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California HIX eyes uninsured
May 24, 2013 |
Anthony Brino

The success of Covered California will be a barometer for the ACA nationally, and HIX officials are gearing up for a $100 million outreach and advertising campaign to find and enroll more than 2 million people.
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Audit finds flaws in NC MMIS transition
May 23, 2013 |
Anthony Brino

The North Carolina State Auditor found the health department's implementation of a new Medicaid claims system, slated to go live in July, lacking in testing, verification, documentation and benchmarks.
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ISU to pay HHS $400K for violating HIPAA
May 23, 2013 |
Erin McCann

After leaving a server firewall disabled for almost a year, between four and eight of Idaho State University's clinics are subject to HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules, HHS said.
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11 insurers to sell via Colorado's HIX
May 23, 2013 |
Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org

Eleven carriers submitted around 250 individual and small group plans for the state's online marketplace which is simultaneously encouraging to state regulators and worrisome to insurance agents.
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CMS allows some IT expenses in Medicare Advantage, Part D MLR
May 22, 2013 |
Anthony Brino

In final medical loss ratio rules for Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans, CMS offered a fairly broad set of allowable IT expenses under the category of quality improvement, with some exceptions.
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Sebelius says EHR adoption at tipping point
May 22, 2013 |
Erin McCann

As EHR implementation has doubled since 2012, HHS has either met or exceeded its goals.
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Survey finds Medicaid expansion popular even in Southern states
May 22, 2013 |
Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org

Nearly two-thirds of adults across 5 of the America's most conservative states are in favor of expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.
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HIMSS EHR Association fires back at GOP Senators calling for MU reboot
May 22, 2013 |
Mike Miliard

Point by point, the EHRA addresses the Senators' 5 main areas of concern about the meaningful use program.
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WEDI, state collaboratives prep ICD-10 initiative
May 21, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

WEDI aims to align state-based organizations to streamline the conversion, reduce costs and create best practices around ICD-10 implementation.
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OIG lets state Medicaid fraud units use federal funds for analytics
May 20, 2013 |
Anthony Brino

A change to Medicaid regulations will allow state fraud control units use federal funding to analyze Medicaid claims data for fraud prevention and tracking, with states given some autonomy in going beyond Medicaid data sets.
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Why modernizing state IT infrastructures is crucial for HIX
May 20, 2013 |
T. David Smith

IT decisions made today will affect future initiatives and health insurance exchanges' ability to keep pace with healthcare reform.
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GOP fears about IRS access to medical records disputed
May 20, 2013 |
Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org

