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Article by Mary Butler. This article was originally published on the Journal of AHIMA website on September 23, 2016 and is republished here with permission. The breach of Olympic athletes’ medical records by Russian hackers this week again demonstrates the vulnerability of protected…
By Staff for HealthLeaders Media News Medical doctors are largely overwhelmed by their work and disengaged from key healthcare reform measures such as value-based payments, accountable care organizations, and electronic health records, survey data shows. Half of physicians are disengaged, burned…
By Laura Landro for THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Chief Technology Officer Susannah Fox on the need to create a culture of innovation As the chief technology officer of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Susannah Fox is carrying on…
By Tom Sullivan for Healthcare IT News athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush, eClinicalWorks Founder Girish Navani and Cerner President Zane Burke talk about expanding their technology platforms and, in so doing, shedding a certain three-letter acronym. When eClinicalWorks rechristened its flagship electronic…
By Laura Dyrda for Becker’s Hospital Review RN average hourly wage & salary for all 50 states — California tops the list at $101k Registered nurses in California earn the highest average annual salary of RNs in the U.S. at $101,260,…
By Staff for Becker’s Hospital Review The 2016 presidential campaigns are underway, pitting Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton against Republican candidate Donald Trump. Both have spoken on what their presidencies would bring to the U.S. healthcare system. Here are eight healthcare quotes…
By Rajiv Leventhal for Healthcare Informatics After announcing last year that it would not deny Medicare physician claims for 12 months as long as the ICD-10 code was “from the right family,” the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…
By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Infection Control & Clinical Quality Before the detection of the country’s first instance of local Zika transmission in Miami, Congress broke session for summer recess without passing emergency funds for prevention. Earlier this month, the CDC…
By Jacqueline Belliveau for RevCycle Intelligence Addressing these four common medical billing challenges can have a positive impact on the healthcare revenue cycle. Medical billing is the backbone of healthcare revenue cycle management, but many providers experience significant challenges with…
By Elizabeth Whitman for Modern Healthcare A new mandatory program the CMS proposed Monday would make hospitals in 98 markets financially accountable for the cost and quality of all care associated with bypass surgery and heart attacks. “We think it’s…