The Sixth Annual National Health IT Week kicked off today with a Capital Hill Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics Technology Showcase. The annual collaborative forum where public and private healthcare constituents will work in partnership to educate industry and policy stakeholders on the value of health IT for the US healthcare system. There is no better time for the health IT community to come together under one umbrella to raise national awareness!
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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Selects 3M ICD-10 Conversion Software
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has selected advanced ICD-10 code translation technology from 3M Health Information Systems to assist the federal agency in converting systems, applications, and reports based on ICD-9 diagnosis and procedure codes into the language of ICD-10. The 3M ICD-10 Code Translation Tool will be used to streamline the code translation process and support ICD-10 transition planning at CMS headquarters in Baltimore, MD.
CMS has also licensed the
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Webinar: Medicare & Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs: Registration and Attestation for Eligible Professionals
Friday, September 9, 20111:30 PM - 3:00 PM (Americas) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Target Audience:
Eligible Professionals (EPs): Doctors of Medicine or Osteopathy, Doctors of Dental Surgery or Dental Medicine, Doctors of Podiatric Medicine, Doctors of Optometry, Chiropractors, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Nurse Midwives, Physician Assistants (PA) who practice at an FQHC/RHC led by a PA. (NOTE: Hospital-based EP’s may not participate- An EP is considered hospital-based if 90% or
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GE Healthcare Launches Centricity Business 5.0
GE Healthcare, a leading provider of health information technology, today launched Centricity Business 5.0, their next generation of revenue cycle management solution for hospital networks, academic medical centers, large practice, and physician billing groups. With the rising costs of healthcare associated with healthcare reform and ICD-10, Centricity Business 5.0 will help healthcare providers achieve greater profitability and efficiency by streamlining administrative tasks from front desk to
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Thought Leadership: Managing Healthcare IS Supply and Demand
By Daniel Herman, Founder and Managing Principal, Aspen Advisors, Guy Scalzi, Principal, Aspen Advisors, and Roger Kropf, Professor in the Health Policy and Management Program, New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
Abstract:
IT governance has been topic of interest for many years, and even though the concept has been embraced within the healthcare industry, the reality is that it’s still not operationally working well within most healthcare organizations.
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CMS Proposes MU Attestation for Clinical Quality Measures in 2012
Hospitals, critical access hospitals and eligible professionals may continue to report clinical quality measures for meaningful use via attestation in 2012, just as they must do in 2011, according to two proposed rules from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Also, just like 2011, the measures must be calculated using meaningful use-certified electronic health records.The provision, with varying language, is in separate proposed rules setting Medicare's hospital outpatient
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Toolkits: eHI Releases Updated Health Information Exchange Toolkit
The eHealth Initiative recently released the second phase of the third generation of its Health Information Exchange (HIE) Toolkit, an online resource to empower health care leaders managing the challenges associated with developing, adopting, operating, and sustaining a health information exchange.Phase II of the new eHI Toolkit is now online and available to the public. This "primer" addresses the next steps needed for starting an HIE - creating a sustainable model, technical aspects of
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Northern Virginia Regional Health Information Organization Inc. Launches Innovative Medication History Service
In an emergency department (ED), where patients’ health and safety hang in the balance, every second counts. Now, Inova Alexandria Hospital ED clinicians can quickly access a patient’s prescriptions information, no matter where in the U.S. they were written, enhancing care quality and safety.The April medication history service launch in this busy Washington, D.C. suburb ED marks the first project milestone for the Northern Virginia Regional Health Information Organization (NoVaRHIO). This
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23% of U.S. Hospitals Plan to Invest in Patient Access Solutions for Eligibility
CapSite™ announces the release of the 2011 U.S. Patient Access Study. The study represents the latest in a series of CapSite strategic industry reports focused on the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) market.The statistically significant study represents unique Voice of Customer (VOC) insight from more than 500 U.S. hospitals on the market opportunity, market share, vendor mind share and adoption of various Patient Access solutions
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Video: Introduction to the New HIMSS ICD-10 Playbook
Juliet A. Santos, MSN, CCRN, FNP-BC, Senior Director of HIMSS Business-Centered Systems and the HIMSS Medical Banking Project, introduces the HIMSS ICD-10 Playbook, which provides critical information to assist hospitals, ambulatory centers, practitioners, and their staff in transitioning to ICD-10. The PlayBook was developed by HIMSS staff with support from the Medical Banking and Financial Systems Committee, ICD-10 Task Force, ICD-10 PlayBook Work Group, and 25 organizations including
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