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Health entities turn to hold harmless clause for ICD-10 transition
February 8, 2013 |
David Weldon
A common piece of many contracts, the hold harmless clause can still be a contested part of the negotiation, even when it comes to the ICD-10 conversion.
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CMS and ONC eye agile, lean tactics to improve Stage 3
February 7, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
The agencies are looking to modern software development tactics to streamline the process of creating and implementing quality measures, promising a better product come meaningful use Stage 3.
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CMS records system to collect long-term care, Medicare data
February 6, 2013 |
Erin McCann
The new system will facilitate quality reporting by compiling data and ultimately publishing the results.
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State action needed to guarantee ACA protections, report says
February 4, 2013 |
Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org

The Commonwealth Fund says that 39 states are "potentially limiting" their ability to enforce key provisions of the health reform law.
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Vermont eyes second year in shift to single payer
January 31, 2013 |
Anthony Brino
The Green Mountain Care Board is testing several payment models while some plans of the transition are still being ironed out.
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Grassroots efforts could be key to Medicare reform
January 30, 2013 |
Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org

Ideas for addressing Medicare inefficiencies can be found at the ground level, according to panelists at a policy summit held this week.
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HHS awards 11 states $1.5B for health insurance exchanges
January 18, 2013 |
Mary Mosquera
The grants will fund further progress in states to create their health insurance marketplace to be ready for enrollment in October.
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Quick parse: 4 parts to HIPAA final rule on Privacy and Security
January 17, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan
The document is nearly 600 pages, but early on HHS explains that there are four rules within the omnibus final HIPAA Privacy and Security rule. Here they are, straight from the source.
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ONC posts tech guide for Blue Button Plus
January 17, 2013 |
Mary Mosquera
The office plans to have a demonstration of its re-branded Automate Blue Button Initiative at HIMSS13 in early March.
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MedPAC pleads Congress to repeal SGR
January 11, 2013 |
Mary Mosquera
Despite fiscal cliff fix, legislation to repeal SGR could drive physicians to value-based payments and coordinated care delivery models.
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As new ACOs launch, CMS digs in for savings
January 10, 2013 |
Anthony Brino
More than 100 ACOs officially started in January, and amid perennial concerns over Medicare spending, federal health officials are hoping to show that ACOs can improve the program and reform care systems.
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CMS to launch 'medical neighborhood' pilot this month
January 10, 2013 |
Mary Mosquera
TransforMED, VHA, Phytel will help 15 provider communities in 15 states to redesign their practices, coordinate care and reduce costs in CMS Innovation Center pilot.
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Would you hire Yogi Berra as an ICD-10 consultant?
September 6, 2011 |
Carl Natale
Yogi Berra is credited with saying "deja vu all over again." Even if that's one of the things he said that he never said, it's an apt description of the Week in Review column.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
September 2, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
It's This Week in Government Health IT.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
August 25, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
It's This Week ... in Government Health IT
Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive programs: What are the key differences?
August 5, 2011 |
David Williams
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) created major incentive programs for clinicians and hospitals that adopt electronic health records and achieve certain Meaningful Use (MU) criteria.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
July 21, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
It's This Week in Government Health IT.
An inside look at Maine's MMIS implementation
July 19, 2011 |
Brenda Harvey
Robin Chacon
The state's previous Medicaid Management Information System was a nightmare, but the lessons learned, and heeded, led to a successful health IT project. Here's how Maine made it happen.
An inside look at Maine's MMIS implementation
July 19, 2011 |
Brenda Harvey
Robin Chacon
The state's previous Medicaid Management Information System was a nightmare, but the lessons learned, and heeded, led to a successful health IT project. Here's how Maine made it happen.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 22, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 16, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
June 2, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
This Week in Government Health IT
IT Vendors: Why you need to talk about ICD-10 compliance now
May 31, 2011 |
Carl Natale
It's fairly obvious you need to work with your IT vendors to migrate to ICD-10 coding.
Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
May 25, 2011 |
Tom Sullivan
This week in Government Health IT