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Healthcare providers looking to collect late payments before they become bad debt will soon have a new tool at their disposal.
The American Medical Association has expedited the publication of a new code specific to vaccine administration and revised existing code 90663 to include the H1N1 vaccine.
The California Department of Public Health has fined 11 hospitals for noncompliance with requirements of licensure that have caused, or would be likely to cause, serious injury or death to patients.
Traditional disease management has historically been treated and tracked by condition with separate departmental IT systems.
The rise in co-morbidities – with obesity being one of the main drivers – is requiring payers to implement fully integrated, patient-centric IT systems to determine which multiple management programs best meet a patient's needs, said Lynn Dunbrack, program director for Health Industry Insights.
The West Georgia Health System and Perot Systems have signed a deal for revenue cycle management technology and services for the health system's facilities in western Georgia and eastern Alabama.
Prior to the 2008 passage of the Long-Term Care Community Choices Act, Tennessee was spending 99 percent of its Medicaid long-term care dollars on nursing homes instead of home-based services.
One of the largest TennCare managed care organizations in the state is replacing its care management software to enable its transition to full implementation of the program by March 2010.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's $100 million integrated claims system and supporting software implementation was completed last August on budget and within a year of rollout.
"It was one of the smoothest, quickest implementations we've had," said Etta Maguire, senior director at CareFirst BCBS.
Independence Blue Cross (IBC) plans to increase the type and sophistication of clinical alerts that it has been delivering to its network physicians since April.
The regional Blues plan is moving to the next phase amid positive feedback it has been getting from physicians that the alerts are valuable.
Lansdale, Pa.-based Green and Seidner Family Practice has focused on gaps in colon cancer screenings, pap smears and mammograms, said Barry Green, MD.
William Beaumont Hospitals, a three-hospital regional health system based in Royal Oak, Mich., has announced a series of job cuts, pay freezes and reductions in employee vacation and sick time.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded $4.37 million in competitive grants to enhance healthcare information management and improve the detection of and response to emerging public health threats.