Featured Report: U.S. lags behind in healthcare innovation, Sebelius says

U.S. lags behind in healthcare innovation, Sebelius says

Modern Healthcare Feb,27,2014 by:+Jessica Zigmond The federal government's top health official Thursday gave U.S. healthcare innovation a grade of Incomplete. “That's really the great dichotomy of the time we're living in,” HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said. “We live in a 21st century world with a 20th century delivery system. We live in a world in which the National Cancer Institute is texting teens to convince them to quit smoking, but ask any parent how easy it is to get their kid's immunization report from the doctor's office.” Read More

How to Build a Health Care Startup--and Not Tick Off the FDA

Inc. Feb,26,2014 by:+KIMBERLY WEISUL During the government shutdown last fall, a slice of the Silicon Valley startup crowd was almost gleeful at the fact that they didn't know what was going on in Washington and didn't think it was their job to care. You can bet none of those people were running health care startups. While other entrepreneurs can hunker down in their metaphorical garages, health care entrepreneurs need to be thinking about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration--right from the very start. Read More

Special report: Mobile technology and ACOs

Special report: Mobile technology and ACOs

Fierce Mobile Healthcare Feb,23,2014 by:+ Greg Slabodkin The accountable care organization model brings disparate providers together to ensure high-quality healthcare at minimal cost. ACOs make providers jointly accountable for the health of their patients, giving them financial incentives to cooperate and save money. The goal is to ensure that patents, particularly those with chronic conditions, get the right care at the right time, while avoiding unnecessary duplication of services and unnecessary spending resulting in savings. 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.