Featured Report: 10 Ways Health Systems Can Capitalize On Insurance Expansion

10 Ways Health Systems Can Capitalize On Insurance Expansion

Health Insurance Exchange Oct,17,2013 by:+Nikki Parham and Jon Souder The expansion of health insurance to as much as 16 million people in 2014 under the Affordable Care Act could provide a way for the nation’s hospitals and health systems to boost revenue as they face declining admissions, care moving outside of hospitals and reduced government payments. Health systems with large uncompensated care burdens in particular, have much to gain if they can attract and manage these new paying customers. Read More

Facebook and EHRs: A Very Fine Line Just Got Even Finer

iHealthBeat Oct,13,2013 by:+Staff Americans love their privacy. And yet, as the ever-increasing trend of social networking illustrates, they also love to share the facts of their lives. As a result, defining privacy can be tricky in this modern age and often depends on the venue in which information is presented and the form it takes. In today's world of electronic health records, straddling the fence between harmless information and sensitive data is no longer such an easy task, and the repercussions for the slightest transgression can be severe. Read More

IMS: Half of Android health apps have fewer than 500 downloads

MobiHealthNews Oct,30,2013 by:+Jonah Comstock There are more than 43,000 healthcare apps available from the US iTunes store, but only about 16,275 of those are patient-facing apps with “genuine” health content, according to a new study from the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. Furthermore, in an analysis of the Google Play Store, IMS found that 50 percent of health apps are downloaded fewer than 500 times and just five apps account for 15 person of all health app downloads. 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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