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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will integrate the reporting of quality measures from physicians in its Medicare program using electronic health records with those from providers who demonstrate meaningful use of EHRs under the HITECH Act.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan has designated more than 1,800 physicians in roughly 500 practices across the state as patient-centered medical homes, the largest PCMH effort in the United States and one that has information technology at its core.
Residents of Buena Vista, Lamar, Leadville and Del Norte, Colo. are among the latest wave of communities nationwide that have recently gained access to innovative telehealth services.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will be the first federal agency to test a mapping and data analysis tool developed by a White House oversight board to spot irregularities in the flow of economic stimulus funds.
CIGNA and CareCentrix have partnered for a pilot program that aims to curtail the growing number of hospital readmissions, providing specialized home nursing services after patient discharge.
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York (BCBSWNY) and BlueShield of Northeastern New York (BSNENY) announced Wednesday the initial launch of Online Care NY, a new service which offers on-demand healthcare services to eligible members and employers.
MEDecision announced today a partnership with NaviNet that will enable payers to deliver patient clinical summaries to any provider in the vast NaviNet Network.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected Companion Data Services to provide data processing and hosting operations for a National Level Repository system that will track incentive payments to heathcare providers that adopt electronic health records and upgrade their computer systems.
A new government demonstration project will bring together Medicare, private insurers and states to improve primary care and reduce costs, with healthcare information technology as an underpinning.
Florida is famous for its sunshine, but it's infamous for its Medicaid fraud. With the fourth largest program in the country, covering more than 2.1 million people, the state loses as much as $3.2 billion in fraudulent claims each year.