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The Indiana Health Information Exchange (IHIE) -- the largest HIE in the nation -- announced Wednesday that enrollment in its Quality Health First Program has reached 1,500 physicians in 50 communities, improving care for more than one million patients throughout Indiana.
The Health Information Management Systems Society's (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition, HIMSS11, has come and gone, but attendees of the pre-conference HIE Symposium returned home with numerous lessons learned and best practices presented by veterans in the health information exchange field.
Pitney Bowes is embracing the cloud, and healthcare could soon see the benefits.
Kronos, Inc., a Chelmsford, Mass.-based provider of workforce management solutions, has acquired API Healthcare, a Hartford, Wis.-based developer of software management solutions focused on staffing and scheduling, patient classification, human resources, recruiting, payroll and staffing agencies.
CMS has apparently determined that facilities with DRG payments in excess of $100 million during the last fiscal year have the ability to address a larger number of RAC additional documentation requests.
Aetna members in most fully insured medical plans in Texas and Florida now have the option of using a new service from TelaDoc to access non-urgent care over the phone.
Phreesia, which specializes in patient check-in technology, showcased its new Payment Scheduler at HIMSS11 on Wednesday. It will enable physician practices to offer payment plans for patients at check-in and check-out, helping ensure that doctors get paid on time and in full.
Some quick tidbits and news items concerning health care reform you hopefully find useful – or at least interesting.
As the legislature in Texas grapples with its budget, the Children's Hospital Association of Texas (CHAT), which represents seven, nonprofit hospitals, is warning lawmakers that cuts to Medicaid could have disastrous consequences for the children of the state.
The creation of consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), health insurance policies with high deductibles linked to a savings option and with more financial responsibility shouldered by patients and employees and less by employers, was completely inevitable.