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HHS finalized October 1, 2014 as the deadline for ICD-10 compliance on Aug. 24. In so doing, the agency sparked widespread relief across the industry.
HHS finalized October 1, 2014 as the deadline for ICD-10 compliance on Aug. 24. In so doing, the agency sparked widespread relief across the industry.
The one-year proposed delay of the ICD-10 compliance deadline has been finalized announced the the Department of Health and Human Services on Friday. The final rule delays the compliance deadline from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014.
A new study from New York-based insurer Emblem Health provides evidence suggesting that inpatient point-of-care case management can both reduce patient hospital readmissions and provide a solid return on investment.
Large hospitals are big consumers of energy. Just how much is the subject of new results from the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS).
HHS' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released final requirements for Stage 2 meaningful use that hospitals and healthcare providers must meet in order to qualify for incentives, and criteria that electronic health records must meet to achieve certification.
Highlighting a potential solution to a problem plaguing parts of the industry, a new study provides evidence suggesting that point-of-care case management can reduce patient hospital readmissions and also pay for itself.
California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Maryland, Nevada, New York, and Vermont have received new grants to help them build health insurance exchanges, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced on Thursday.
Health information exchange. It creates a free-flow of clinical information between IT systems, enhancing patient care and connecting hospitals that have different EHRs. And for CFOs and CIOs, it can lead to big revenue returns.
Healthcare services provider Metropolitan Health Networks is buying two primary care practices in Palm Beach, expanding the company's already-large foothold servicing Medicare members and hinting at its future goals.