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Successfully coordinating the efforts between various health and community organizations and engaging patients in a meaningful way are central issues to consider when it comes to the Partnership for Patients initiative, according to several expert panelists speaking on a live webinar Wednesday.
Doctors are once again facing a postponement of a Medicare payment cut under a deal brokered by the House-Senate committee charged with writing a bill extending the payroll tax reduction.
Tom Sullivan examines the possibility of an ICD-10 delay causing the U.S. to move directly to ICD-11.
The case for leapfrogging ICD-10 and holding out for ICD-11 just got a lot more curious. And though it's not here yet, when ICD-11 is ready, it will be something ICD-10 cannot: A 21st Century classification system.
The Affordable Care Act provided approximately 54 million Americans with at least one new free preventive service in 2011 through their private health insurance plans, Kathleen Sebelius, Health and Human Services secretary, announced Wednesday.
Government Health IT Editor Tom Sullivan speaks to Wendy Whittington, MD, who is CMO of Anthelio Healthcare Solutions about the possibility of an ICD-10 delay.
The possibility of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services delaying ICD-10 sure did cause a ruckus on Tuesday. What began as CMS acting administrator Marilyn Tavenner telling attendees at an AMA meeting that CMS will re-examine the pace of ICD-10 implementation, turned into reports of the agency "signaling" a delay with plenty of physicians stating their support on the record.
The main factors contributing to regional differences in private healthcare spending are health status and hospital prices, says a new report released today from the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) for the nonpartisan, nonprofit National Institute for Health Care Reform (NIHCR).
The efforts to curtail healthcare fraud have returned $4.1 billion to U.S. taxpayers in 2011, says a new report from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice.
Missouri is among the most staunchly opposed to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA); the individual mandate specifically.