healthcare organizations and their business associates must ensure that their documentation is meticulous, according to Adam Green, a privacy attorney with Washington, D.C.-based law firm Davis Wright Tremaine. read more …read more
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Why Is It So Difficult To Reduce The Cost Of Care?
By refusing to pay for readmissions within 30 days of discharge from a hospital, Medicare has sent a strong message across the healthcare industry: < 30 day readmissions should be avoided at all costs. As a result, providers and vendors are doing everything in their power to avoid < 30 day readmissions. This seems like…
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Geisinger shows how data drives change
Geisinger Health System, the pioneering integrated care network, is “perfectly designed to do a huge number of experiments in both the provider and payer sides,” said its Chief Executive Officer Glenn Steele Jr., MD, on Thursday. read more …read more
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Advisory committee focus is on ‘SMART’ mobile app innovation
An advisory committee focusing on mHealth software innovation is now in place for the Substitutable Medical Apps & Reusable Technology (SMART) project, with the goal of making mobile healthcare… read more …read more
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Report: Use Stage 3 to create a robust health data infrastructure
Meaningful Use Stage 3 should embrace interoperability at its core to foster creation of a truly interoperable health data infrastructure, according to a report conducted by JASON, an independent group of scientists that advises the U.S. government on science and technology. read more …read more
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Why does healthcare resist encryption?
The most basic security truth in 2014 is that encryption done properly — a high enough level of encryption, proper safeguarding of the encryption key — is the best thing an IT department can do. [See also: Where will HIT security be in 3 years?.] Sill, many industries resist encryption — and healthcare is arguably…