Featured Report: Healthy young adults will shop on exchanges

Healthy young adults will shop on exchanges

Fierce Health Payer Sept,11,2013 by:Susan D. Hall Healthy young adults will likely shop for coverage through the health insurance exchanges, helping offset the costs of insuring sicker, older members, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Of the 1,053 uninsured Americans surveyed, 40 percent said they support the reform law, and 50 percent of young adults support it Read More

Global mHealth market to reach $20.7B by 2018

Fierce Mobile Healthcare Sep,07,2013 by:+Greg Slabodkin A new research report forecasts that the global mHealth market, currently estimated at $6.6 billion, is expected to reach $20.7 billion by 2018 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.5 percent, according to an announcement from Markets and Markets. The report reveals that the major drivers of the mHealth market include increasing awareness of chronic diseases, growing adoption of smartphones, high penetration of 3G and 4G networks, advanced mobile connectivity and a promise of better healthcare cost-efficiency. Read More

Study: Patients Withhold Health Data Because of Privacy Concerns

iHealthBeat Sep,09,2013 by:+Staff Nearly one in eight patients has withheld information from a health care provider because of privacy and security concerns, according to a new study published in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association, Modern Healthcare''s "Vital Signs" reports. Researchers used data from the "fourth wave" of the National Cancer Institute-sponsored Health Information National Trends Survey. 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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