Ask the payment expert … about the financial benefits of QAPI
By
Patricia Boyer
Mar 01, 2014
What are the financial benefits to implementing CMS’s Quality Assurance Performance Improvement program?
Habit forming
Sep 09, 2008
Got Game Entertainment announced that it has begun shipping its MindHabits game to stores across the nation. The product helps users maintain a more positive state of mind while sharpening their cognitive...
Feds acknowledge ‘large gaps’ in HIPAA regulation of health apps, wearable tech
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Jul 21, 2016
The rise of health-focused mobile applications, websites and wearable technologies has left gaps in regulations meant to protect consumers’ data, according to a long-awaited federal report.
Providers ponder prospect of Supreme Court killing Obamacare
By
John Hall
Feb 26, 2015
Individuals struggling to make ends meet and long-term care providers relying on a solvent Medicaid program could be on opposite ends of the verdict when the U.S. Supreme Court begins deliberations on...
KCI gets assurance on three wound-treatment patents
Jul 29, 2009
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has confirmed the validity of three vacuum pressure wound treatment patents belonging to Kinetic Concepts Inc. The technologies form the basis of the company’s...
Senators introduce healthcare IT bill in Senate
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Haymarket Media
Jun 20, 2005
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) last week introduced a bill in the Senate that would establish a national health information technology network to improve...
Court: A missing arbitration agreement still enforceable
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Sep 05, 2016
An Indiana nursing home that “inexplicably” doesn’t have a copy of a former resident’s arbitration agreement can still compel arbitration, a state court ruled in July.
Providers gather for health information technology summit
Jun 14, 2012
The 2012 Long Term and Post Acute Care (LTPAC) Health Information Technology (HIT) Summit hits Baltimore from June 17-19. Leading providers, vendors and professionals will discuss issues such as the development...
Vendor blog to address health information issues
Apr 25, 2012
ICA will launch a HIT Me Blog. The blog that will address issues facing healthcare, health information technology (HIT) and health information exchange (HIE). Initial blogs include discussions on vendor...
GOP may halt Medicare reform plans
May 06, 2011
Key Republican lawmakers said they would wait until after the 2012 elections to make major changes to Medicare, according to published reports. At least one key GOP member, however, challenged that assertion.