Archives for August 2012
Judge revises wording for Mo. health care measure – San Francisco Chronicle28 Aug 2012
San Francisco ChronicleJudge revises wording for Mo. health care measureSan Francisco ChronicleAttorney Jay Kanzler, who represented Republican officeholders in the lawsuit, had argued to the judge that the state cannot deny Missourians access to healt...
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Help 500000 access health care – Kansas City Star28 Aug 2012
New York TimesHelp 500000 access health careKansas City StarFor those ready to talk about what the health care law really means to the states, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which the U.S. Supreme Court largely upheld in its ruling in ...
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Here’s where Medicare could really save some money – Reuters28 Aug 2012
VOXXIHere's where Medicare could really save some moneyReutersThe ACA funds pilot programs for several promising models for this, including incentives for providers to form so-called "Accountable Care Organizations" and patient-centered m...
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Medicity Recognized as a Leader of Packaged HIE Solutions by IDC Marketscape – DOTmed.com28 Aug 2012
Medicity Recognized as a Leader of Packaged HIE Solutions by IDC MarketscapeDOTmed.comSALT LAKE CITY - Medicity today announced that it was ranked as a leader in the health information exchange (HIE) market in a recent report by IDC Health Insights. Th...
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DC Report: Meaningful Use Stage 2, ICD-10 Compliance Delay Finalized – Healthcare Informatics28 Aug 2012
Healthcare InformaticsDC Report: Meaningful Use Stage 2, ICD-10 Compliance Delay FinalizedHealthcare InformaticsComing To A Provider Near You in October 2014: ICD-10 And just when those of us in Washington thought the excitement and fury over governmen...
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Zero out of 512 employers plan to drop health insurance, survey says – Washington Post (blog)28 Aug 2012
Press-EnterpriseZero out of 512 employers plan to drop health insurance, survey saysWashington Post (blog)Employers are getting closer and closer to making a very big decision: whether to continue providing health insurance to workers after the Afforda...
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ICD-10: Taking the next step – Healthcare Finance News (blog)28 Aug 2012
ICD-10: Taking the next stepHealthcare Finance News (blog)Okay then – we have an implementation date. It has taken 19 years for the industry to get this close to what is actually a fairly modest goal – upgrade a classification system used extensive...
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PA eHealth Collaborative Announces $6 Million in Grants to Advance Electronic … – Sacramento Bee28 Aug 2012
PA eHealth Collaborative Announces $6 Million in Grants to Advance Electronic ...Sacramento Bee"Health information exchange is shown to improve healthcare quality, safety and efficiency, while at the same time reducing costs and making care more c...
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How ICD-11 figured into HHS’ ICD-10 deadline decision – Government Health IT28 Aug 2012
How ICD-11 figured into HHS' ICD-10 deadline decisionGovernment Health IT“We proposed Option 4 because we believed it would be the most effective way to mitigate the significant systemic disruptions and payment delays that could result if a large...
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Study reveals ACOs being built around primary care, not payers – NJBIZ27 Aug 2012
Study reveals ACOs being built around primary care, not payersNJBIZA study recently released by the Commonwealth Fund shows that early implementation of accountable-care organizations around the country is being governed mostly by physicians and hospit...
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