Author: trident50
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3 Macro Health Payment Trends to Watch
The following is a guest post by Barry Haitoff, CEO of Medical Management Corporation of America. It’s not a stretch to say that the healthcare payment system has hit some tumultuous waters. Medical billing hasn’t been easy for a long time, but with things like the Affordable Care Act, Value Based Reimbursement, and the shifting…
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Medtronic settles whistleblower case for $9.9 million
Suit accused the medical device maker of giving doctors gifts in return for using its products. Elsewhere, a federal judge denied dismissal of a lawsuit against Novartis alleging a kickback campaign to boost its drugs covered by Medicare and Medicaid. …read more
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Va. Senate Republican offers proposal on Medicaid impasse
State Sen. Emmett Hanger seeks a compromise on the issue that threatens to shut down the state government because it has deadlocked negotiations on the budget. …read more
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ONC realigns organizational structure
National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo, in an internal memo sent to ONC staffers and emailed to FierceHealthIT late Friday, announced a slew of organizational changes at the agency. read more …read more
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PCAST report calls on HHS to develop national health data infrastructure
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services must lead efforts to develop a “robust” national health information infrastructure via provider adoption of interoperable electronic health records, according to a new report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. read more …read more
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Support Health Code-A-Palooza Team and Our Very Own Mandi Bishop
I’m sure that many of you have enjoyed the writings of Mandi Bishop (maybe more famously known as @mandibpro on Twitter). I feel lucky to have her amazing insights on this blog. I’m also really excited for Mandi, because her and her team are competing in the Code-A-Palooza competition that’s part of the Health Datapalooza…
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Healthcare Industry Rates Lowest in Cybersecurity, Report Finds
Of the four critical industries within the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index, healthcare and pharmaceuticals rates lowest when it comes to cybersecurity, according to recent analysis by BitSight Technologies, a Cambridge, Mass.-based security rankings provider. Of the four critical industries within the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index, healthcare and pharmaceuticals rates lowest when…
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EHR vendors want more realistic timelines, better clarity in MU Stage 3
Health IT vendor representatives, lamenting about the challenges of Stage 2 of Meaningful Use, called for more realistic timelines and better clarity and consistency on specifications for Stage 3 at a listening session hosted this week by ONC’s Health IT Policy Committee. read more …read more
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CIO Latest to Fall in Troubled Health System’s EMR Implementation
Another executive is leaving Athens (Ga.) Regional Health Systems, with senior vice president and CIO, Gretchen Tegethoff resigning over the botched implementation of the organization’s Cerner electronic health record (EHR) system. Another executive is leaving Athens (Ga.) Regional Health Systems, with senior vice president and CIO, Gretchen Tegethoff resigning over the botched implementation of the…
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Access management tops healthcare execs’ security and privacy worries
Identity management, unauthorized data access by employees, BYOD and remote security policies top the list of healthcare providers’ security and privacy concerns, according to a new KLAS report. read more …read more