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Citing a CMS survey that found one quarter of providers do not believe they will be ready by October 1, 2013, HHS argues for delaying ICD-10 implementation by one year.
The loose contingent of health professionals railing against the ICD-10 delay will likely consider this welcome news: There is a document circulating the web right now -- with a stamp at the top suggesting it will be published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2012 -- in which HHS proposes that the new compliance date for ICD-10 be October 1, 2014.
Despite the recent economic downturn, jobs in healthcare grew while jobs in other sectors declined, according to a new report by the nonprofit Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University at Albany School of Public Health.
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) announced last week a three-year demonstration project that will take place in four counties aimed at improving care coordination for seniors and persons with disabilities who are dually eligible for Medicare and the state's Medicaid insurance program Medi-Cal.
The fragmented delivery of care and the number of providers involved in a patient's episode of care erects barriers to be able to effectively coordinate care, said the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission during a meeting last Friday.
Chartered Health Plan, the oldest Medicaid managed care organization in the District of Columbia, is launching a new text messaging program for 50 of its members to help them better manage diabetes, which requires regular care to avoid costly complications.
At America’s Health Insurance Plans’ Policy Summit last mong, it was impossible not to hear the theme and message AHIP leadership wanted everyone to eat, sleep and breathe: underlying hospital and group medical practice costs are rising too quickly and insurance plans are merely the conduit for how these costs are passed on to the public.
In a story worthy of a prime time serial drama, Highmark Inc. on April 1, fired its CEO Kenneth Melani, MD, for "cause" just four days after Melani was arrested for assaulting the estranged husband of a Highmark employee with whom Melani has allegedly been having an affair.
The Health IT Policy Committee has concerns over some of the health information exchange requirements contained in the meaningful use Stage 2 proposed rule.
In Texas, where everything seems larger than life, the need for health IT workers is big, according to the Department of Health Information Management at the Texas State University-San Marcos.