Healthcare Finance Staff
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Florida Governor Rick Scott wants to rein in state spending and has proposed using Medicaid as the major tool with which to fill in its $2 billion shortfall.
Marilyn Tavenner, acting administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, expressed urgency in pressing forward with the "triple aim" goals of better individual health care, better population health and lower costs called for in the health reform law and translated into initiatives by her predecessor.
In addition to being the sole state named on the moniker Florida et al vs. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services case that the Supreme Court will hear in late March, Florida is one of four states trailing the most on health reform.