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ECRI Institute, an independent nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient care, announced the winners of its first-annual Healthcare Supply Chain Achievement Award.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT released Feb. 24 its proposed rule for for the certification of electronic health record systems.
A new USA Today/Gallup poll of voters in 12 "swing" states that will likely decide the presidential election shows health reform is hurting the reelection chances of President Obama against his likely Republican opponents Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum.
When lawmakers agreed to another postponement of the Medicare payment rate, physicians both breathed a sigh of relief and clenched their teeth in frustration. There had been so much optimism that this time Congress would repeal the sustainable growth rate formula. Now doctors are looking at continuing the fight instead of moving on to other issues, like payment reform.
The American College of Cardiology, a 40,000-member nonprofit medical society, has issued a statement supporting the federal government's decision to delay Stage 2 meaningful use.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded a $78M contract to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to provide enterprise remote identity proofing and multi-factor authentication credential services.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Nebraska is challenging the state's decision to switch insurance companies for state employees to UnitedHealthcare - a decision worth $184 million annually.
Avoidable hospitalizations are the number one patient-related concern facing homecare agencies, hospitals and the healthcare community nationwide, according to a new study commissioned by homecare industry leaders.
Though most stakeholders are still drowning in the 455-page meaningful use Stage 2 proposed rule, issued Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a few groups have stepped forward to weigh in.
After some stops and starts, at last the federal government has released the long-awaited proposal for Stage 2 of qualifying for the meaningful use of electronic health records incentives.