Featured Report: Survey: One third of docs recommended a health app to patients

Survey: One third of docs recommended a health app to patients

MobiHealthNews
May,23,2014
by:+Jonah Comstock 
More than a third of US physicians recommended that a patient use a health app, according to the newest addition of Manhattan Research's Taking the Pulse survey, which details physician mobile and digital health adoption each year. The online survey included 3,066 practicing physicians across a variety of practice  Read More

Research touts telemedicine's effectiveness treating chronically ill patients

FierceHealthIT 

May,22,2014
by:+Dan Bowman

Evidence continues to mount that telemedicine is effective in reducing hospitalization rates and emergency department visits while also improving health outcomes for chronic disease patients, according to a review of research led by former American Telemedicine Association (ATA) President Rashid Bashshur (pictured), the executive director of eHealth at the University of Michigan Health System.

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OIG focuses on Medicare fraud, CMS vulnerabilities in report

EHR Intelligence
May,29,2014
by:+Jennifer Bresnick

In its latest semi-annual report to Congress, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) details its healthcare fraud prevention activities and a continuing focus on eliminating waste, inefficiencies, and improper conduct within the federal healthcare system. Covering the period from October 2013 to March 2014, the report reiterates previous concerns about the integrity of EHR systems and the operations of Medicare Administrative Contractors.
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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

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