Indian-American sworn-in as head of key US health agency
Seema Verma, a well-known Indian-American health policy consultant who played a key role in reshaping the Indiana Medicaid programme earlier, […]
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Harvard study – Exclusive market rights encouraging high drug prices
In a remarkable Harvard Study, the key reasons behind the high drug prices in the United States (US) have been […]
White House to overhaul Medicare Payments
Medicare will change the way it pays hospitals and doctors to reward quality over volume. The Obama administration will push […]
EHR use doubled in US hospitals
The percentage of US hospitals using health information technology such as Electronic Health Records has more than doubled in the […]
Washington, New Mexico Awarded Federal Money for EHR Work
Washington and New Mexico Medicaid programs will receive thousands of dollars in federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
GE Expands EHR Financing Efforts for Healthcare Providers
GE Healthcare has announced an expansion of its financing program for electronic health records systems targeted at healthcare providers who are eligible for medicaid and medicare incentive payments under the federal economic stimulus package, as per reports.
Statewise EHR funds by Mississippi Medicaid
Medicaid’s Mississippi Division has awarded a four-year contract worth $8 million to Shared Health, Inc., to build and operate a statewide electronic health record (EHR).
More join national initiative to develop rules on electronic insurance verification, claims status
CAQH announced today that 12 of the nation’s premier healthcare organizations have joined its Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange, CORE, the healthcare industry’s leading initiative to simplify electronic patient administrative data exchange.
US keen on technology enabled processes for medical records
The Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), US recently worked out on the availability of health and information technology items and services for the purpose of improving electronic prescribing and electronic health records (EHR) capabilities.
