Tag: informatics
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Tensions, threats emerge in Ariz. Medicaid expansion debate
In addition, the legislative debate continues in Texas while in Florida there’s speculation about what’s to become of the state’s uninsured population now that the legislature didn’t take action. …read more Source: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20130527/Tensions-threats-emerge-in-Ariz-Medicaid-expansion-debate.aspx
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State highlights: La. grand jury to examine $200M Medicaid contract
More than half of the states that applied to participate in a controversial CMS pilot for dual-eligible beneficiaries have either dropped out or delayed implementation of their programs, according to health policy experts. Among the 26 states that applied to participate in the CMS Financial Alignment Initiative, which stems from the Patient Protection and Affordable…
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Calif. unveils tentative price tags for health plans on the exchange
The monthly cost for policies sold on the state-run exchange came in lower than the 30 percent rate increases some had anticipated, though some consumers will still experience sharply higher premiums. Blue Shield of California estimated that current customers would see rate increases of about 13 percent. …read more Source: Calif. unveils tentative price tags…
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Healthcare IT and EMRs – Around Healthcare Scene
There are different challenges that come with creating PHRs, especially with adolescents. Certain aspects of PHRs can be hidden from parents, such a pregnancy tests or information on reproductive health. Boston Children’s Hospital has created a special adolescent PHR, that will allow parent’s access to certain files, while keeping some available only for the eyes…
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AMA: EHRs create ‘appalling Catch-22’
As the healthcare industry moves to EHRs, the medical record has essentially been reduced to a tool for billing, compliance and litigation that also has a sustained negative impact on doctors’ productivity, according to Steven J. Stack, MD, chair of the American Medical Association’s board of trustees. read more
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The Healthcare Informatics/AMDIS IT Innovation Advocate Award: Second-Place Recipient: John E. Mattison, M.D.
At Kaiser Permanente-Southern California and at the Kaiser Permanente organization nationally, John E. Mattison, M.D. has been a driving force in leveraging healthcare IT to transform care delivery, connectivity, and patient-centeredness. He spoke recently with HCI to share his vision of the emerging world of healthcare and healthcare IT. On Friday, May 17, at the…
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Calif. man gets prison in Medicare fraud plot
A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics. …read more Source: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130525/INFO/305259948
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No change of heart on Maine hospital debt
Maine Gov. Paul LePage and Democratic lawmakers had no change of heart Friday on a bill to repay a $484 million debt to Maine hospitals and expand Medicaid. …read more Source: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130525/INFO/305259944
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RAC bill getting hospital lobby’s biggest push
Legislation to muzzle Medicare auditors has received the biggest hospital lobbying push this year — so far, to little effect. …read more Source: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20130524/NEWS/305249969
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iPhone app transmits ECG images faster, more reliably than email
A study has found an experimental, inexpensive iPhone app transmitted electrocardiogram images (ECGs) faster and more reliably than traditional emailed photo transmission. According to an… read more …read more Source: iPhone app transmits ECG images faster, more reliably than email