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VBA turns to predictive analytics to fix claims processing

Bernie Monegain June 13, 2013
The Veterans Benefits Administration awards Harris a contract to tap business intelligence capabilities as a tactic for streamlining the backlogged process of filling claims.
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Why hospitals live in two worlds when it comes to ACOs

Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org June 06, 2013
Investing in risk-sharing doesn't mean health systems are giving up on the fee-for-service system.
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OIG: Medicare provider databases need better management

Anthony Brino May 30, 2013
In some cases mirroring problems from the old UPIN system, the two Medicare provider databases have high inaccuracy and inconsistency rates that need to be addressed if CMS is to actively prevent fraud, the OIG said.
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Health differences trigger Medicare spending variations, study finds

Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org May 29, 2013
The finding challenges the notion that billions could be saved by making the health system more efficient.
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HIMSS EHR Association fires back at GOP Senators calling for MU reboot

Mike Miliard May 22, 2013
Point by point, the EHRA addresses the Senators' 5 main areas of concern about the meaningful use program.
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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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Commentary: How data sharing between AHLTA and VistA is possible

Michael J. Luby May 17, 2013
Despite the frustration and the jokes around iEHR, real data exchange is happening between the DoD and VA and the potential to build on that for the future resides in creatively using resources built in the past.
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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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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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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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Expert predicts 'meaningful use fatigue' in 2015

Diana Manos May 14, 2013
Laura Kreofsky urges healthcare organizations to operationalize their plan their meaningful use strategies and to plan beyond Stage 3.
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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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OHN's 12 health IT best practices, part 10: Credentialing and privileging

Erin Davis May 13, 2013
When timing, policy, and people align, great things can happen.
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OHN's 12 health IT best practices, part 10: Credentialing and privileging

Greg Billings May 13, 2013
When timing, policy, and people align, great things can happen.
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NIH turns to Twitter to see sequester's impact on biomed research

Anthony Brino May 08, 2013
As Congress and the President prepare for more budget battles this summer, NIH director Francis Collins, MD, seeks feedback via Twitter from biomedical researchers already feeling or bracing for a hit from federal sequestration.
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CHIME calls for Stage 2 delay

Erin McCann May 06, 2013
While defending the meaningful use program, the CIO organization said that pushing Stage 2 back by one year will give providers and vendors much needed time to prepare.
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ICD-10 legislation has two bad ideas for the price of one

Carl Natale May 03, 2013
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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Obama says 'we're pushing very hard' to meet health law deadlines

Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org May 01, 2013
The President said on Tuesday that the law is "pretty much already in place" for the 85 percent to 90 percent of Americans who have health insurance.
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Sen. Baucus says ACA to be 'appreciated down the road'

Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org April 24, 2013
Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat, will continue focusing on implementation of the Affordable Care Act, among other top priorities, until he retires in 2014.
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