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Next Stop for Reform: Supreme Court

There are a lot of I.T. provisions in the health care reform law. They and all other provisions have a shaky future.
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HIMSS12 Notable and Quotable, Part Deux

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NPRM for Stage 2 of Meaningful Use Available on Feb. 23

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Kaiser Permanente’s Big EHR Bet Paying Off

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Drug/Device/Supply Firms to Report Provider Payments

Drug and biomedical firms, medical supply and device manufacturers, and group purchasing organizations would be required to report payments or other transfers of value made to physicians and teaching hospitals under a new rule. The information would be made publicly available by Sept. 30, 2013.
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Operating Rules for EFT/ERA on the Horizon

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services plans to soon publish an interim final rule to require adoption of standards and "operating rules" for electronic funds transfer and remittance advice HIPAA transactions.
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Final Medicare Claims Data Use Rule Adds Clinical Data

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a final rule to make available standardized extracts of Medicare claims data to facilitate measuring the performance of providers and suppliers. The rule has significant changes that enable use of clinical data along with the claims data.
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5010 - Ready or Not, Here It Comes

Here's five potential HIPAA 5010 road blocks that could hold up your reimbursements.
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AMA Plans to Fight ICD-10

The American Medical Association during its semi-annual policy making session has adopted a policy of fighting to stop implementation of the ICD-10 diagnosis and procedure code sets.
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HHS Augments Consumer Insurance Site

The Department of Health and Human Services has rolled out an enhanced version of a public Web site, mandated under the Accountable Care Act, to aid small businesses and consumers in comparing and purchasing health care coverage.
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ANSI, HL7 Ask to Lead Development of Attachments Operating Rule

Standards development organizations ANSI ASC X12 and Health Level Seven International have requested being jointly named as the entity to develop "operating rules" for the electronic HIPAA claims attachments transaction.
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Privacy is Easy

Insuring patient privacy is easy. Well, easier than information security.
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New Report Echoes Call for National EHR Safety Board

A new report published in the Journal of Patient Safety advocates creation of an independent national board to monitor and improve the safety of electronic health records.
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