Tag: Health IT
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Need Point of Care EMR Documentation to Meet Future EMR Documentation Requirements
As part of my ongoing writing about what people are starting to call the EHR Backlash , I started to think about the shifting tides of EMR documentation. One of the strongest parts of the EHR backlash from doctors surrounds the convoluted documentation that an EMR creates. There is no end to the doctors who…
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Ohio Gov. vows to keep trying on Medicaid expansion; Ark. lawmakers near key votes on issue
The Ohio House is dropping expansion from Gov. John Kasich’s budget while he says hospitals and other stakeholders must help in the effort to expand the health care program for low-income people. Meanwhile, supporters of an expansion try to rally support in Arkansas.
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CCS Medical named winner in national Competitive Bidding Program of CMS
CCS Medical, a leading provider of home delivery medical equipment and supplies, announced today that it has been named a winner in the national Competitive Bidding Program of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Painful side effects
Abuse of prescription painkillers causes more fatalities than heroin and cocaine combined. Yet efforts to stop the Medicare fraud that puts drugs on the black market aren’t working as they should.
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Obama budget would replace SGR formula, boost Medicaid, mental health
Among the changes included in the president’s 2014 budget blueprint are the elimination of the SGR formula to set Medicare physician payment rates, and funding boosts for mental health and food and drug safety. The proposal also delays funding cuts to hospitals that treat the uninsured.
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Morning Headlines 4/12/13
New ONC fee proposal scares health IT sector ONC releases its budget plan for 2014, which includes a 28 percent increase in funding and a proposal to introduce a new fee structure for EHR vendors. athenahealth Inc. vs CareCloud Corporation athenahealth has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against competitor CareCloud citing a thirteen year old…
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Essentia Health Ambulatory Clinics Reach Stage 7
HIMSS Analytics, a division of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has announced that 54 Essentia Health ambulatory clinics, located in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin, have reached Stage 7 on the Ambulatory EMR Adoption Model (A-EMRAM).
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Obama budget includes new fee for EHR vendors
Once again, the federal electronic health-record incentive payment program could take a financial hit due to government budget cutting. This time, EHR developers are being asked to take one for the team.
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The State of Mississippi Medicaid to Integrate Claims, Clinical Data
The State of Mississippi’s Medicaid division is looking to integrate claims and clinical data from various health information exchanges, and will be using a product from the Emeryville, Calif.-based performance management software vendor, MedeAnalytics to do so. The State of Mississippi’s Medicaid division is looking to integrate claims and clinical data from various health information…
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AHA, Specialists Respond to CMS on CQMs
AHA expresses concern about “significant burden placed on providers who are trying to meet multiple, often non-aligned quality measurement and reporting requirements.” In February, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) asked stakeholders for input regarding ways it might better align clinical quality measure reporting under the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), the Electronic Health…