Healthcare supply chain leader Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Atlanta-based Vendormate, a privately held company that specializes in vendor relationship management solutions for healthcare providers and suppliers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Vendormate solutions help healthcare providers better manage the process of who they do business with including vendor on-boarding, business associate management,
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NextGen Healthcare Earns KLAS Top Performance for Ambulatory RCM Services
NextGen Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information systems, services and interoperability solutions, announced today that its NextGen RCM Services offering has earned top ranking in the KLAS 2014 Ambulatory RCM Services “Uncovering Truths When Services Are Outsourced” report.
In the newly released report, KLAS, a leading healthcare technology ratings provider, ranks the best-performing healthcare IT vendors providing outsourced billing/revenue cycle management (RCM) on their
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HHS Appoints Melissa Stafford Jones as the Region IX Director
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced the appointment of Melissa Stafford Jones as the new Region IX Regional Director.
"I am delighted to welcome Melissa Stafford Jones to our team of regional directors at HHS. Melissa is a devoted public servant, and I look forward to working with her to help the people of Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and the U.S. Pacific territories secure the building blocks of healthy, productive lives,” said Secretary Burwell
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Practice Fusion Signs Care Coordination Deals with 2 Clinically Integrated Networks
Practice Fusion, a cloud-based EHR platform today announced agreements with two provider networks to support their care coordination and accountable care initiatives. Oakland Physician Network Services and Citrus Valley Health Partners will offer Practice Fusion’s EHR to their physicians and healthcare providers, who can use the EHR to access data that can help them better understand the health of their patients. This means that a physician treating a diabetes patient can get information that
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Hospital CFO Faces 5 Years for $800k Meaningful Use Fraud
Joe White, the former CFO of Texas-based Shelby Regional Medical Center has pleaded guilty to meaningful use fraud and aggravated identity. White falsely attested to meaningful use by using another person’s name and information without that individual’s consent or authorization. The false attestation resulted in CMS paying Shelby Regional $785,655 in January 2013. Medicaid and Medicare EHR incentive programs paid hospitals operated Dr. Mahmood, including Shelby Regional $16,794,462.66 for fiscal
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EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup Forms Partnership with HIMSS, IHE USA
HIMSS, IHE USA and the EHR/HIE Interoperability Workgroup announce plan to streamline and strengthen how electronic health records and health information exchanges share patient data.
Health information technology customers expect products to work efficiently and consistently - whether it’s a Wi-Fi connection for a computer or the ability to securely share health data across computer systems, states or regions.
Building on its current effort to connect electronic health records (EHRs)
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Supply Chain: Can It Help Providers Meet Meaningful Use?
Lest we forget, asset productivity is a multi-million dollar blind spot. Cohealo’s Mark Slaughter explains why a quantified supply chain matters when talking about meaningful use.
How will Stage 3 of meaningful use (MU) explicitly improve financial and clinical outcomes? That’s the question stirring the pot in healthcare, along with provider speculation that ONC’s (Office of National Coordinatior’s) well-meaning MU program needs changing (at all stages) to create meaningful impact.
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Is It Time to Replace Your Practice Management System?
Practice Management systems form the backbone of any medical practice, helping physicians and their staff manage appointments, keep track of patients, and perform medical billing. While government incentives have put a spotlight on Electronic Health Records (EHR) in recent years, now is also a critical time for practices to take a close look at their PM systems. Many in use today are outdated, making daily tasks harder than they need to be, slowing staff down, and causing anxiety around industry
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Meaningful Use Audits Could Return $33M in Incentive Payments
Meaningful Use audits could recover $33M in EHR incentives, according to data from the HHS published in a recent Health Security Solutions infographic below. Although the precise reason for failure is not included in the dataset, there is reason to believe from strong anecdotal evidence that failure to conduct an adequate risk analysis is the most common reason entities fail their MU audits.
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AMA Policy Calls for Removal of Meaningful Use Penalties
The American Medical Association (AMA) approved a new policy urging the calling for Meaningful Use penalties to be halted. The AMA has joined other healthcare leaders and policymakers in urging CMS to to add more flexibility to the Meaningful Use program and shorten the reporting period to help physicians avoid penalties. According to new attestation numbers, only 2 percent of physicians have successfully demonstrated MU Stage 2 requirements.
"The AMA has been calling for policymakers to
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