90 individuals, including 27 doctors, nurses and other medical professionals have been charged for their alleged participation in false billing Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $260 million, federal officials said on Tuesday.
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8 Reasons Why Hospital HL7 Interface Engine Selections Fail
John Traeger, Enterprise Systems Consultant at OTB Solutions outlines eight of the most common pitfalls why hospital HL7 interface engine selections fail.
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ONC Approves ANSI for Second Term as the ONC-Approved Accreditor
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has approved the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for a second three-year term as the ONC-Approved Accreditor (ONC-AA) for the ONC Health Information Technology Certification Program.
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An Unfunded EHR Mandate for Behavioral Health: All Stick, No Carrot
Why politics, parity and performance requirements mean behavioral health hospitals should adopt now.
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Healthcare BI Market Size Expected To Reach $4.7 Billion by 2018
The healthcare BI market size is expected to reach $4.7 billion by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 14.8% from 2013 to 2018, according to a new report by Marketsandmarkets.
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Infographic: Is Meaningful Use Really Helping or Hurting EHR Adoption?
Only four hospitals and 50 professionals have achieved stage 2 meaningful use after seven months into the reporting period beginning on October 1,2013, according to a CMS official.
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Prior to ICD-10 Delay to 2015: 44% of Physicians Were Unprepared
Before the ICD-10 delay to 2015 by the government, 44 percent of physicians did not know whether they would be ready, according to the 2014 Practice Profitability Index (PPI). In fact, another 25 percent were certain they would not be prepared and face high transitions and ICD-10 upgrade costs.
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7 Ways Cloud Technology Can Elevate Your Physician Practice
ADP AdvancedMD white paper provides seven ways cloud technology can elevate your physician practice to reduce staffing, training costs and streamline processes.
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Team FloriDUH Takes on Health IT Giants at Health Datapalooza Code-A-Thon Finals
Team FloriDUH to compete against teams from health IT giants Cerner, Athena, Siemens, Archimedes, and GE at the 2014 Health Datapalooza Code-A-Thon event in Washington, DC on June 1-3.
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Meaningful Use Stage 2: Creating the Foundation for Population Health
New Allscripts white paper focuses on key elements that will help healthcare organizations achieve their meaningful use Stage 2 requirements while remaining focused on the long-term goals of improving population health.
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