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MOVING HOSPITALS to a value-based payment system won’t be a slam-dunk, according to testimony presented last month in a Senate Finance Committee meeting. According to a report rel...
BOSTON – The announcement that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has decided against requiring physicians to implement electronic medical records to participate in its bonus program create...
PROPERLY IMPLEMENTED, electronic practice management systems can significantly boost medical practice profitability. By integrating functions such as electronic medical records, accounting, online pay...
A new study has found that consumers are slow to adopt consumer-directed health plans (CDHPs), though supporters claim interest will grow. CDHPs are typically compri...
BEAVER, PA – Waiting in line is the bane of people’s experience – studies show we lose 48 hours each year queuing up. Recent surveys say people most despise waiting in line at a depa...
GARDEN CITY, NY – When Google announced plans in late February to collaborate with Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic on a pilot program to make medical records available online, the news didn’...
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – The Mayo Clinic is implementing an automated invoice processing system in hopes of ridding itself of the costs and errors associated with manual processing. The Ma...
HILLSBORO, OR – When Hillsboro Advanced Surgical Care implemented secure messaging in late January, the single-physician office eliminated faxing patient data to its medical billing service prov...
SEATTLE – Two separate projects aimed at facilitating the sharing of patient eligibility and other administrative data are continuing to move toward a unified approach to sharing patient informa...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released its annual state healthcare quality report Wednesday, showing disappointing gains. According to the "State Snapshots"...