Tag: Nation
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EHR: Donnie Parish and Charles W. Grim’s EHR Story, Cherokee Nation
Donnie Parish and Charles W. Grim explain their involvement in the Cherokee Nation EHR incentive payment story, and discuss the benefits of EHRs for the Cher…
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EHR: Melissa Gower’s EHR Story, Cherokee Nation
Melissa Gower explains her involvement in the Cherokee Nation EHR incentive payment story, and discusses the benefits of EHRs.
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Rate change: CMS payment schedule proposal already drawing fire
While the CMS’ proposed payment schedule for 2014 includes small increases in Medicare payments for the nation’s acute- and long-term care hospitals, it would change reimbursement for facilities serving high numbers of the uninsured in a way that is…
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Boston Marathon tragedy reveals potential EHR, HIE flaws
The Boston hospitals that have been treating the hundreds of victims of the horrific Boston marathon bombings this week have done a terrific job. They, in turn, have credited technology in helping them communicate to staff , volunteers and the public . I presume that these hospitals also have good electronic health record systems that they…
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State-level debate about Medicaid expansion heats up
ov. Jay Nixon led a three-front charge Tuesday to expand Missouri’s Medicaid program, meeting privately with reluctant state senators, rallying publicly with hundreds of disability advocates and chatting with the nation’s top health care official about whether particular Medicaid proposals could win federal approval.
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Pediatricians urge states to expand Medicaid
The American Academy of Pediatrics has endorsed the Medicaid expansion called for in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and — noting that Medicaid is the nation’s largest insurer of children — the AAP also developed a list of…