The IRS does play a key role in implementing the health law but will not have access to patient health records.
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Are You Truly ACA Compliant? Incorporating the Correct Public Records Data Into Your Workflow
April 12, 2013 | On Demand Webinars
In this one hour webinar, Thomson Reuters and Verisys will outline several key areas of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and screening requirements. An overview of available public records data as well as strengths and weaknesses of various datasets will be discussed. We invite an open discussion to elaborate on the efficiencies that can be seen when the correct data is applied to the compliance workflow.
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Shadow IT's Impact on the Federal Government
January 4, 2013 | White Papers
IT services are easier than ever to procure and provision – leading to the rise of so-called “shadow IT” groups, where executives are bypassing IT departments and using cloud computing and their own devices to bring capabilities online quickly. In this Town Hall featuring former CIA and NSA Director Gen. Michael Hayden and CSC experts, we take a close look at the business drivers behind shadow IT and how IT organizations can respond.
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Beyond the EHR: Seamlessly Connecting Nurses and Physicians Using an EHR-Extender (EHR-e)
January 2, 2013 | White Papers
This white paper focuses on how an EHR-Extender (EHR-e) can help hospitals leverage data trapped in the EHR and other clinical systems to establish better care team communication. The result of contextual critical alerts and texts are improved communication and enhanced workflows which makes patients, healthcare staff, administration, and regulators happy.
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New World Order: Effectively Securing Healthcare Data Through Secure Information Exchanges
December 12, 2012 | White Papers
Healthcare is dominated by the need for the sharing of detailed patient information as a result of today's information age. But it's also the focal point of the debate of how information is shared versus protecting the need for privacy, security and confidentiality. Data protection is paramount in today’s virtual environment and implementing a Secure Information Exchange (SIE) now will help organizations save both themselves and their patients down the road.
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Case Study: Blood Systems Expands Remote Access Connectivity to Prepare for Disaster
September 9, 2012 | White Papers
For more than 60 years, Blood Systems has been offering its life-giving services throughout the Western U.S. Blood Systems wanted to optimize its network for business value, migrating to the latest WAN services. Read this white paper to learn how Blood Systems increased flexibility and now support business continuity requirements so the nation’s blood supply wouldn’t be interrupted in the face of a natural disaster or pandemic.
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Saving Lives Virtually – A Day in the Life of Today’s Physician
June 6, 2012 | On Demand Webinars
A new era in healthcare IT has arrived! Even when physicians can’t physically be there, new advances in technology allow them to always “virtually” be on the scene to save a life - whether it’s in the middle of the night or on their day off. In this short video, you’ll watch how a cardiologist prescribes a patient the medicine he needs stat at 2 a.m. You’ll see how easily you can access clinical desktops from anywhere and access real-time info about patients as they’re getting wheeled into the ER. In addition, the video will show you how to go mobile instantly with desktops that follow users, review real-time ER caseloads and enable HD face-to-face telemedicine. Also, watch how this doctor uses voice recognition to update patient records and secure patient health information (PHI) on devices. Don’t you love living in the future?
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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.
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Delivering the Future of Healthcare: Maintain Compliance, Improve Efficiency and Continuity of Care...Virtually Anywhere
September 29, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
The role of IT is becoming increasingly pivotal in how healthcare organizations deliver products and services. Healthcare providers must not only achieve HIPAA compliance and meaningful use while still providing world class care and services, they must also wrestle with how to reinvent themselves in order to deliver on accountable care in the near future. Learn how you can deliver the future of healthcare...virtually anywhere.
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Proactive Security and Privacy Monitoring for Modern Healthcare Networks
September 8, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
The HITECH Act of 2009 accelerated the adoption and deployment of EHR/EMR systems. However, along with the many benefits, this trend also introduces greater risk of privacy and security breaches. The emerging rise of cloud-based healthcare services similarly brings many benefits but reduces visibility and control over sensitive data. Addressing these challenges requires continuous monitoring across data, systems, and applications in modern healthcare networks.
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The Power of User Virtualization: Meeting Meaningful Use, Optimizing IT and Clinical Productivity
August 23, 2011 | White Papers
Transformative changes such as healthcare reform mandates, advanced stages of meaningful use criteria and conversion from ICD-9 to ICD-10 code sets require healthcare providers’ IT assets to be flexible, scalable and interoperable in order to respond. Learn how user virtualization provides the ability to react quickly while improving user experience and operational efficiency.
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Event Log Management & Compliance Best Practices: For Government & Healthcare Industry Sectors
August 23, 2011 | White Papers
Records of events taking place in your environment are being logged right now into event logs and Syslog files across your servers, workstations and networking devices. This log data needs to be collected, stored, analyzed and monitored to meet and report on regulatory compliance standards such as FISMA or HIPAA.
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Futureproofing Healthcare with Converged Medical Infrastructure
August 23, 2011 | On Demand Webinars
The face of healthcare is transforming at a blistering pace. Simply staying abreast of the changes is a daunting task leaving little time for the innovation necessary to stay competitive in the marketplace. The future of the medical infrastructure lies in the power of IT convergence. The converged medical infrastructure integrates servers, storage, networking, management software, services, power and cooling into one flexible, modular, standards-based platform to give you the power to handle any workload, anywhere, anytime. Learn how to futureproof your medical information with the converged medical infrastructure.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
May 24, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

This Week in Government Health IT: EHRs under fire once again, data breaches, and Mostashari spotlights the Beacon Communities.
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The HIPAA 5010 transition isn't over just yet
May 23, 2013 |
Carl Natale

It's more than a year after the HIPAA 5010 deadline and some healthcare providers are finally figuring out that they can't merely leave it up to their clearinghouses.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
May 10, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

Super Docs, security challenges, EHRs under the gun, and the continuing upward trajectory of meaningful use payments.
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Sen. Harkin ceases ban on Tavenner
May 7, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

Iowa Senator Tom Harkin said in a floor speech on Tuesday that he’s removing his ban on Marilyn Tavenner.
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ICD-10 legislation has two bad ideas for the price of one
May 3, 2013 |
Carl Natale

I'm not a fan of Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas. His bill to prevent the federal government from mandating ICD-10 implementation is poorly conceived.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
May 2, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

This week in Government Health IT: Reports expose state and local governments as ill-prepared, whether that be for Big Data or cyber-attacks. Also, think tanks talk patient-centered care for cost-savings.
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How to assess ICD-10 vendors' capabilities
May 1, 2013 |
Carl Natale

No one is going to reach ICD-10 compliance without healthcare vendors. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) sent out a list of questions that can help healthcare organizations assess vendor's capabilities:
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Tavenner moving closer to Senate approval as formal CMS head
April 23, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

The Senate Finance Committee, as was expected, endorsed acting CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner to officially lead the agency.
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Lies, damn lies and politics
April 17, 2013 |
Keith W. Boone

Despite agreeing with many statements in the report, Health Standards blogger Keith Boone sets the record straight about 6 GOP Senators calling for a 'reboot' of the meaningful use incentives program.
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Quick take: 3 changes CMS and OIG proposed to EHR safe harbor
April 9, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

Aiming to modify safe harbor within the anti-kickback statute, the agencies suggest changes for the sake of continuing to facilitate EHR adoption.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes
April 5, 2013 |
Tom Sullivan

HIE interoperability and security deals, CommonWell in the spotlight, and how a disaster doc is preparing for the next issue.
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CMS updates NCD with ICD-10 codes
April 2, 2013 |
Carl Natale

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated its national coverage determination (NCD) edits to include ICD-10 codes.
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