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April 03, 2013

NC Gov. proposes Medicaid overhaul

While the state is not expanding Medicaid, the Governor wants to provide integrated physical and behavioral health services managed by "comprehensive care entities." The plan would also streamline administration for providers.
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April 03, 2013

5 reasons to consider clinical analytics

The analysis of clinical data has great potential in the healthcare world, but the technology is still new to this realm.
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April 03, 2013

Federal HIX delays SHOP choice until 2015

CMS said that "operational challenges" and the need for market stabilization require a one year delay of the much-heralded employee choice and premium aggregation service in the federal exchanges.
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April 02, 2013

Q&A: A look inside an international disaster doc's mHealth toolbox

Dan Diamond ran a triage unit in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, and was in-country immediately after the earthquake struck Haiti. The difference between available mobile technologies for each disaster was like night and day, but there are still some apps and tools he said would be really helpful.
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April 02, 2013

HL7 makes standards available for free

The organizations delivered on its promise to make freely available iterations of its standards and intellectual property, a move that CEO Charles Jaffe, MD, says will "accelerate the evolution of health information exchange."
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April 02, 2013

MGMA, others back bill to amend MU penalties

The proposed legislation aims to create a hardship exemption for small physician practices struggling to meet meaningful use measures.
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April 01, 2013

Commentary: EHR usability must amplify human potential

Much like learning how to ride a bike, the early experience with electronic health records involves falls and scrapes. And as the industry turns its focus toward more usable EHRs, we should look beyond just making health IT systems simpler.
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April 01, 2013

Oregon shows costs of putting Medicaid enrollees in private coverage

The idea of paying for citizens who qualify for Medicaid to buy private insurance has been in place for more than a decade in Oregon. The results are mixed.
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March 29, 2013

States consider HIX funding options

As state insurance exchanges prepare for October enrollment, they're also finalizing financing sources, or in some places still considering their options.
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March 29, 2013

Allscripts opens lab with Singapore IT org

Allscripts is partnering with the Singapore Ministry of Health's IT organization to develop new medication, mobile and analytic systems for the country's health systems and possibly providers elsewhere in Asia.
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March 29, 2013

Commentary: The litigation and risk-management concerns meaningful use triggers

Attorneys from Hinshaw & Culbertson on the complex issues that meaningful use and EHR adoption are giving rise to.
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March 29, 2013

5 providers launch Direct pilot in Tennessee

The program's goal is to "ensure providers can always offer high-quality care while reducing costs," one participating CEO explained.
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March 28, 2013

NC bill would have hospitals post cost info on HIE

A healthcare price transparency bill being considered in the North Carolina Senate would require hospitals to post the prices for the 50 most common care episodes on the NC Health Information Exchange.
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March 28, 2013

New HIE wares tackle coordinated care, population health

Corepoint offers a new iteration of its Integration Engine in the same week that Caradigm aligned with Orion to bolsters its health information exchange roster.
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March 28, 2013

Healthcare far more costly in U.S. than other developed nations

A new report from the International Federation of Health Plans found the greatest cost differences between the U.S. and other countries apply to hospital stays and surgical procedures.
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March 27, 2013

Here come the HIPAA audits, security expert says

Now that the HIPAA final rule kicked in, providers and their business associates should prepare for government agencies to crack down on breaches.
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March 27, 2013

Providers reinvest EHR incentives in IT

The Advisory Board Co. found a pattern of hospitals using incentives to fund future investments in information technologies.
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March 27, 2013

VHA, NHS trade tips on IT, telehealth

The U.K.'s NHS and the VHA are both looking to digital health tools to improve care for aging patients managing chronic conditions. The U.K. think tank 2020health hopes the two systems can learn from each other.
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March 26, 2013

Vets may face insurance gaps without Medicaid expansion

Urban Institute researchers estimate that about half of the nation's 1.3 million uninsured veterans could remain without coverage in states that don't expand Medicaid.
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March 26, 2013

OHSU has third data breach

An encrypted laptop containing PHI was stolen and, as such, Oregon Health & Science University is notifying patients.
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