Government & Policy
NextGen vice president of EDI Ana Croxton explains software vendors' role in the HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 conversions, and reveals intentions to create a "sandbox" for ICD-10 codes.
How to avoid being shocked with new associated expenses a year or two after implementing an electronic health record system.
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced Wednesday that it is revising a rule that aims to make it easier to share records related to the treatment for drug abuse, alcoholism or alcohol abuse, HIV and sickle cell anemia with the Department of Defense.
Less than 10 percent of healthcare providers are more than halfway ready for ICD-10, according to a new report from research firm KLAS. Two that are well on their way to compliance, however, are Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego and St. Louis, Mo.-based SSM Health Care.
Global economic forces will compel the U.S. healthcare system to change the way it delivers care -- whether the key players are ready or not, former Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt told an audience of about 700 healthcare CIOs Wednesday morning.
Physician groups are pleased with their initial take of the final accountable care organization (ACO) rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on Oct. 20.
ONC Chief Farzad Mostashari, MD, speaking at the Medical Group Management Association's 2011 conference in Las Vegas, tried to appease worried physician leaders by telling them a good EHR will make the path easier to meaningful use, ACOs and other federal healthcare reform measures.
The Medical Group Management Association is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to issue a HIPAA 5010 contingency plan, permitting health plans to adjudicate claims that may not have all the required data.
The Medical Group Management Association's three-day 2011 conference kicked off Sunday with an 'open mic' session that addressed the new ACO rules, ICD-10 and physician-hospital integration
Three South Dakota health organizations are poised to put a $900,000 federal grant to work by creating a community health information network that will make it possible for them to share patient information via electronic health records.