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Arizona GOP Senators split, pass Medicaid expansion

 Anthony Brino May 17, 2013
Following the Senate Republican Majority Leader, a handful of GOP Senators joined Democrats in voting for Medicaid expansion, and the bill now heads to the House for similarly contentious debate.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan May 17, 2013
EHR, OMB, Cloud-First and FDCCI all under the gun ... This week in Government Health IT.
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HIMSS Media launches Future Care to highlight new models

 Benjamin Harris May 16, 2013
Because the "future of care will call us to convene differently" the new site will focus on analytics, cognitive support, and coordination of care.
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NYeC PHR design winners to shape public portal

 Anthony Brino May 16, 2013
The New York eHealth Collaborative has announced the three finalists of its PHR design challenge, and is now seeking proposals for a patient portal that'll be available for all New Yorkers in 2014.
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First HIE launching in greater Philadelphia

 Anthony Brino May 16, 2013
With a population 6 million, southeastern Pennsylvania is getting its first HIE, with providers and payers on board to collaborate with patient discharge and clinical history sharing.
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HHS puts a cool $1 billion toward Innovation Awards

 Bernie Monegain May 16, 2013
The awards are meant to fund projects to improve care quality and reduce costs for patients and taxpayers.
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Tavenner confirmation triggers applause from industry

 Tom Sullivan May 16, 2013
Healthcare associations and organizations said her career experience and progress as acting administrator of CMS make Marilyn Tavenner a strong leader to drive the policy changes in Obamacare.
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Bipartisan bill would slash iEHR funding

 Erin McCann May 16, 2013
Saying that the proposed legislation would address "the failure of DoD and VA to develop a single unified medical record," one of the bill's backers explains that it would require VA and DoD to prove they are implementing a plan for that single medical record.
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Medicare Strike Force nails 89 fraudsters

 Anthony Brino May 16, 2013
Suspected scheme leader already bought Lamborghinis, a Ferrari and a Bentley before the the DOJ and HHS cracked down on him and 88 other alleged criminals.
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PCORI looks to fine-tune health research approach

 Tom Sullivan May 16, 2013
With $81 million behind a fresh round of funding opportunities, the institute is committed to focusing on "research questions of most importance to patients," and, as such, is seeking projects spanning five areas.
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Florida boosts fraud prevention in public assistance programs

 Anthony Brino May 15, 2013
Florida has some of the highest public program fraud rates in the nation, and it's also the first state to adopt a front-end fraud prevention technology for social and health programs, with a pilot in greater Orlando.
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eHealthInsurance seeks HIX enrollment partnerships with states

 Anthony Brino May 15, 2013
The private online HIX is set to partner with federal exchanges to bring consumers another enrollment channel, and the company says its also offering states a free interface to create more ladders into the insurance pool.
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ACA triggers innovation, investment opportunities

 Mary Mosquera May 15, 2013
While M&A activity might be more quiet today than some would expect, panelists at a Nashville Health Care Council event anticipate that will change later this year. And one predicted that 2013 will be the busiest year for healthcare IPOs in more than a decade.
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FDCCI: A ship with potential but not empowered captains

 Tom Sullivan May 15, 2013
Has OMB lost its way toward the ambitious, if not sprawling, datacenter consolidation and Cloud-First initiatives?
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GOP raises concerns about Sebelius, IRS

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org May 15, 2013
Senate GOP leaders take issue with the HHS secretary soliciting money from private groups to implement the health law.
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Florida HIE signs on two regional exchanges

 Anthony Brino May 14, 2013
As part of its plan to build a statewide HIE infrastructure, Florida HIE has hooked up two regional HIEs, which in in turn are connecting several providers.
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HIMSS Media announces launch of Future Care community

Industry News Release May 14, 2013
Collaboration site focused on the impact of care coordination
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HIMSS Media announces launch of Future Care community

Industry News Release May 14, 2013
Collaboration site focused on the impact of care coordination
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CMS won't fine hospitals in states slow to expand Medicaid

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org May 14, 2013
On Monday the Obama administration said it won't penalize states that have yet to expand coverage by targeting them for reduced Medicaid funding for the next two years.
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Mostashari: 3 tactics to redesign care and reap HIT

 Tom Sullivan May 13, 2013
In a rousing and impassioned speech, ONC's chief said that America is halfway through digitizing healthcare and five percent of the way through transforming workflows to take advantage of the infrastructure. Achieving that will require new roles of the entire care team.
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