For the medical professional, 2015 presents another year of changes and continued challenges. From meaningful use struggles to Medicare physician payments, the AMA has identified the following 10 key issues for physicians to monitor in the year ahead:
1. The administrative load and competing regulatory programs.
According to the AMA, time and expense devoted to administrative and regulatory requirements is one of the top frustrations to physicians.
In 2015, the AMA noted they will be
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Caremerge Nabs $4M to Expand Its Care Coordination Platform
Caremerge, a cloud-based communication and care coordination platform for the senior care industry, announced today a $4 million first institutional financing round led by Cambia Health Solutions, and included additional investments from Generator Ventures, GE Ventures, Arsenal Venture Partners and Ziegler-LinkAge Longevity Fund These investors are some of the first to focus on aging and long-term senior care. The funding will be utilized to expand its care coordination platform and
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Honeywell HomMed Changes Corporate Name
Honeywell HomMed – a provider of health management technologies and remote patient monitoring solutions has announced that it is changing its corporate name to Honeywell Life Care Solutions. The corporate name change reflects company's broader healthcare commitment and its focus in driving the innovations needed to shape the future of health management through digital health technology solutions.
"The new name – Honeywell Life Care Solutions – allows us to emphasize our wide-ranging business
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Big Data Firm Inovalon Files First Digital Health IPO of 2015
Inovalon Inc., a provider of cloud-based analytics and data driven platforms technology for healthcare filed for an initial public offering on 12/30/14, according to SEC filing. The Bowie, Md.-based company is seeking $500M in its initial public offeringand has applied for listing on NASDAQ under the ticker "INOV" making it the first digital health IPO of 2015. The big data firm outlines in the SEC filing that it will use the proceeds from the IPO for "acquisitions of complementary businesses,
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Accenture Awarded $563M Contract for Healthcare.gov
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services with a five-year, $563 million contract to continue Accenture’s work on the Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM) in support of the overall Health Insurance Marketplace website HealthCare.gov.
Accenture delivered technology solutions and systems to support this year’s enrollment, expand outreach to issuers and support the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), including:
Completing all
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Specialty EMR Provider Modernizing Medicine Acquires Aesyntix Health, Inc.
Cloud based, specialty-specific EMR provider, Modernizing Medicine has announced that it has completed an acquisition of Aesyntix Health, Inc. on Dec. 22, 2014. Financial details of the acquisition have not been disclosed. The privately held based in Roseville, California provides dermatology and cosmetic surgery practices with three specialty specific offerings:
- Aesyntix Billing Solutions for revenue cycle management
- Aesyntix Inventory Management (AIM)
- Aesyntix Physician Network
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3 Trends Reshaping the Healthcare Cloud in 2015
96 percent of healthcare organizations are using or considering using the cloud, according to the Dell Global Technology Adoption Index. In fact, healthcare organizations that are already using the healthcare cloud 2015 has reduced their IT costs by an average of 20 percent annually. So what's in store for the healthcare cloud in 2015?
We sat down with Stephen Piazza, Chief Technology Officer at Invidasys to learn more about how the cloud is reshaping healthcare IT in 2015.
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How Epic Competes Against Silicon Valley to Recruit Talent
Epic Systems, the dominating EHR leader has been making headlines not just for its growth, but for another interesting reason as well. The Wisconsin-based software company is led by quirky and media shy Judy Faulkner, who is the brain and motivation for the look and feel of the over 1000 acre campus that was formerly a farmland.
The company was started in 1979 in Verona, a farming suburb of Madison. What started as a small firm has since grown to over 8000 employees working on the campus. It
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HIMSS Analytics Honors Rockford Health System With Stage 7 Ambulatory Award
HIMSS Analytics recognized 11 of Rockford Health System sites with its Stage 7 Ambulatory Award. The award represents Rockford Health’s attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model™ (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and health systems.
Developed in 2011, the EMR Ambulatory Adoption Model provides a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for ambulatory facilities owned by hospitals in the
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HIMSS Analytics Honors Lancaster General Health With Stage 7 Ambulatory Award
HIMSS Analytics awarded Lancaster General Health (LGH), in Lancaster, Pa., with its Stage 7 Ambulatory Award. The award represents Lancaster General Health’s attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model™ (EMRAM) for both its hospital and physician practices.
Developed in 2011, the EMR Ambulatory Adoption Model provides a methodology for evaluating the progress and impact of electronic medical record systems for ambulatory facilities owned by hospitals in the
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