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Care coordination initiatives -- whether they're paper-based or digital -- have the potential to significantly reduce the nation's healthcare bill.
With some healthcare providers now into their second year of meaningful use reporting, Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments were estimated at $12.3 billion paid to a total of 219,000 physicians and hospitals through February since the program's inception.
With some healthcare providers now into their second year of meaningful use reporting, Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record payments were estimated at $12.3 billion paid to a total of 219,000 physicians and hospitals through February since the program's inception.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a framework for the federally-facilitated exchange in a draft letter, outlining the agency's tentative plans for certification, networks, rate review and consumer support.
Integris Health, Oklahoma's largest health system, announced Thursday it will build a medical home model under a grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI).
INTEGRIS Health, Oklahoma's largest health system, announced Thursday it will incorporate Phytel's population health and care management tools to help build a medical home model.
A bill to encourage mediation in disputes over medical errors is expected to be signed into law in what supporters say is a step -- if small -- in the direction of malpractice reform.
In 2012, Connecticut lawmakers passed a budget banking on $50 million in Medicaid savings from a plan limiting coverage for certain low-income young adults -- before the federal government approved a waiver for the plan.
On Tuesday, the National Labor Relations Board announced it will appeal to the Supreme Court a decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that invalidated appointments to the NLRB made by President Barack Obama last year while lawmakers were on break. At least two healthcare providers are actively opposing decisions made by the board in 2012.
In Oregon, a bill to encourage mediation in disputes over medical errors is headed to the governor, in what supporters say is a step -- if small -- in the direction of malpractice reform.