Author: trident50
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Kentucky insurance exchange tech expert shares HIE’s secrets to success
While states such as Oregon and Nevada continue to struggle with technology glitches in their state-run health insurance exchanges, Kentucky’s Kynect exchange ranks among those hailed as… read more …read more
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Boost Self-Pay Collections With Health Data Analytics
One of the biggest challenges facing hospital financial executives is formulating a self-pay revenue cycle strategy. This is particularly true given the far-reaching effects of the Affordable Care Act. The self-pay patient population has changed. Although fewer patients are now uninsured, high deductibles and other out-of-pocket expenses leave hospitals with rising self-pay receivables. …read more
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New Reality TV Show to Follow ONC Leadership
The past six months have been really amazing here at Healthcare Scene. In October, we acquired Healthcare IT Central and associated health IT career resources and next week we’ll be hosting the first ever Health IT Marketing and PR Conference. While these are two major milestones for Healthcare Scene, we’re not stopping there. We have…
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HIMSS Analytics Honors 21 University of Iowa Health Care Clinics With Stage 7 Ambulatory Award
HIMSS Analytics recognized 21 University of Iowa Health Care clinics with its Stage 7 Ambulatory Award. The award represents University of Iowa Health Care’s attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model™ (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems. Developed in 2011, the EMR Ambulatory…
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Magellan Health Services enters into agreement to acquire CDMI
Magellan Health Services, Inc. today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire CDMI, LLC, a privately-held company that provides a range of clinical consulting programs and negotiates and administers drug rebates for managed care organizations (MCO) and other customers. …read more
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Health Diagnostic Laboratory opens My HDL Hub health centers to prevent major chronic diseases
Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. is taking the next step in its mission to detect, prevent and reverse major chronic disease such as heart disease and diabetes with the launch of My HDL Hub health centers. HDL, Inc.’s My HDL Hub is a place for individuals to receive comprehensive blood tests, gain lifestyle, nutrition and fitness…
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Morning Headlines 4/1/14
Senate Approves ICD-10 Delay, ‘Doc Fix’ By a vote of 64 to 35, the Senate approves the “Doc Fix” bill, delaying the implementation of ICD-10 until October 2015, and preserving the current Medicare physician reimbursement rate for 12 months. HealthCare.gov stumbles twice on deadline day Healthcare.gov goes offline twice on its final day of registration,…
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Utah’s Medicaid efforts may pave route for other red states
Gov. Gary Herbert and aides have been meeting with federal officials to find a different option. Meanwhile, news outlets look at the Medicaid expansion battles in Virginia and Florida and Republican concerns in Illinois. …read more
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Mercy Technology Services to Offer Epic Hosting, Consulting
After installing the Epic electronic health record system in its 30 hospitals and 800 ambulatory departments, Mercy Technology Services, the IT arm of the sixth-largest Catholic health system in the United States, is offering its Epic implementation expertise to the market. After installing the Epic electronic health record system in its 30 hospitals and 800…
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Blumenthal interview on EHR use elicits mixed reaction
A recent interview in The Atlantic with David Blumenthal, former National Coordinator for Health IT, has generated a flurry of comments from readers weighing in on the role and worth of electronic health records read more …read more