Author: trident50
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White House touts enrollment achievement
More than 7 million people signed up for medical insurance through exchanges set up by President Obama’s new health care program by Monday night’s deadline, meeting the forecast originally set for the six-month enrollment period, the White House announced on Tuesday. …read more
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State roundup: Federal judge lets Ariz. abortion rules stand; Mich. Medicaid expands
News organizations report on health care developments in Arizona, California, Michigan, Minnesota and Virginia. …read more
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Report: Global Healthcare IT Market to Reach $66B by 2020
The global healthcare IT market is projected to reach $66 billion by 2020, driven by streamlining clinical workflow processes, according to a new report from market researcher Global Industry Analysts (GIA). The global healthcare IT market is projected to reach $66 billion by 2020, driven by streamlining clinical workflow processes, according to a new report…
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ACC14: Cardiology Getting on Board
0 ACC 2014 is now history! Washington, D.C. weather was perfect for a conference – it rained the entire weekend! Prior to the meeting I speculated about what might be new. In a nutshell, it was a fitting venue in Washington, D.C. as cardiology seems to be awakening to the world of meaningful use The…
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An Overlooked Provision of H.R. 4302
While everyone is talking about Sec. 212 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (H.R. 4302), which would delay the compliance date of ICD-10 for another year, there is another significant provision in the bill for informatics observers. While everyone is talking about Sec. 212 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of…
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Senate vote leaves ‘unanswered questions’ for ICD-10, critics say
Industry reaction to the Senate’s passage of H.R. 4302 on Monday–which delays ICD-10 until at least Oct. 1, 2015, and provides a 12-month patch to the sustainable growth rate payment formula that will prevent deep Medicare payment cuts for physicians–appears to trend against the decision, with many groups expressing “deep disappointment” with the vote. read…
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New HHS interactive video aims to protect research subjects
The U.S. Department of Health & Human services has released a new interactive video aimed to better protect research subjects and reduce misconduct in clinical research, it announced this week…. read more …read more
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In response to the Senate’s silence on ICD-10, a word about the delay
The importance of ICD-10 to legislators in the context of the sustainable growth rate patch was made abundantly clear by the number of mentions the implementation received in more than three hours… read more …read more
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Global healthcare IT market projected to hit $66 billion by 2020
The global healthcare IT market projected to hit $66 billion by 2020, driven by efforts to streamline critical workflow processes, according to a new report. read more …read more
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ICD-10 delayed, doc pay patched again
The U.S. Senate voted to pass the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, which both pushes back the compliance deadline for ICD-10 and perseveres the pay rate for doctors treating Medicare patients. Before those officially take hold, however, President Barack Obama has to sign the bill into law. read more …read more