Featured Report: 8 companies working on healthcare cost transparency

8 companies working on healthcare cost transparency

MobiHealthNews Jan,30,2014 by:+Aditi Pai Cost transparency has started off strong this year. In a recent interview, cost transparency tool Medlio’s CEO David Brooks told MobiHealthNews people are no longer on preferred provider organization plans as much as they have been in the past. As a result, instead of simply paying a copay, users are now on high deductible health plans and are starting to care more about the prices of medical services. Read More

Reform Update: Insurers stand to benefit from shift toward Medicaid managed care

Modern Healthcare Jan,23,2014 by:+Paul Demko The movement toward Medicaid managed care fueled in part by the healthcare reform law presents significant opportunities for insurance companies to expand their reach in the programs. More than three-quarters of Medicaid beneficiaries-44 million-will be enrolled in managed-care plans by 2016, according to a recent analysis by Avalere Health. That's a 38% increase over the number covered through managed-care plans in 2013. Read More

Social media and chronic disease: 5 lingering challenges to widespread use

Social media and chronic disease: 5 lingering challenges to widespread use

Med City News Jan,30,2014 by:+Deanna Pogorelc Message boards, blogs and social networks could empower more people to change their unhealthy behaviors and better manage chronic conditions like diabetes and obesity if they overcome a few key barriers, a new report claims. 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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