Article Archive for July 2016
Proposed Legislation Offers Assistance for Meaningful Use
Six Senators recently introduced legislation that seeks to offer regulatory relief and flexibility for hospitals that are trying to meet obligations of the federal meaningful use program. Health Data Management brought this interesting information to us in …
Solutions for Avoiding Fraud
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has once again identified electronic health record (EHR)-related fraud as a problem area. The National Law Review brought this interesting news to us …
Learning from the Past
The ICD-10 coding classification went into effect on October 1, 2015. Here we are nine months later and some trends are surfacing in the accuracy of coders. As they grow and mature in their knowledge …
Analytics Are Key Players
Healthcare providers have been investing in electronic health record (EHR) technology for a while now as a result of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act that sought to modernize the healthcare industry. …
We All Pay for Fraud
Medicare fraud and abuse costs taxpayers billions of dollars each year. In 2014, Medicare paid out $505 billion in payments for services and medications. According to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 12.7 percent …
The Irish Are Looking for More Than Luck
Ireland is in the process of moving to electronic health records (EHR) and they are looking at the United States to see what can be learned from our experience. If you could share something you …
Recognition for Engagment
The University of Colorado Health is the latest recipient of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics’ Stage 7 award in recognition of the healthcare organization’s implementation and utilization of electronic health records (EHRs). This …
The Next Phase of Healthcare Technology
We are more than halfway through 2016, and that might seem surreal to most of us. But what if we fast forwarded 15 years – what would healthcare look like and how would it be …
There is a Better Way
A recent survey revealed that more than half of hospitals are not currently using claims denials management tools. What does this mean for vendors? Healthcare IT News brought this to us in their article, “Claims denials …
EMR Clinical Analyst Position Available
We are always excited to share news with our readers about career opportunities stemming from digitization, coding, electronic health records (EHRs), healthcare information sciences, and the like. Even if you are not in the market for …
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