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45 payers join CMS' primary care effort to enhance population health

 Chris Anderson June 08, 2012
The Comprehensive Primary Care Initiative, says acting CMS administrator Marilyn Tavenner, proves that the "public and private sector can come together to meet the critical need."
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VA, HUD, HHS announce finalists of Project REACH Developer Challenge at the Health Data Initiative Forum

 Industry News Release June 06, 2012
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) today joined JBJ Soul Foundation to announce the five finalists of Project REACH (Real-time Electronic Access for Caregivers and the Homeless) during the Health Data Initiative Forum in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS).
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Information sharing continues to drive change

 Jeff Rowe June 06, 2012
MMRGlobal, Inc., which provides, among other things, online personal health records (PHR), has entered into an agreement with E-Mail Frequency, which provides targeted email delivery services across a range of demographics and industry sectors.
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House action aims to protect TRICARE

Industry News Release May 23, 2012
The leader of the nation’s largest wartime veterans organization is pleased that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a Pentagon budget draft that includes protections for military retirees who use TRICARE, the military’s health-care insurance program
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Michigan CO-OP awarded $72M to provide health insurance options in 2014

 Industry News Release May 18, 2012
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced its award of $72 million in financing for the new Michigan Consumers Healthcare CO-OP (MCHCO), a member-governed nonprofit health insurance company that will help to control costs while providing accessible healthcare for all residents.
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Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center earns federal stimulus funds by using OpenVista EHR

 Industry News Release May 15, 2012
Medsphere Systems Corporation and Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center (MHMC) today announced that MHMC has met Stage One Meaningful Use requirements using Medsphere’s OpenVista electronic health record (EHR). The Secaucus, New Jersey, hospital has received an initial reimbursement from the federal government that covers the five-year total cost of ownership for OpenVista.
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Sequester would slash $782.3M in FY 2014 SNF Medicare funding

 Industry News Release May 10, 2012
With the debate on replacing the sequester taking center stage on Capitol Hill this week, the first independent analysis of how much U.S. seniors' Medicare-funded skilled nursing facility (SNF) care would be cut by mandated reductions under the Budget Control Act estimates SNF care (more commonly known as nursing home care) in California, Florida, Texas, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Massachusetts will suffer the largest Medicare cuts. Nationally, the analysis, finds the Medicare cuts will total $782.3 million, which would go into effect in January 2013.
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Molina Healthcare of California selected to participate in dual eligible demonstration project

Industry News Release April 06, 2012
Molina Healthcare, Inc. has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Molina Healthcare of California (MHC), has been selected by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to participate as an integrated health plan in California’s proposed demonstration project to provide healthcare services for beneficiaries who are eligible for both Medi-Cal and Medicare (dual-eligible beneficiaries) in San Diego County. In addition to San Diego County, Los Angeles County was also selected by DHCS for a dual-eligible demonstration project. MHC will participate in the Los Angeles County dual-eligible pilot program as a subcontracted health plan.
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Novitas Solutions starts Medicare JH contract work - jobs coming soon

 Industry News Release April 05, 2012
Novitas Solutions Inc., formerly Highmark Medicare Services and the current Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) for Jurisdiction 12 (J12), which covers Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Washington D.C., announces it will begin implementing the Medicare Administrative Contract for Jurisdiction H (JH), which includes filling hundreds of new Pennsylvania-based jobs as well as jobs outside of Pennsylvania. The specific number of new jobs available and their locations will be announced as soon as possible. 
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan March 23, 2012
This Week in Government Health IT: Betting on SCOTUS, PPACA turns two, why EHRs have not improved since 1982, huge HIT strides otherwise, checking with a NwHIN Exchange partner, and the role lobbyists play in health policy.
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Do insurance reforms unravel without an individual mandate?

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org March 21, 2012
Under former Gov. Jim Florio, New Jersey attempted to reform its insurance markets without imposing an individual mandate. The outcome in that state offers reasons why supporters say the mandate is necessary if the federal health law is to achieve its goals.
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CSC wins contract to replace Maryland’s Medicaid management information system

Industry News Release March 19, 2012
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (MD DHMH) awarded CSC (NYSE: CSC) a contract to replace the state’s Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) and provide fiscal agent services for selected DHMH programs. The contract has a five-year base period with three two-year options, bringing the estimated total value to $297 million.
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Obama Administration and Text4Baby join forces to connect pregnant women and children to health coverage and information

 Industry News Release February 28, 2012
The Centers for Medicaid & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that it will partner with Text4Baby, a free national health texting service, to promote enrollment in both Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and provide pregnant women and new mothers free text messages on important health care issues.
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10 states get $229 million for insurance exchanges

 Mary Mosquera February 23, 2012
HHS sends millions to 10 states to establish health insurances exchanges and says state legislative authority unnecessary to request funds.
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HIMSS12 Question of the day: For how long should HHS delay ICD-10?

Tom Sullivan February 20, 2012
Attendees' answers are a bit surprising in their collective disagreement with HHS' plans to push the compliance deadline for ICD-10 back again.
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HIMSS: The Garden State and ACOs

 Thomas S. Keefe, MA, FHIMSS February 09, 2012
Thomas Keefe, HIMSS senior director of regional affairs, shines a light on emerging accountable care organizations in Camden, Newark, and Trenton, NJ.
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ADP enters rapidly growing medical billing and revenue cycle management market

 Industry News Release February 01, 2012
ADP® today announced the acquisition of privately-held PhyLogic Healthcare, a highly-respected Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) company that has served small- and mid-size U.S. medical practices since 2001. The ADP medical office software division, ADP AdvancedMD®, a provider of leading cloud practice management, electronic health record, medical scheduling, and billing applications, now offers outsourced medical billing services to practices seeking to improve revenue and offload costly and complex medical claims processing.
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NYeC adds to roster of standards working group

Mike Miliard January 18, 2012
ICA joins the multi-state public-private initiative to seamlessly connect EHRs with health information exchanges.
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HUMC taps VA spinoff VistA to earn $3 million in stimulus funds

 Jeff Rowe December 28, 2011
Hoboken University Medical Center projects that the OpenVista EHR will help it pull in some $8 million in the near future.
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26 hospitals win HHS grants to battle HAIs

 Bernie Monegain December 15, 2011
Totaling $218 million, the funding is meant to identify ways to reduce preventable complications, infections, and injuries and then to ultimately spread them to other providers.
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