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ONC HIE workgroup offers interoperability suggestions
April 3, 2013 |
Anthony Brino
Aligning advanced payment models, standardizing HIE-related polices across states and finding ways to bring MU-ineligible providers into HIE programs are some of the Information Exchange Workgroup's recommendations for advancing HIE.
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NC Gov. proposes Medicaid overhaul
April 3, 2013 |
Anthony Brino
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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Federal HIX delays SHOP choice until 2015
April 3, 2013 |
Anthony Brino
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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Oregon shows costs of putting Medicaid enrollees in private coverage
April 1, 2013 |
Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org

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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NC bill would have hospitals post cost info on HIE
March 28, 2013 |
Anthony Brino
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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Healthcare far more costly in U.S. than other developed nations
March 28, 2013 |
Chris Anderson
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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Here come the HIPAA audits, security expert says
March 27, 2013 |
Diana Manos
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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Vets may face insurance gaps without Medicaid expansion
March 26, 2013 |
Anthony Brino
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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Q&A: On health data 'we can't dream big enough'
March 25, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
Pulse8 CEO John Criswell sees plenty of opportunity to harness the information that HIXs and HIEs will have as a means for both bending the cost curve and bettering care quality.
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What ACOs must do to succeed
March 25, 2013 |
Diana Manos
Two words: systemic change. That's according to Lumeris vice president Jim Hansen, who gazes ahead to ACO 2.0.
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ACA at 3: Neither success nor survival a foregone conclusion
March 22, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
While Karl Rove maintains that the ACA's future is unsettled, healthcare experts are predicting slow but consistent progress. Does the Obama administration have time enough to guarantee the law long-term?
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Some states balk at enforcing health law's insurance protections
March 20, 2013 |
Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org

Florida and others are saying they won't penalize insurance companies that violate new health law consumer protections.
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How healthcare figures into this week’s presidential polls
August 23, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Among polls published this week, the economy keeps its top spot on the list of voters' priorities while healthcare ranks as important in the increasingly tight presidential race.
The media on Ryan and Medicare: Read the editorials
August 22, 2012 |
Anthony Brino
Between August 11 and 18, the phrase "end Medicare as we know it" appeared approximately 8,990 times in news articles and blog posts, while the Republican defense of that general idea, the phrase “preserve Medicare,” appeared about 1,540 times.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
August 10, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Beacons, HIE, public, and population health round out the news this week.
HIMSS Oregon to celebrate National Health IT Week
August 9, 2012 |
Brian Ahier
IN line with the nation wide theme of 'One Voice, One Vision: Transforming Health and Care' the HIMSS Oregon chapter will focus on the state's own Coordinated Care Organizations.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
August 3, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
A visit to Hawaii's Beacon community, bridging private and public health to bolster care for veterans, VA and DoD mobile app for PTSD, and not your grandma's Medicaid.
Healthcare low on Gallup poll of next president’s priorities
July 30, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
After a late-Spring surge atop the list of voter concerns, healthcare has fallen down that ladder a bit.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
July 26, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Foreign policy trumps healthcare on the campaign trail, states oppose Medicaid, three GOP governors put politics over policy, AOA calls ICD-10 a "nightmare" and more ... This Week in Government Health IT.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
July 20, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Thunderstorms, headaches, building privacy into health apps, EHR market poised for consolidation, and the all-too-abundant reasons why health org's overpay for IT.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
July 12, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
CCA's 5 components of population health, why campaign ploys don't apply to healthcare, payers not prepared for ICD-10, and the House votes to repeal ACA. Again.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
July 6, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
Fireworks in this summer after the SCOTUS ruling, sifting through the emotions relative to the ACA's survival, cloud computing to skyrocket in healthcare, and more.
Is SCOTUS ruling good or bad for Obama?
July 2, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
The backlash has begun. And despite a new poll suggesting the ACA has garnered a small rise in popularity, many pundits are suggesting the ruling could ultimately harm Obama, and the ACA, more than help.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 22, 2012 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT ... ACA anxiety while waiting for SCOTUS, AMA on ICD-11, EHR incentives surpass $5.7 billion, and more.