Featured Report: Home-care visits questioned in new study; advocates cry foul

Home-care visits questioned in new study; advocates cry foul

Modern Healthcare Mar,12,2014 by:+Sabriya Rice No robust, consistent evidence exists to show that home care visits actually help the elderly to live longer or more independent lives, when compared with seniors who have not been visited, the authors of a new study conclude in a review of literature on home care visits in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and several other countries. Advocates in the U.S. called the results misleading and baffling, warning that, without context, the study could derail future improvement efforts. Read More

RAND: Physicians Not Satisfied with Current State of EHR

HealthDataManagement Mar,13,2014 by:+Greg Slabodkin 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

White House reverses $10B in cuts to ACA cost-sharing subsidies

White House reverses $10B in cuts to ACA cost-sharing subsidies

Modern Healthcare Mar,13,2014 by:+Paul Demko The White House has decided to reverse roughly $10 billion in cuts to the cost-sharing subsidies that were part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. That program was originally expected to be slashed by 7.3 % in fiscal 2015 and beyond as part of the sequester cuts. 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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