It’s been a long road to get to this point, but today the nation’s healthcare system takes a major step forward in being able to capture more detailed data about patients and their conditions. ICD-10 has nearly five times more codes than were used in ICD-9. Building more robust medical records should ultimately result in more efficient and better quality care.
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CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – August.
Last Friday the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a newly proposed rule that would significantly revise the Medicare payment system for clinical diagnostic laboratory…
Adventist Health System, a nonprofit healthcare system, has agreed to pay $115 million to settle allegations the organization maintained improper compensation arrangements with referring physicians and miscoded claims, thereby violating the False Claims Act.
The Robert Woods Johnson Foundation has released a new report looking at the state of Health IT in 2015, The report looks at both successes and failures of national health IT initiatives and assesses what our industry may look like going forward post the HITECH era.
Health Catalyst and Partners HealthCare have established a $30 million initiative to enable the development of innovative population health management strategies and facilitate the transfer of the knowledge generated to other health care providers.
In comments filed on September 8th with CMS, the National Partnership for Women & Families commends proposed updates to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Part B, and particularly applauds CMS’ proposal to reimburse providers for high-quality, effective advance care planning.
By John Halamka MD – Thinking about a recent New York Times article, I’ve put together a top 10 guide for IT leaders to avoid the decline into misery at work while keeping their livers intact.
WEDI announced the release of two new resources produced to ensure a smooth transition to ICD-10 including the ICD-10 State Workers’ Compensation Readiness List and the List of State Medicaid Sites with ICD-10 Information.