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Legislators get look at 'extraordinary' mHealth technologies

 Eric Wicklund April 16, 2013
During CES on the Hill, HealthSpot's walk-in kiosk will showcase 22 products addressing pressing technology and policy issues.
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Some states balk at enforcing health law's insurance protections

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org March 20, 2013
Florida and others are saying they won't penalize insurance companies that violate new health law consumer protections.
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Sequester could hit healthcare organizations where it hurts

 Mary Mosquera February 25, 2013
If it happens come March 1, sequestration has many in the healthcare realm concerned. "It's a large amount of money," one expert said. "There is no quick or snappy answer."
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Half of U.S. states opt for federal HIX

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org February 18, 2013
Friday deadline passes and states largely bypass the option to work with the federal government in setting up new online health insurance marketplaces that open for business Oct. 1.
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Policy center joins patient safety discussion

 Jeff Rowe February 18, 2013
Ensuring patient safety as the use of health IT spreads has been much on the minds of policymakers and other stakeholders lately.
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EHR vendors focusing on usability

 Mary Mosquera February 12, 2013
After a period of little demand for usable electronic health record systems, current certification programs have vendors concentrating on making EHRs "functional, reliable, convenient and meaningful."
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60 ACOs form national association

 Erin McCann February 11, 2013
Officials are hoping that membership will surpass 100 accountable care organizations by April for the association that intends to focus on uniformity of quality measures, engaging vendors.
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Sebelius calls for faster rate of change

 Mary Mosquera February 05, 2013
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and ONC head Farzad Mostashari, MD, urged the industry to ramp up its transformation away from fee-for-service and toward patient-centered and value-based models.
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Grassroots efforts could be key to Medicare reform

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org January 30, 2013
Ideas for addressing Medicare inefficiencies can be found at the ground level, according to panelists at a policy summit held this week.
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Hughes Awarded Satellite Broadband Contract by New England Telehealth Consortium

 Industry News Release January 09, 2013
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), a provider of broadband satellite solutions and services and managed network and application services, today announced that it has been awarded a four year contract by the New England Telehealth Consortium (NETC) to provide high-speed satellite services for mobile telehealth clinics throughout rural communities in Northern New England.
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HIMSS report from the NCSL Fall Forum

 Thomas S. Keefe, MA, FHIMSS December 14, 2012
Thomas Keefe recounts the National Conference of State Legislatures, which contained sessions on state HIE, Medicaid and HIX, military health, and partisan gridlock.
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Bipartisan Policy Center report finds slow health app adoption

 Diana Manos December 10, 2012
The BPC also says that smartphones could be the missing piece to patient engagement and help decrease healthcare costs.
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Editor's Desk: T.W.I.G. Notes

 Tom Sullivan December 06, 2012
This Week in Government Health IT ... MU payments soar beyond $9 billion in November, mHealth momentum, overbearing legal system, tweaks to Stage 2, ICD-10 regulation myths demystified, and more.
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65 percent of providers seeking outside help for ICD-10

 Erin McCann December 05, 2012
A new report by KLAS ranks Deloitte and The Advisory Board Co. among the top consultants for the coding transition.
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Leapfrog's second round of safety ratings vastly different from first

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org November 28, 2012
More than 100 hospitals that were graded "C" in the first report moved up to an "A" in the second, while others received an "F."
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Report Finds State Costs of Implementing The Affordable Care Act's Medicaid Expansion Would Be Modest Compared to Increases in Federal Funds, and Some States Would See Net Savings

 Industry News Release November 27, 2012
A new report released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows modest state costs for implementing the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act compared to significant increases in federal funds, allowing some states to see net budget savings even as millions of low-income uninsured Americans gain health coverage.
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How the health law might be changed by the next president

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org November 01, 2012
Romney may be stymied by lack of majority in Congress to do his will; Obama could be forced by fiscal concerns or public opinion to revamp parts of the law.
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GetWellNetwork Growth Surges as Patient Engagement Takes Its Place as a Strategic Pillar of Accountable Care

 Industry News Release October 25, 2012
GetWellNetwork, Inc., a provider of interactive patient care (IPC) solutions, announced today that the company has seen 125% growth through September 2012 compared to the same period in 2011 and is on pace for another record year. With patient engagement as a central component of recent regulatory and reimbursement changes, IPC solutions are being adopted at their fastest rate since their introduction more than ten years ago.
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Republican Medicare plan could raise premiums, study finds

 Kaiser Health News www.kaiserhealthnews.org October 16, 2012
So-called voucher plan would result in 59 percent of Medicare recipients paying $100 more each month in some parts of the country, $200 more in Florida.
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Mostashari: 3 reasons to be 'optimistic this time'

 Tom Sullivan October 03, 2012
ONC head, speaking at a Bipartisan Policy Center event on Wednesday, points to a triptych of accomplishments and realities that give reason to believe the best days of medicine are ahead of us. And there's urgency that they all happen together.
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