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Providers looking to get the most out of their data analytics to improve patient care need to consider five key points to unlock the power of their data.
North Carolina Republican Gov. Pat McCrory unveiled what he called a "comprehensive framework for reform" for Medicaid that would offer recipients integrated physical and behavioral healthcare while simplifying billing and administration for providers.
At a meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee on April 3, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari, MD, and other committee members took a hard look at the CommonWell Health Alliance, a new vendor-led coalition to promote interoperability.
After declining to expand Medicaid earlier this year, North Carolina Republican Governor Pat McCrory unveiled what he called a "comprehensive framework for reform" that would offer recipients integrated physical and behavioral healthcare while simplifying billing and administration for providers.
Healthcare spending by the Canadian federal government will reach a record high level of $30.3 billion in 2013-14, according to an announcement made this week by the nation's Ministry of Health.
While the focus on many initiatives in transforming hospitals to an accountable care model has focused on IT tools and investments, the biggest challenge facing providers moving to an ACO model is managing the business process change, according to a new analysis by market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
For 15 years, Congress has bestowed special privileges to some small remote hospitals, usually in rural areas, to help them stay afloat. Despite these benefits, there's new evidence that the quality of many of these hospitals may be deteriorating.
TriZetto Corporation expects to create as many as 750 new jobs over five years, the healthcare technology company announced April 2 during the opening ceremony for its new worldwide company headquarters in Colorado.
In the first (and perhaps only) delay of health insurance exchange implementation, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is pushing back by one year the creation of the small business employee choice program in the federal HIX.
Chicago health information technology company EMRapproved recently announced a partnership with a new collaboration called HealthITxChange, an online community where healthcare practitioners and health IT professionals can share best practices and lessons learned -- or "pearls" -- on EHR adoption.