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Sometimes what may seem like a small expense – $3,700 – can make all the difference to patients in need of care, but with no insurance or means to get it.

The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new initiative aimed at rewarding hospitals for the quality of care they provide to people with Medicare while reducing healthcare costs.

The Medicaid subsidiary of New Jersey’s largest healthcare insurer, Horizon Healthcare Services, is rolling out a new provider communications portal aimed at making communications between physicians and insurer easier and more efficient.

Knowledge is power, and Highmark – one of the largest Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in the country – is launching a new wellness initiative with Navigenics that works with genetic knowledge to improve individual health.

More and more, payers and providers are finding new and innovative ways in which video games can foster better health.

If any era demanded healthcare IT consultants, it’s this one. There is a greater need for expertise in more areas today than at any time in the past.

As health IT work ramps up across the country, the HIMSS Career Services Center aims to make it easier for new graduates of the Office of the National Coordinator's HIT Workforce Development programs to find jobs via HIMSS JobMine with new access from the ONC website and enhanced offerings.

"Historically, telehealth hasn't received the attention that it's deserved from the federal government," says Neal Neuberger, executive director of the Institute for e-Health Policy and president of Health Tech Strategies. A case in point is the government's meaningful use program.

Farzad Mostashari, MD, may be optimistic about the promise of healthcare information technology, but when he spoke April 26 at the Bipartisan Policy Center, he also warned of challenges ahead.

Presidential candidates are beginning to line up in the past month, as more Republicans declared their intentions of running. Several of them have strong ties to health IT.