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AHIMA, HIMSS reassert ICD-10 vigilance

February 20, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
At HIMSS12 ICD-10 Symposium, industry associations explain the benefits of ICD-10, and the need for the new classification system.

Sebelius says $3.1B paid out for EHR incentives

February 17, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
HHS secretary cites dramatic increase in EHR adoption in a speech in the run-up to the release of the meaningful use stage 2 proposed rule.

Q&A: On the downside of delaying ICD-10

February 15, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
Wendy Whittington, CMO of Anthelio Healthcare Solutions, explains what impact a delay could have on the broader healthcare industry if CMS ease its stance on the ICD-10 compliance deadline.

HHS retrieves $4B in healthcare fraud

February 15, 2012 | Stephanie Bouchard
For every $1 that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services spends on anti-fraud efforts, Secretary Sebelius said, it puts more than $7 back into taxpayers' hands.

ONC gets $5M bump up in proposed 2013 budget

February 14, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
CMS has slated spending in proposed 2013 budget for its IT systems modernization and the federally developed health insurance exchange.

eHI's 4 recommendations for ACOs

February 10, 2012 | Diana Manos
Group suggests that without a strong IT base, accountable care organizations will struggle to meet their objectives.

Commentary: The unspoken ICD-10 risk of medical fraud

February 9, 2012 | Carl Natale
Some eighty percent of medical fraud, according to reports, is committed by providers, be that to improve their chances of reimbursement or because they feel entitled to money payers deny them. Will ICD-10 tempt them to further inflate claims?

GOP underdogs eye Nevada to revive campaigns

February 3, 2012 | Diana Manos
In the state with our nation's shortest life-expectancy, all the Republican candidates face something of a quandary: How to entice voters with talk of cutting healthcare reform and services in a land ranking low in care quality measures.

Bipartisan task force calls for delivery system reform

January 27, 2012 | Bernie Monegain
Robust data exchange, more closely aligned incentives and outcomes, wider use of EHRs among the Bipartisan Policy Center's recommendations for health IT.

CMS' Tavenner presses to scale innovations by 2014

January 27, 2012 | Mary Mosquera
Tavenner pushes for reform efforts started by her predecessor Berwick and expresses urgency to get the work done in the remaining 24 months.

Healthcare in Florida: A reform laggard with much to gain

January 27, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
Leading up to the primaries, Florida is trailing on health reform, and Governor Rick Scott is under fire from both sides for his plan to cut Medicaid while he carries health insurance at the very low state rate.

Majority of Americans think ideology will affect SCOTUS ruling on health law

January 26, 2012 | Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org
Six in 10 people think that the justices' decision on the individual mandate will be based on their own ideological views rather than legal analysis.

Best Practices to Deploy ECM Technologies: Ensure Decisions are Made Based on all the Information, not a Portion of it

October 11, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
In this Web seminar, learn firsthand from five healthcare organizations how, after integrating Perceptive Software enterprise content management (ECM) products, they are realizing cost and time-saving benefits enterprise-wide. The customer panel will share lessons learned and best practices for deploying ECM technology with their business and health information systems.

HHS delay of ICD-10: Twitter reactions

February 17, 2012 | Kelly Mehler
In Friday's Health IT Social Media Tweetchat, sponsored by HL7 Standards, tweeters pondered whether the ICD-10 delay should be skipped and moved onto ICD-11. Either way, the topic is heating up on all social media channels. Here is a recap of what Twitter users and health IT experts are saying.

HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announces intent to delay ICD-10 compliance date

February 16, 2012 | Carl Natale
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen G. Sebelius confirmed Wednesday that they will change the ICD-10 timeline.

Is Tavenner really trying to delay ICD-10?

February 14, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
Preaching to the converted, CMS acting administrator tells AMA meeting attendees that CMS wants to take another look at ICD-10 timing.

Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

February 10, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT … When will we see the MU stage 2 rules, Political Malpractice, HIT jobs in demand but ONC workforce program grads not a match for HIEs, and more.

Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

February 2, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT: A triptych of 2012 predictions about ACOs, HIE, and ICD-10, all rather bold.

As Romney takes Florida, Gingrich forges ahead with 'Day One' ACA repeal

February 1, 2012 | Tom Sullivan
Gingrich stays on point that the initial step toward dismantling 40 percent of President Obama's government on his first day would be repealing health care. Romney maintains he would enable states to opt out.

HIPAA 5010: What's triggering denials and rejections

January 26, 2012 | Carl Natale
We've been using HIPAA 5010 standards to transmit electronic medical claims for a few weeks. How's that working?

ICD-10 Preparation: 6 elements that need to be in your impact assessments

January 18, 2012 | Carl Natale
If you haven't started your ICD-10 transition, you need an impact assessment.

ICD-10 News: Looking back to the top stories of 2011

December 27, 2011 | Carl Natale
This was a year full of healthcare information technology news. Vendors worked hard to develop and upgrade products designed to be compatible with ICD-10 coding and make the transition easier.

Editor's Desk: This Week in Government Health IT

December 16, 2011 | Tom Sullivan
There's more to health IT than EHRs, Berwick's blastings, HAIs come into the picture, the HIX quandary. Are things in healthcare really so bad?

Editor's Desk: This Week in Government Health IT

December 1, 2011 | Tom Sullivan
Soaring EHR adoption? How sequestration might impact health IT, slight attestation delay, and the VA's CIO on VLER momentum.

ICD-10 financial neutrality -- questions and comments

November 23, 2011 | Steve Sisko
Considerations for payers and providers to help understand how ICD-10 will impact your healthcare organization.

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