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Preparing for a Hurricane That May Blow Over
November 23, 2009 8:50 PM by Frank Irving
Physicians must be educated on proper documentation to meet ICD-10 code-set specificity and payer-coverage policies. Guest commentary from Holly Louie, RN, CHBME, PCS, corporate compliance officer at Practice Management, Inc., in Boise, Idaho The reimbursement Read More...
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Building a Foundation for Health Care Transformation
November 12, 2009 10:56 AM by Frank Irving
Evidence-based medicine will improve the quality of care and impact of each health care dollar spent. Guest commentary from Marc Perlman, g lobal vice president, Healthcare and Life Sciences Industry, Oracle The U.S. health care industry is challenged Read More...
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MGMA Pleased with House Vote on Health Reform
November 9, 2009 12:56 PM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary from William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, president and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) is pleased that the House has voted favorably on H.R. 3962 (The Affordable Health Care for Read More...
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'More is Better' Only Applies to Technology
September 21, 2009 11:28 AM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary by Andrew Schuyler, chief medical officer at MEDecision. In a recent article on the San Francisco Chronicle 's Web site, Dr. Deepak Chopra speculates that a lot of what's wrong with health care today can be attributed to the false notion Read More...
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Health Care Reform
September 8, 2009 12:10 PM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary by Ward Keever, executive director of executive services for CTG HealthCare Solutions. Mr. Keever serves on ADVANCE's editorial advisory board. The hot topic for this summer has been health care reform. It has consumed our Congress as Read More...
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Patient Safety: Getting the Name Wrong May be Fatal
August 13, 2009 10:48 AM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary by Dr. Bruce Lambert, University of Illinois at Chicago professor, Department of Pharmacy Administration, and president, Pharm I. R., Inc.; and Dr. Leonard A Shaefer, IBM chief scientist, Global Name Recognition After taking Flomax, used Read More...
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Keeping Digital Medical Records Secure
April 17, 2009 4:27 PM by Frank Irving
By now, just about everyone in the industry knows that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)'s provisions include more than $20 billion in funding for technology investments by health care organizations. However, some of the deeper implications Read More...
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EHR Rework Ahead
March 25, 2009 11:27 AM by Frank Irving
A large majority of readers -- 65 percent -- who answered ADVANCE 's online opinion poll during the past month said they need to rework their existing EHR plans in light of the HIT provisions of the recently enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Read More...
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Change Can’t Happen with Technology Alone
March 3, 2009 11:39 AM by Frank Irving
Guest commentary by Michael L. Cowan, MD, chief medical officer at BearingPoint and former surgeon general of the U.S. Navy It's official. The economic recovery package has been signed and $19 billion is marked for health information technology. But, Read More...
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Candidates Could Tap Strong Support by Differentiating HIT Plans
March 17, 2008 11:55 AM by Frank Irving
Would you be more likely to vote for a presidential candidate if he or she vowed support for creation of a nationwide health information network (NHIN)? If you answered yes, you're among a strong coalition, according to survey results released Feb. 19 Read More...
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