Featured Report: U.S. Chamber looks to fix, not repeal Obamacare

U.S. Chamber looks to fix, not repeal Obamacare

Modern Healthcare Jan,08,2014 by:+Jessica Zigmond The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has accepted that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is here to stay and, rather than continue calling for its complete repeal, will work this year to change what it sees as flaws in the 2010 law, the business group's president and CEO said Wednesday. Read More

IBM helping fix Minnesota’s health insurance exchange while lawmakers plan audits

Med City News Jan,09,2014 by:+Staff MNsure, the health insurance exchange for Minnesota, is scrambling for help with its IT problems, as deadlines for enrollment loom and scrutiny of its troubled rollout continues. MNsure’s board met on Jan. 8 to discuss the latest developments, including an angry letter from Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton to IBM, one of the program’s vendors, and the announcement that Optum, the IT division of health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, was sending a team to review the exchange’s website issues Read More

IOM model helps hospitals evaluate return on investment of EHRs

Fierce EMR Jan,07,2014 by:+Marla Durben Hirsch The Institute of Medicine has released a proposed model to help hospitals and others assess the potential financial benefits of adopting electronic health records. The proposed framework and model, published Jan. 6, is intended to evaluate a provider's EHR investment by making inter-organizational comparisons, help identify "best-in-class" implementation approaches and prioritize process redesign endeavors. 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.