Featured Report: 1M families used video consultations with physicians last year

Almost 1M families used video consultations with physicians last year

MobiHealthNews Mar,06,2014 by:+Aditi Pai The number of households using video consultations with physicians will grow, from 900,000 in 2013 to 22.6 million in 2018, according to a report from Parks Associates. Parks Associates previously released other data from this report last month, which added that video consultation revenues will grow from under $100 million in 2013 to $13.7 billion in 2018. Read More

HOW GOOGLE AND THE FEDS ARE TRYING TO PROTECT YOUR DRUG SUPPLY

NextGov Mar,27,2014 by:+Sophie Novack The upside of online shopping is that it puts the Internet's full selection at your fingertips. The downside is that it's harder to know exactly what you're buying. When it comes to buying medicine, that downside can be deadly Read More

ACA Brings Care Improvements, But Fewer Cost Reductions

ACA Brings Care Improvements, But Fewer Cost Reductions

HIX Exchange Mar,06,2014 by:+DANIEL HOOD The cost savings that are meant to be one of the eventual benefits of the Affordable Care Act have not yet begun to appear, though improvements in care have begun to materialize, according to one expert. 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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