Hospitals
News
CMS Data: 95% of Medicare RAC ‘Corrections’ Are Overpayments
May 24, 2013 - Medicare Recovery Audit Contractors are increasingly successful at finding overpayments, but the amount of underpayments the contractors unearth continues to dwindle, according to data from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
New Interoperability Training Tools Focus on Stage 2 Criteria
May 24, 2013 - The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched a suite of electronic health records interoperability training tools.
Intermountain Tracking Patients’ Cumulative Radiation Exposure
AHA Welcomes Senate Legislation to Rein in RACs
New Analytics Initiative for Consultancy Encore Health
HIT Vendor Round-up: Prognosis, HealthInfoNet, PracticeMax & McKesson
Using Analytics to Support an ‘Ambulatory ICU’ Model
First Vendors Get Accredited for Direct Messaging Services
Feds: 2013 Goal for Meaningful Use Participation Already Met
New WEDI Program Facilitates State ICD-10 Cooperation
Feature Articles
WOW! Or is it MOW?
May 1, 2013 - Carts evolve from workstations on wheels to medication delivery on wheels.
My Two Cents
Corporate Strategy
Using Information Technology as a Market Differentiator
May 1, 2011 - Some providers aggressively promote their I.T. capabilities, while others take a more subtle approach.
Case Study
Overcoming ICD-10 Hurdles
May 1, 2011 - Providers and payers are getting serious about ICD-10, and experienced hands offer some practical advice for taking on the new code set.
Special Report
Get Answers from CMS About Meaningful Use Attestation
April 20, 2011 -
The attestation process for applying for Stage 1 meaningful use EHR incentive payments began Monday, April 18. There’s a lot of money on the line, and a lot of questions about how to use the online attestation system and report core and alternative MU measures.
On Wednesday, April 20, Travis Broome, special assistant to the consortium administrator at The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Jessica Kahn, director of Health I.T. at CMS, walked through the attestation module.
Current Issue
As the feds ramp up enforcement of privacy and security rules, providers look to fill protection gaps.
