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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2010
Physicians who report quality measures to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) using electronic health records (EHRs) will soon be able to combine data with physicians who demonstrate "meaningful use" of those records under the HITECH Act.
By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2010
With a state-declared epidemic of whooping cough threatening to set a 50-year record of illness and death in the state, some California physicians are refusing to administer the vaccine to adults or children, saying that health plans aren't reimbursing them anywhere near what it costs them to buy it.
By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2010
Rising operating costs, managing finances amid Medicare reimbursement shifts, and installing electronic health records are the top three challenges for medical practice managers, survey shows.
By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, June 30, 2010
The Department of Health and Human Services' new Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (OCIIO) began accepting applications on Tuesday for a program that gives financial relief for employers, unions, nonprofits, or state and local governments to provide coverage to early retirees—those age 55 or older who are not yet eligible for Medicare.
By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, June 30, 2010
Adult obesity rates increased in 28 states in the past year, while declining only in Washington, DC, according to "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2010," a new report from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Overall, more than two thirds of states (38) had adult obesity rates above 25%. The report looked at obesity by examining racial, ethnic, regional, and income disparities. Adult obesity rates for blacks and Latinos, for instance, were found to be higher than for whites in at least 40 states and Washington, DC.
By: Karen Minich-Pourshadi, for HealthLeaders Magazine, June 9, 2010
While most expense categories are unavoidable, there are ways to reduce costs.
By: Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2010
Montefiore Medical Center researchers are harnessing the power of more than a decade's worth of electronic medical record data using a software program called Clinical Looking Glass.
By: Rebecca Hendren, for HealthLeaders Media, June 29, 2010
The temperature is rising in the dispute between the Minnesota Nurses Union and Twin Cities Hospitals. The union said it will begin an open-ended strike on July 6 if a deal is not reached with six local hospital systems