Featured Report: 90% of Employees Still Have ACA Questions

90% of Employees Still Have ACA Questions

Healthcare Insurance Exchange Sept,19,2013 by:+Bruce Shutan If a recently released survey of Midwest Business Group on Health (MBGH) members is any indication, then HR departments could have their hands full fielding employee questions about health insurance exchanges during the upcoming open-enrollment season. Ninety percent of the 40 respondents reported that employees wondered how the Affordable Care Act would affect their benefits, and what’s telling is that the online survey was conducted as far back as June and July. Read More

Analysis: 205 hospital-branded apps for patients

MobiHealthNews Sept,19,2013 by:+ Brian Dolan It’s been about four years since healthcare providers began to seriously consider mobile applications as a new channel for communicating with their patients. In that time hospitals have experimented with many app-enabled patient engagement pilots, and some - mostly quietly - launched patient-facing apps. Over the course of the past few months MobiHealthNews has been scouring the Apple and Google app stores for these apps as part of the data gathering efforts of our newest report, which launches this morning: The 205 Hospital-branded Apps for Patients Read More

Survey: Most people are aware of EHR benefit but Health Info Exchanges, notsomuch

Survey: Most people are aware of EHR benefit but Health Info Exchanges, notsomuch

Med City News Sept,20,2013 by: Stephanie Baum Pennsylvanians have a pretty sophisticated grasp of their right to their electronic medical records. When it comes to the state’s health information exchange, the level of awareness for goals such as reducing duplicate lab tests is relatively low, even though they recognized the its importance. Read More

EHR Incentive Program Healthcare Professionals Did You Know? Non-hospital-based physicians and other eligible professionals can obtain incentive payments of as much as $44,000 under Medicare or $63,750 under Medicaid. Under both Medicare and Medicaid, eligible hospitals may receive millions of dollars for implementing and meaningfully using certified EHR technology. About two-thirds (65 percent) of hospitals and 32 percent of office-based physicians plan to enroll in meaningful use programs by the end of 2012 in order to receive the maximum incentives, according to survey results announced Thursday morning. Fewer federal dollars will be available to hospitals and doctors that wait to adopt EHR technology, and failure to meaningfully use EHRs starting in 2015 will result in Medicare penalties. Watch this video about how to register for the EHR Incentive program. EHR Incentive Program Registration Do you need help with HIPAA and HITECH? Then download and Read our HIPAA Guide for for Doctors and Small Clinics that contains HIPAA security regulations and check lists that you can use to start your EMR network.

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