Despite push back from AHIMA and doctors groups, the House of Representatives passed a temporary fix to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) for one year that also delays ICD-10 until 2015.
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8 Tips for Providers to Protect Professional Fee Revenues from ICD-10
ICD-10 analytics provider, Jvion releases guidance on the importance of providers understanding ICD-10 reimbursement risks for professional fee claims.
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BREAKING: SGR ‘Doc Fix’ Bill Could Delay ICD-10 to 2015
This morning a bicameral/bipartisan bill is being introduced that would fix the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) preventing a 24 percent cut in reimbursements to physicians under Medicare, The Hill reports. The bill also includes language located in Sec. 212 stating that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) delay the ICD-10 implementation to October 1, 2015.
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Report: EHR Adoption Highest Among Integrated Health Systems
EHR adoption among integrated health systems were substantially higher than their non-health systems owned counterparts, according to a new report by SK&A,
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CareCloud Launches CollectiveIQ to Help Practices Avoid Coding Errors and Billing Oversights
CareCloud, the leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health records (EHR), and medical billing software and services, today announced the availability of its new billing rules platform, CareCloud CollectiveIQ.
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Health Insurance Exchange IT Market Expected to Reach $2.6B by 2018
The health insurance exchange IT market is estimated at $1.6 billion in 2013 is expected to reach $2.6 billion by 2018, growing at a CAGR of 10.5% from 2013 to 2018, according to new report by MarketsandMarkets.
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FDA Recalls McKesson’s Anesthesia Care for False Patient-Matching
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class I recall of McKesson's Anesthesia Care software following an occurrence where the patient case data did not match the patient data when the case was recalled in the Anesthesia Care Record (ACR)
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Physician Perspectives: An In-Depth Look into EHR Adoption
15 Statistics about EHR Adoption in Office-Based Physician Practices
15 statistics on EHR adoption use and characteristics among office-based physician practices in the US, 2001–2013.
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Infographic: The Epidemic of Healthcare Cyber Attacks
Infographic shown created by Addictive Analytics illustrates the epidemic of healthcare cyber attacks based on the recent report findings by SANS and Norse.
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