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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday significantly increased the number of medical records that can be requested by Recovery Audit Contractors from hospitals and other institutional providers.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its latest proposed rule aimed at self-employed religious organizations who object to paying for preventive services and contraceptive coverage for their employers.
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the University of Rochester are partnering to offer a joint master's degree in medical informatics. It is the first time that the universities have collaborated to offer a joint degree program.
PGBA, a BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina subsidiary company has been awarded a new contract by UnitedHealth Military and Veterans Services (UMVS) to help process TRICARE claims.
On Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new initiative aimed at avoiding expensive patient readmissions.
The spring ritual known in medical circles as Match Day occurred last week across the country. Like the above normal temperatures the nation is experiencing, the match program reached a new record: more than 95 percent of U.S. medical school seniors matched to residency positions -- the highest rate in three decades.
CMS released its final rule Friday on Medicaid eligibility. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act widens eligibility for Medicaid to adults with incomes 133 percent of the federal poverty level, or $14,856 for an individual and $30,656 for a family of four.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has made available the next version of the Connect gateway software that incorporates the most up-to-date technical standards and descriptions for the nationwide health information network (NwHIN) Exchange to support functions like patient discovery and query and retrieval of documents.
Doctor shortages are projected to be at nearly 30,000 in the next few years, but according to a recent article published in The Atlantic, one area is seeing an influx of new docs -- hospitals.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released on March 16 its final rule on changes to Medicaid eligibility to support policies that will expand insurance to millions of uninsured Americans and provide simple procedures to gain coverage. Medicaid expansion relies heavily on the use of information technology to automate and coordinate processes.