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 ...

Executive Insight headed west and is blogging live from HFMA's annual ANI conference, held from June 24-27 this year in Las Vegas. One popular session today was ICD-10 Readiness, a provider panel discussion that emphasized lessons learned from facilities already marching along the not-so-well-worn ICD-10 path. One panelist, Danielle Reno, ...