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AAMI: Meaningful use rewards early interoperability adopters
Evaluating hospital networks, data, drivers and device types should be completed before embarking on an...
The time is now for ACOs, former CMS administrator says
With the prohibitive and rising cost of healthcare, there has never been a greater need for accountable care...
State HIEs wrangle with thorny ’patient consent’ issue
Oregon and Illinois are two states that will launch their initial health information exchange core services in early...
Web Exclusive: Rates of Early Elective Births 'Disturbing,' Says Watchdog Group
 Hospitals should work to reduce rates of potentially harmful labor induction before the 39th week of pregnancy...
Second person denied AZ transplant coverage dies
A second transplant candidate denied coverage because of state budget cuts has died, and hospital officials say the...
2 million Medicare beneficiaries aren't getting discounted drugs
More than 2 million Medicare beneficiaries have failed to sign up for a program that could save them thousands of...
A bid to expand eligibility for weight-loss surgery
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel last month recommended allowing doctors to use the Lap-Band, a less...
OIG to monitor Medicare, Medicaid IT upgrades, incentives
As the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services prepares to upgrade its computer systems and begins to award...
Web Exclusive: Diabetic Population to Double or Triple by 2050
One in 10 U.S. adults has diabetes now, but as many as one in three adults could have diabetes by 2050 if current...
Web Exclusive: Hospital Credentialing to Include Data Screening of Terminated Providers
How will healthcare reform affect your hospital’s credentialing process? Part of the answer may lie in new CMS...