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By Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) | August 08, 2013
Sometimes, a doctor's orders are easier to take from someone who doesn't wear a stethoscope. A study conducted at six Twin Cities clinics found that patients with chronic conditions fared better when doctors and nurses were assisted by "care guides"— laypeople who lead patients through the ever-complex maze of tests and medicines. FULL STORY »
By Jerry Geisel, Business Insurance | August 08, 2013
More than 40% of employers offering healthcare coverage to Medicare-eligible retirees have decided to change how they provide coverage, according to a new survey. FULL STORY »
With less than eight weeks to go before the official launch of the under the federal health law, backers of the law are to encourage people to sign up. But there's another effort gearing up this month as well. Opponents of the health care law are making one last-ditch effort to run Obamacare off the rails before it gets fully implemented. FULL STORY »
The Scripps Translational Science Institute in San Diego has launched a six-month “Wired for Health” study to evaluate the effectiveness of using mobile health devices to reduce healthcare costs. FULL STORY »
Revenue cycle and business services technology provider SSI Group, Mobile, Ala., has announced the acquisition of Claimsnet.com, Dallas, an Internet-based provider of claims processing services, SSI announced. FULL STORY »
Health insurers face a new requirement to rapidly communicate electronically with healthcare providers whether a patient has insurance coverage, plus what his or her co-payment split will be for a given visit or procedure, and how much that patient will have to pay under his or her deductibles and out-of-pocket limits. FULL STORY »
Sacramento, Calif.-based Retinal Consultants Medical Group, which oversees eye-care and surgery facilities throughout Northern California, said some personal patient information may have been jeopardized as a result of the recent disappearance of a laptop computer. FULL STORY »
There has been significant progress in getting health information technology systems to talk to one another, according to a new study on interoperability by HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. FULL STORY »
A federally chartered special work group with representatives from three federal agencies has submitted its draft recommendations on establishing a regulatory framework for health information technology. Chief among those recommendations is that health IT should not be subjected to pre-market federal regulation, but there were a few exceptions. FULL STORY »
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