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By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:19 am | February 06, 2012
A burgeoning market for healthcare peripherals and increasing smartphone processing power will result in the number of patients monitored by mobile networks to rise to 3 million by 2016, according to a new report on the mHealth sector from Juniper R
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 09:17 am | February 03, 2012
After presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) came in fourth in the Florida primary Jan. 31, he told supporters during his closing speech that he is eager to meet Mitt Romney in the caucus states, one of which is Nevada, on Saturday.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 05:57 am | February 03, 2012
Health information exchange will ramp up significantly in 2012 because the necessary elements of interoperability will be in place, ONC chief Farzad Mostashari, told the Health IT Policy Committee at a meeting Feb. 1.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 11:30 am | February 02, 2012
The Medical Group Management Association on Wednesday urged the U.S Department of Health and Human Services to take immediate action to help alleviate payment disruptions that have occurred due to the transition to HIPAA 5010.
By Chris Anderson | 10:46 am | February 02, 2012
The Medical Group Management Association yesterday urged the U.S Department of Health and Human Services to take immediate action to help alleviate payment disruptions that have occurred due to the transition to HIPAA 5010.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:24 am | February 01, 2012
Health data breaches in the U.S. increased 97 percent in 2011 over the year before, according to a new report by Redspin, a leading provider of IT security assessments.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:21 am | February 01, 2012
New Department of Health and Human Services data released last week  show that premiums for Medicare Advantage plans decreased an average of seven percent for 2012 and that enrollment increased by 10 percent.
By Chris Anderson | 10:21 am | February 01, 2012
Data released by the Department of Health and Human Services today show that premiums for Medicare Advantage plans decreased an average of seven percent for 2012 and that enrollment in the plans increased by 10 percent.
By Chris Anderson | 10:40 am | January 31, 2012
The Dartmouth Atlas Project, known for its work detailing variations in care among Medicare recipients, announced last week that it will develop a regional study of variations in pediatric healthcare and regional variations in healthcare among commercially insured adults.
By Healthcare Finance Staff | 10:40 am | January 31, 2012
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC) will roll out a new enterprise master patient index (MPI) that will enable the insurer to meet new demands for comprehensive, aggregated patient data in the health information exchange (HIE) environment.