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Vital Signs
Major challenges looming for health IT leaders
By Joseph Conn | October 11, 2013
Health information technology leaders have a lot on their plates today and more to come—implementing systems to match the federal IT incentive payment program upgrades, satisfying auditors roaming the land, meeting privacy constraints and preparing for the switch to a huge set of updated...
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Vital Signs
Planned Parenthood sues to block Iowa ban on telemedicine abortion
By Rachel Landen | October 02, 2013
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland filed a lawsuit in federal court Sept. 30 asking a judge to grant a stay against a rule from the Iowa Board of Medicine that would restrict abortion access in the state.
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Reform Update: Exchange preparedness varies in GOP-led states
By Maureen McKinney | September 26, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Officials in Republican-led states with federally facilitated exchanges report widely varying levels of competition and preparedness in advance of the Oct. 1 start of open enrollment.
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HHS makes last-minute changes to HIPAA privacy rule
By Joseph Conn | September 20, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
In the run-up to the Sept. 23 enforcement date for a host of revisions to federal health information privacy laws, one group—clinical laboratories—will get something of a respite, and another—pharmaceutical manufacturers—some regulatory relief.
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Information
A look at 3 different plans for improving health in S.C.
By Associated Press | September 14, 2013
South Carolina's hospitals collectively submitted 46 plans for improving the lives of chronically ill, uninsured residents who frequently use their emergency rooms.
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Ill. providers pay up for violating state rules
By Kristen Schorsch, Crain's Chicago Business | September 12, 2013
The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board levied sanctions worth about $2 million in fiscal 2013 on groups ranging from DuPage Medical Group, one of the largest physicians groups in the state, to Roseland Community Hospital, a financially struggling safety-net facility on Chicago's...
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September 06, 2013
Effective October 1, 2013 CMS will fundamentally alter the manner in which hospitals define how inpatient status and outpatient observation is determined. The IPPS 2014 Final Rule contains two provisions that directly affect the day to day operations of the hospital. First, CMS has made...
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Medical scribes lack consensus on training, certification
By Joseph Conn | September 05, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Certification of medical scribes does not satisfy concerns about whether scribes should be allowed to use computerized order entry as part of the meaningful-use program for electronic health records, the federal government says.
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Vital Signs
HHS estimates 32.8 million hours of interaction required to comply with privacy, security rules
By Joseph Conn | September 04, 2013
About 3,720 years ago, the Code of Hammurabi and the founding of the Babylonian Empire were already old news, but war chariots were about to become the hottest thing in weapons technology. Put another way, that's roughly 32.8 million hours ago.
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Healthcare providers fall short in preventing spread of infection, Joint Commission says
By Melanie Evans | August 30, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The nation's hospitals, nursing homes and outpatient clinics continue to fall short when it comes to performing necessary—and sometimes very basic—steps to prevent the spread of infection that can cause illness or death, new data from the Joint Commission show.
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