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Administrative Simplification
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CMS to adopt CORE rules for eligibility and claims status transactions
An interim final rule set to publish July 8 will define standard sets of information to be used in insurance eligibility and claims status transactions. The new CMS operating rules are expected to
AMA trustee: Even relaxed meaningful-use standards will be tough for many docs
Just in case anyone was still wondering, getting to "meaningful use" of EHRs is by no means a slam dunk for many a physician. Even though CMS reduced the 2011-12 requirements from an earlier
Report: Widespread HIT could save $261B over 10 years
The stimulus-fueled expansion of health IT could save as much as $261 billion over the next 10 years and help form the basis of an interoperable, patient-centered health system that could yield more
Standardizing claims can save billions--just like we heard in 2002
You may have heard the news that Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have determined that standardizing medical billing could save physician practices $7 billion annually . "Specifically, by
Reform bill sets rules on quality reporting, administrative simplification
Wondering how the newly enacted health insurance reform law will impact health IT? So were we. Fortunately, Brian Ahier, health IT evangelist for information systems (yes, that's his title) at
MGMA 09: Health reform bills would mandate electronic transactions
All three healthcare reform bills pending in the House of Representatives and both bills currently before the Senate would mandate greater use of standardized electronic transactions for
MGMA 2009: Facing down the reform question mark
This year at MGMA, practice managers and physicians are coming together at a very tense time--a time when, in theory, Congress may be fixing to stand the industry on its head. Medical groups are
MGMA 2009: Facing down the reform question mark
This year at MGMA, practice managers and physicians are coming together at a very tense time--a time when, in theory, Congress may be fixing to stand the industry on its head. Medical groups are
Groups share details on $2T cost-savings offer
Still wondering how a collection of even the most powerful healthcare groups can shave $2 trillion off the growth in healthcare costs over the next decade? This week's letter from the American
Study: Unique patient identifiers could save $77 billion
Smarter use of existing technologies could save as much, if not more, on healthcare costs for developing new technology, a new RAND study finds. After all, unique patient identifiers (UPIs) already
