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Brochure: OpenText EasyLink Notifications Service
OpenText EasyLink Notifications Service is a 100% outsourced, cloud-based solution that lets you send and receive messages across multiple modes – SMS, voice, email, and fax. It’s ideal for fraud alerts, product or service updates, invoice reminders, account updates, order status, appointment confirmations, prescription refills, employee scheduling changes, travel notifications, and other communications that need…
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Florida House rejects federal Medicaid expansion funds
The Florida House of Representatives passed its own limited health care bill that relies on state money to expand coverage to the state’s neediest residents. Also in the news, reports from Ohio, Montana, Texas, Nebraska and Arizona on the status of state decision-making regarding the expansion.
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Medicaid: Texas docs lose money; Jindal adm. official has ‘improper contact’ with contractor
The first question many doctors ask when new patients call for appointments is how they intend to pay. If the answer is Medicaid, the doctor can expect to lose money. The Texas Legislature has been balancing the state’s budget by intentionally paying doctors 40 to 75 percent less for Medicaid patients than what private insurers…
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Federal gov’t. moves against Nevada hospital for alleged patient dumping
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave Nevada 10 days to correct problems at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital following reports it may have improperly discharged patients and bused them out of state.
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Nationwide public safety broadband network faces tough challenges
By all accounts, first responder emergency communications at the Boston Marathon performed well in response to the terrorist attack. However, the lack of interoperable public safety communications… read more Source: Nationwide public safety broadband network faces tough challenges
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Preparing for a Meaningful Use Audit
ONC/CMS provides strong oversight of the Meaningful Use program by continuousy reexamining the quality of certified products and auditing hospitals and practices that have attested to meaningful use. Last week, ONC “de-certified” a product for not supporting the functionality required by regulations . Meaningful Use audits are done by Figliozzi and Company on behalf of…
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Readers Write: Achieving Value, A Different Kind of Medical Miracle
Achieving Value, A Different Kind of Medical Miracle By David Bond Practice management system (PMS) vendors have long sought to provide their physician customers with more capabilities than just traditional practice management and EHR capabilities. Specifically, providing outsourced patient statements and RCM services are some of the most important opportunities that have been identified to…
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Malaria detection device to be field tested a year ahead of schedule
A European Union-funded mHealth project to develop a mobile device using nanotechnology to rapidly detect malaria infection and drug resistance will be ready for field testing in 2013–a year ahead… read more Source: Malaria detection device to be field tested a year ahead of schedule
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Achieving eHealth Equity – A report from National Minority Health Month
As part of National Minority Health Month, we’re excited to release a brief report summarizing some important conversations that have recently taken place around the issue of eHealth equity. As background, in February, ONC helped organize a White House Summit on Achieving eHealth Equity in collaboration with the Office of Minority Health, and ZeroDivide-an organization…
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HHS to provide more HIPAA guidance to covered entities
On the heels of concerns that many healthcare providers misunderstand HIPAA, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services plans to offer guidance and technical assistance to covered entities and business associates with concerns about the recently updated omnibus rule. read more