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- September 10, 2013
HHS extends equal coverage to same-sex Advantage beneficiaries in skilled-nursing facilities
Read moreAll beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage plans will now receive access to equal coverage when it comes to care in a skilled-nursing facility where their spouse lives, regardless of sexual orientation, HHS announced Thursday. The guidance specifies that certified married same-sex couples would be eligible for this equal coverage and...
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Study: PPACA Won’t Cause Premium Increases for U.S. Overall
Read moreThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act won’t cause widespread increases in premiums on the individual insurance market, according to a RAND Corp. report. Analysts found the U.S. overall and five of the 10 states they examined — Texas, Florida, Kansas, South Carolina and Pennsylvania — will see no...
- September 10, 2013
EHR Contracts: Key contract terms for users to understand
Read moreWho is this for? Health care providers who plan to acquire electronic health record (EHR) systems should benefit from learning about the contract terms discussed in this document. When this document uses the term “you” it means purchasers and users of EHR systems who are or may become legally bound by EHR...
- September 10, 2013
Report: Cerner, Epic acquired 75% of new EHR hospital business last year
Read moreCerner and Epic combined acquired slightly more than 75 percent of new electronic health record contracts at large (more than 200 beds) acute-care hospitals last year, according to a report by KLAS. According to the report, more than 400 large hospitals do not currently have an EHR system, providing...
- September 10, 2013
CHA Selects Alteryx Analytics Software to Improve Health Care Quality Statewide
Read moreAlteryx, Inc., the leading provider of Strategic Analytics software, and the Colorado Hospital Association (CHA), the leading voice of the Colorado hospital and health system community, today announced that CHA has chosen Alteryx Strategic Analytics to enable the Association to more efficiently and accurately evaluate the impact of legislative...
- September 10, 2013
Data Breaches: Discovery and Prevention Techniques
Read more“Most hospitals don’t know all the data breaches they have,” says Mac McMillan, current chair of the privacy and security task force at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. He had very recently worked with a large hospital system that inadvertently provided a patient online access to another...
- September 10, 2013
The Great EHR Migration: Why Two Organizations Made the Switch
Read moreMore than one in six providers currently using an electronic health record system has plans to change vendors within the next year. Many of these providers are physician practices upgrading to meet meaningful use requirements or replacing a poorly-functioning system, but hospitals have increasingly been switching to new vendors...
- September 10, 2013
National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services in Health and Health are: A Blueprint for Advancing and Sustaining CLAS Policy and Practice
Read moreHealth equity is the attainment of the highest level of health for all people (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health , 2011). Currently, individuals across the United States from various cultural backgrounds are unable to attain their highest level of health for several reasons, including the...
- September 10, 2013
Southern Colorado agencies seek mental health grant to expand EMS
Read moreA seven-bed behavioral health ward and expanded respite and residential services are at the center of a plan to beef up mental health care in the Pikes Peak region – all with the goal of keeping many of those patients out of hospital emergency rooms. A consortium involving the...
- September 10, 2013
Improving health and reducing premature mortality in people with severe Mental illness
Read moreClick here to read the Department of Health and Human Services’s grant application requirements.
