Xerox has formed an alliance with CHOICE Administrators Exchange Solutions in all 50 states to offer a comprehensive, secure, cloud-based Health Insurance Exchange (HIX) solution. States can begin implementing and customizing the solution today with confidence that the HIX will be fully operational for October 2013 enrollments and for January 2014 coverage effective dates, the deadlines set by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
ACS, a Xerox Company, has taken over management of the claims processing system for California’s Medicaid program, known as Medi-Cal. It’s the nation’s largest Medicaid program, serving 7.5 million people.
ApeniMED, a leader in healthcare interoperability and federal agency connectivity, recently obtained certification as a Health Information Handler (HIH) by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), part of the US Department of Health and Human Services. ApeniMED successfully completed all critical integration tests as part of the Electronic Submission of Medical Documentation (esMD) Program from CMS.
HITECHAnswers' Roberta Mullin caught up with ONC head Farzad Mostashari, MD at the MGMA conference to discuss the challenges of meaningful use stage 2, pushing forward on standards and how vendors can help drive HIT adoption.
Preparing 3,200 prescriptions every day at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., used to take four nurses four hours each. Now, it takes one remote dispensing machine 45 minutes.