72 percent of patients said that they did not know their payment responsibility during a provider visit, according to a new report by InstaMed.
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Total Dollars Spent on Medications in the U.S. Reached $329.2B in 2013
The total dollars spent on medications in the U.S. reached $329.2 billion in 2013, up 3.2 percent, according to according to a new report issued today by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
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Is Defensive Medicine Driving Up Healthcare Costs?
Hospital administrators estimate that one-third of healthcare costs are the result of tests and treatments that aren't medically necessary and ordered to prevent lawsuits
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TrustHCS Partners with Greenway for ICD-10 Preparation and Transition
TrustHCS and Greenway Health have solidified a partnership to assist users of the Greenway PrimeSUITE integrated electronic health record (EHR) and practice management solution with ICD-10 preparation and transition.
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President Obama Signs SGR Legislation, ICD-10 Delayed to 2015
On Tuesday afternoon, President Barack Obama officially signed the temporary Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) "doc fix" delaying the compliance date of ICD-10 until October 1, 2015.
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NextGen Healthcare Issues Statement Following ICD-10 Delay
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., issued a statement following the ICD-10 delay for another year to 2015 after yesterday's Senate vote to patch the Sustainable Growth Rate ("SGR" or "Doc Fix").
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ICD-10 Delayed to 2015, Senate Approves SGR ‘Doc Fix’
Despite overwhelming opposition, the Senate passed the temporary fix to the sustainable growth rate (SGR) that delays the implementation of ICD-10 to October 2015. The Senate voted 64-35 to pass the bill and now requires the President's final signature.
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The Painful Reality of the ICD-10 Delay
ICD-10: Painful To Implement, Painful To Delay (via InformationWeek)
Congress is on the verge of delaying healthcare's new diagnosis code system for another year -- a relief to doctors, but a pain for CIOs. If the implementation of ICD-10 diagnosis codes is delayed by an act of Congress
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The Patient Impact on Doctors Transitioning to Concierge Medicine
Do patients feel abandoned when their doctor converts their practice to concierge medicine? (via http://mercuryadvisorygroup.com)
Recently, I had a friendly lunch with a colleague downtown. Our discussion migrated to marketing and branding of physician practices. I learned that he had been a patient of the practice that my concierge physician owns as a majority shareholder. …
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10 Things We Should NOT Blame Obamacare For
There is a new report out from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) titled “The Slow Recovery of the Labor Market”, and as its title implies, it predicts a slow recovery from a labor perspective. Among other things, the CBO report is now making headlines in the political game of Obamacare because it forecasts a 2.5 million job reduction by 2024 due to the effects of the health care law.
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