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Health Level Seven (HL7) and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) announced Thursday that they have expanded collaborative efforts.
The University of California at Los Angeles Health System (UCLAHS) is settling potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules for $865,500 said the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights.
Now that July is here, the health IT realm is officially within the six-month countdown to HIPAA 5010. It's no surprise that the state of the HIPAA 5010 transition is something of a mess.
OptumInsight (formerly Ingenix) and Dallas-based RemitDATA have together launched Remit Advice Professional, a Web-based service that offers physician practices access to intelligence about health plan claims processing trends, alongside coding and referential tools to increase productivity, reduce denials and prevent delays.
The key to a successful wellness program lies in the ability to reimburse people for engaging in healthy activities, like going to a fitness center. But health plans, insurers and employers have long struggles with how to properly reimburse a workout.
Minnesota-based IT company's platform allows health plans, employers to schedule reimbursements for health club visits.
Satisfied and engaged employees are essential if healthcare human resources departments are to hit the goal of improving patient satisfaction and safety, said an industry panel during a webinar Thursday reflecting on a newly released survey of healthcare HR professionals.
Hospitals employed more than 5.4 million people in 2009 and contributed more than 2.2 trillion dollars to economic activity says a new report released by the American Hospital Association.
Physicians working under contract with the federal government practice less defensive medicine than their private sector peers, according to a new survey by Atlanta-based clinical staffing organization, Jackson Healthcare.