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In order for the country's healthcare system to survive in the next few years with more insured patients under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and less funding and reimbursements, every healthcare provider is going to have no choice but to make innovative changes and involve patients in the care process. So said longtime health IT advocate C. Peter Waegemann, founder of the now-defunct Medical Records Institute, during a webinar Thursday.
As the use of molecular diagnostics increases -- amid the race to $1,000-or-less personal genomic sequencing -- McKesson and the American Medical Association (AMA) have entered into a licensing partnership to create a registry of the growing list of genomic, metabolomic, proteomic and other molecular tests.
Although new HIPAA electronic transaction standards have been put on the backburner, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun the process of mapping out how those new standards will function.
The Department of Health and Human Services has published final Affordable Care Act rules for commercial health insurance, covering guaranteed issue, premiums, rate review and more.
Employer spending on wellness incentives has doubled since 2009 and more companies are requiring employees to undergo biometric tests, according to survey by Fidelity Investments and the National Business Group on Health.
Management consulting firm Deloitte and Intermountain Healthcare have forged a five-year deal that will see the companies tap into nearly two trillion unique medical data elements collected over 40 years, with the goal of gaining treatment insights that can be shared with physicians, hospitals, manufacturers, vendors and payers across the country.
Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe has been given federal permission to explore a quasi-voucher-based Medicaid expansion, with beneficiaries buying subsidized private health plans through the state-federal partnership insurance exchange.
As the use of molecular diagnostics increases -- amid the race to $1,000-or-less genomic sequencing -- McKesson and the American Medical Association (AMA) have entered into a licensing partnership to create a registry of the growing list of genomic, metabolomic, proteomic and other molecular tests.
With an eye towards health reform improvements, the Department of Vermont Health Access has signed a four-year $48 million contract with HP Enterprise Services, which will continue on as the state's Medicaid fiscal agent after more than three decades.
Practice Fusion, a free, Web-based electronic medical record (EMR) platform, announced Wednesday its acquisition of 100Plus, a personalized health prediction startup that uses data analytics and game mechanics to show how small changes in behavior can lead to better health.