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11
Sep
2012
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the Health Resources and Services Administration at HHS have produced a video game for training healthcare professionals and staff about their privacy and security responsibilities. The game will be … Continue reading
07
Sep
2012
Medicare and Medicaid electronic health records payments are approaching $7 billion since the program’s beginning, with $6.9 billion paid out to 143,800 physicians and hospitals in total program estimates through the end of August. Final figures will be available later … Continue reading
05
Sep
2012
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday a final rule establishing a health plan identifier (HPID), that officials say will boost standardization within HIPAA transactions and increase the efficiency of health billing processes. The final rule, established by the Office of … Continue reading
04
Sep
2012
It has been a week since the release of the Stage 2 meaningful use final rule, with many groups and experts only beginning to resurface from studying the 700 or so pages that will define how eligible providers in the … Continue reading
29
Aug
2012
Chief information officers were scrambling to wade through and make sense of more than 1,000 pages of Stage 2 meaningful use rules yesterday afternoon, with some poring over the details late into the night. Most seem pleased, so far, but … Continue reading
28
Aug
2012
Word of the new ICD-10 compliance deadline came as welcome news to many in the healthcare realm – just not everyone. There remains a corner of the industry that publicly asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to … Continue reading
27
Aug
2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2012 Environmental Intelligence LLC Receives Registered Federal Trademark Physician Focused, Patient Driven® reflects the firm’s brand promise Dallas, Texas — Environmental Intelligence, LLC (EI), has further strengthened its brand position by securing a Registered Trademark … Continue reading
27
Aug
2012
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Aug. 24 a rule finalizing a one-year proposed delay – from Oct. 1, 2013, to Oct. 1, 2014 – in the compliance date for use of ICD-10 codes, which classify diseases … Continue reading
24
Aug
2012
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released the final rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use on Thursday, August 23, 2012. The final rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use … Continue reading
23
Aug
2012
The federal government has tapped IBM to work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC) to align public health case reporting with meaningful use requirements. The idea is that timely … Continue reading
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