As Meaningful Use criteria push towards required interoperability and changing reimbursement methods necessitate more coordinated care, HIEs are looking more and more appealing to hHealthcare providers. The HIE market practically exploded last year, growing more than 40%, according to a Chilmark Research report. ''As federal incentives drive the ...

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) applauded the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) for confirming the recent downward trend in Medicare spending and utilization on medical imaging procedures. During its recent public meeting, MedPAC said imaging services declined by 2.5 percent in 2010, which is consistent with a MITA ...

(Editor's note: Executive Insight welcomes Guest Blogger Michael LaMagna, Esq,to our Politics in Health Care blog. He will be posting updates on healthcare reform and related issues each week. Check back often. LaMagna is an attorney and nursing home administrator who practices healthcare regulatory, elder law/special needs and trusts and ...

(Editor's note: ADVANCE welcomes Guest Blogger Michael LaMagna, Esq,to our Politics in Health Care blog. He will be posting updates on healthcare reform and related issues each week. Check back often. LaMagna is an attorney and nursing home administrator who practices healthcare regulatory, elder law/special needs and trusts and estates law. ...

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced last week that nearly 4,500 organizations -- including more than 2,000 hospitals -- have pledged their support for the Partnership for Patients, the Obama Administration's new nationwide patient safety initiative. In less than three months, the administration has ...

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Bill Corr issued a statement on retrospective review of existing rules. His statement is below: Earlier this year, President Obama outlined his plan to create a 21st-century regulatory system that is simpler and smarter and that protects the health and safety of the American people in ...

Editor's note: This guest blog is written by Mark Morsch, vice president, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and software engineering at A-Life Medical. He has published several papers on NLP clinical abstraction, text mining and computer-assisted coding. As the buzz at HIMSS this year indicated, ICD-10 is on the short list of things keeping ...

Special thanks to Frank Irving for his excellent coverage over the last year with his blog The Politics of Health Care. He is moving on to other projects, so we wanted to share with readers some his most popular posts from the past few months.--Mike Bederka, EditorNational Cancer Institute Revamps Clinical Trials Program  Ohio State ...

Medicare Shared Savings Program will reward organizations that meet quality standards in five areas. On March 31, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released proposed new rules for formation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). According to HHS, ACOs create incentives for health care providers to work together to treat ...

Medicare Shared Savings Program will reward organizations that meet quality standards in five areas. On March 31, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) released proposed new rules for formation of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). According to HHS, ACOs create incentives for health care providers to work together to treat ...