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- July 11, 2012
States Should Check with Hospitals Regarding Medicaid Expansion
Read moreHospitals might experience the largest impacts of any type of provider if states decline the opportunity to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act, so states are being urged to check with hospitals before making the decision to reject the Medicaid expansion. Read more here.
00 - July 10, 2012
HRSA Webinar: Clinical Applications
Read moreThe National Telehealth Webinar Series Presented by the National Network of Telehealth Resource Centers Thursday, July 19, 2012 12:00 PM MDT Presented by: Ronald S. Weinstein, MD Director, Arizona Telemedicine Program President Emeritus, American Telemedicine Association This presentation will discuss real-time & store-forward clinical applications amenable to telemedicine &...
- July 5, 2012
ACO Executives Would Have Continued Regardless of Decision
Read moreAccountable Care Organization (ACO) executives say they would have continued building the ACOs, regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision. An ACO is a type of payment and delivery reform model that ties provider reimbursements to quality metrics and reductions in the total cost of care for an assigned population...
- July 3, 2012
OCR Reveals HIPAA Audit Protocol
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Health & Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) publicly announced its HIPAA audit protocol on June 26, 2012. The HITECH Act required OCR to create a test audit program to assess the national level of HIPAA compliance. In response, the OCR created the audit...
- July 3, 2012
Colorado Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Reminder – Patient Lists for Attestation
Read moreMany of the hospitals and clinics we have worked with to attest to Medicaid, have received requests for the actual patient lists substantiating their eligibility or qualification for Medicaid EHR incentives. This is a normal part of the “verification step”. Verification occurs after the attestation. Once verification is confirmed...
- July 2, 2012
Nominations for Dual Eligibles Advisory Subcommittee
Read moreTo support greater collaboration between the Demonstration to Integrate Care for Dual Eligible Individuals (the Demonstration) and other healthcare initiatives, the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) will assemble a group of dual eligible individuals (eligible for Medicaid and Medicare), family members, advocates, and other stakeholders with...
- July 2, 2012
AMA Offers Online Tutorial to Help with Health IT
Read moreThe American Medical Association plans to launch several Web-based tutorials to help physicians integrate health information technology into their practices. The tutorials offered are: e-prescribing, pre-visit planning, and point-of-care documentation. Each of the tutorials focuses on understanding workflow and what changes to expect with new technologies. To read the...
- July 2, 2012
iPads May Boost Residents’ Efficiency
Read moreA study from the University of Chicago shows that most internal medicine residents who used iPads to access patient records and coordinate their care cut about an hour per day off their workload. Researchers also found that residents placed orders for patient procedures sooner than when they did not...
- June 28, 2012
CRHC Responds to Supreme Court Decision
Read moreAs most of you know (probably ad nauseam at this point), the Supreme Court of the United States delivered their ruling today on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Q. So what happened this morning? A. Ultimately, the ACA was upheld. Likely the most controversial component, the...
- June 28, 2012
Registration and Attestation System and EHR Information Center are Unavailable This Weekend; July 3rd is an Eligible Hospital Deadline
Read moreAttestation and Registration System and EHR Information Center Availability The Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records (EHR) Incentive Programs Registration and Attestation System will be affected by planned system maintenance starting Friday, June 29th, 12:00 AM ET, through Monday, July 2nd, 7:00 AM ET. Throughout this maintenance window, eligible professionals and...
