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Contributed by Michael Mytych RECENT PUBLISHED RESEARCH on the state of regional health information organization initiatives indicates a lack of progress on their deployment and sustainability....
The federal government has announced two separate grant programs aimed at rural providers to improve quality or implement data systems. Both grant programs were announced late l...
THE MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION (MedPAC) – an independent body comprised mainly of physicians – has determined that doctors should be paid a 1.1 percent increase for Medicare serv...
WASHINGTON – The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) voted in early January in favor of a 1.1 percent increase in Medicare payments for doctors in 2009. The vote comes as a pre...
WASHINGTON – Retiree benefits may be trimmed by employers after a former worker reaches age 65 and becomes eligible for Medicare coverage, according to a recent ruling by the Equal Employmen...
ROCHESTER, MN – Two major forces in healthcare – one well-known for clinical innovation and the other a significant healthcare IT vendor – are joining to pursue medical imaging resea...
Contributed by Dan Spirek THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS facing the U.S. healthcare system won’t be cured by one simple prescription. We need a solution that gathers all healthcare constitu...
SACRAMENTO, CA – California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has outlined a bleak prognosis for the budget of the nation’s most populous state, and healthcare spending is one of the areas feelin...
MINNEAPOLIS – Two companies – one a healthcare payer, the other a company offering services to physicians – are collaborating to bring real-time adjudication to physician offices....
DUBLIN, OH – Many hospitals struggle to implement information technology – to gain clinician buy-in, retrofit infrastructure and thoroughly retrain staff.Not a problem at Dublin Methodist...