By Amanda Patanow on
8/24/2009
A new IBM study reveals that one in four Americans have not scheduled a "wellness" visit within the last year – due, in part, to paperwork.
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By Amanda Patanow on
8/24/2009
At a forum in Chicago, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Vice President Joe Biden announced the release of $1.2 billion to facilitate the adoption of electronic medical records by health professionals. Sebelius, along with Dr. David Blumenthal, the national coordinator for health information technology, added more detail regarding the announcement in a conference call with reporters Thursday afternoon.
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By Amanda Patanow on
8/4/2009
President Barack Obama told participants in an AARP tele-town hall Tuesday that electronic health records will help put an end to the inefficiencies they have experienced in healthcare.
"We're also working to computerize medical records, because right now too many folks wind up taking the same tests over and over and over again because their providers can't access previous results," he said at the session at AARP headquarters. "Or they have to relay their entire medical history – every medication they've taken, every surgery they've gotten – every time they see a new provider. Electronic medical records will help to put an end to all that."
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By Amanda Patanow on
7/21/2009
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology health IT policy committee voted Thursday on long-awaited recommendations from its workgroups on how providers can qualify to receive incentives through the new stimulus package.
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By Amanda Patanow on
7/14/2009
About 45,000 physicians nationwide will be eligible to receive up to $63,750 each in Medicaid incentive payments over the next six years to adopt electronic health records, according to a study released Wednesday by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.
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By Amanda Patanow on
7/14/2009
The RAC pilot identified $992.7 million in overpayments through 2008. The pilot is now over and CMS considers it a smashing success. Auditors will be arriving in force in your neighborhood by year’s end if they’re not there already.
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