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In June, the MGMA-ACMPE released the results of a questionnaire that ranked members' most pressing practice management challenges. In this edition of "Practice Makes Perfect," we'll tackle No. 1 on that list: Dealing with rising operating costs.
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Healthland, which develops health information technology for rural and critical-access hospitals, named Chris Bauleke as its new CEO, effective July 8.
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A new survey of more than 1,000 office-based physician practices expressed widespread and significant concern about the cost and the workflow burden perceived to be coming their way from the planned, nationwide rollout of the ICD-10 diagnostic and procedural codes.
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A burst of products and services are encouraging supply chain leaders to look to a centralized computer cloud.
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New guidelines on patient-provider financial interactions could be severely tested by high-deductible insurance plans.
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The usability of electronic health-record systems varies widely, and developers of EHRs that do a lot of handholding after the sale score highest on usability ratings, according to a report by health information technology market researcher KLAS Enterprises.
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HIPAA isn't just for healthcare providers anymore. The federal law that requires your doctor to protect your privacy soon will apply to other organizations that come in contact with patient data.
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We are all coming to grips with the reality that healthcare IT staffing and recruitment is a vexing problem. The executive team at Holy Spirit Health System—particularly the human resources vice president and chief financial officer—now tacitly accepts that I cannot fill vacancies and...
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Even with a year's grace period, many providers, payers and health information technology vendors are still running behind schedule for the massive conversion next year to ICD-10 codes.
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Novation, one of the largest group purchasing organizations in the U.S., formed a new company that will offer hospitals and other healthcare providers an online platform to negotiate tailored contracts for medical supplies.
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