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Cleared by an eight to six vote, the Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) bill would effectively prohibit any federal funding of patient-centered outcomes research, which is conducted by AHRQ. Other provisions of the bill include withdrawing funding from the prevention fund incorporated in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Most office-based physicians who have adopted electronic health records are satisfied with the systems they have chosen and have noted improved patient care, according to a survey by the Department of Health and Human Services.
A Medicare website that compares hospitals, and another that that provides comparisons for nursing home options, have been revamped to provide more and better information.
Healthcare and pharma IT mergers and acquisitions transaction volume increased 28 percent while transaction value decreased 14 percent during the first half of 2012, according to a new report from mid-market investment banking firm Berkery Noyes.
An interim final rule adopting electronic funds transfer (EFT) standards has been finalized announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services last week.
Every second counts when you're working in a hospital operating room. Mark Antoszyk, head nurse anesthetist at Carolinas Medical Center NorthEast, was concerned that his hospital was wasting far too many of these seconds manually capturing charges for medication used.
Now more than ever, providers are exploring whether the Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement program is best to receive their EHR incentive payments. For many, both are an option, and according to Stephen Martinez, CEO at MTS Healthcare, it's imperative to understand the ins-and-outs of each.
Changing the method for how CMS adjusts payments to reflect regional variations in the cost of care as recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) can help ensure payment accuracy, but would do little to tackle the broader issues of access to care and care quality.
On Monday, the eight recipients of the Emergency Nurses Association's (ENA) second annual Lantern Awards were announced.
A new paper from IT consulting firm Net(net) says healthcare pays 17 percent more than other industries for information technology. Here are 12 reasons why.