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12/09/11 | SOURCE: Healthcare IT News
The chief of the cardiology department at Boca Raton Regional Hospital has developed software for controlling heart devices remotely using an iPad, revolutionizing the way physicians reprogram pacemakers.
12/06/11 | SOURCE: Sunshine State News
A David and Goliath struggle is emerging in the FL Legislature, with the insurance industry muscling up against physicians who dispense drugs to injured workers at the point of care.
12/02/11 | SOURCE: HealthData Management
CMS announced they will not take enforcement actions against those not 5010-compliant until March 31, 2012. This may sound like an extended deadline, but it is simply a 90-day grace period before enforcement actions will be taken.
12/01/11 | SOURCE: Modern Physician
CMS has developed a “comprehensive tool” to help guide physicians and other eligible professionals through all phases of the Medicare EHR incentive payment program.
12/01/11 | SOURCE: HIS Talk
HHS announced today that providers starting participation in the Medicare EHR incentive programs in 2011 will not be required to meet Stage 2 standards until 2014, a year later than was originally announced.
11/23/11 | SOURCE: TampaBay.com
The new centers have been opposed by local hospitals, which fear the loss of patients could harm the region’s existing trauma centers in Tampa and St. Petersburg.
