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By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital CFO CMS has released the final rules regarding Medicare payments to physicians, non-physician practitioners, hospital outpatient departments, ambulatory surgery centers and dialysis facilities that treat patients with end-stage renal disease. Here are 10 things…
By Shannon Barnet for Becker’s Hospital Review The term “healthcare” encompasses a wide variety of issues ranging from insurance coverage controversies and workforce compensation trends to prescription drug administration and health information technology. Being able to master all matters of…
By Jen Bresnick for RevCycle Intelligence October 1, 2014 was supposed to be the beginning of the ICD-10 era in the United States, but once again the industry is facing a new implementation date after Congressional action in April. While…
By Al Tompkins for Poynter. Journalists covering the Ebola story are struggling to find a balance between patients’ rights, the public’s need to know what is going on and the uncomfortable feeling that innocent people caught up in this story…
By Julie Creswell for The New York Times As a practicing ear, nose and throat specialist in Ahoskie, N.C., Dr. Raghuvir B. Gelot says that little has frustrated him more than the digital record system he installed a few years…
By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News Medicare is fining a record number of hospitals – 2,610 – for having too many patients return within a month for additional treatments, federal records released Wednesday show. Even though the nation’s readmission…
Written by Helen Gregg for Becker’s Health IT & CIO Review Texas Health Resources has backtracked on a statement released Thursday that said a workflow flaw in the EHR led to a missed Ebola diagnosis at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital…
By Dan Munro for Forbes The short answer is yes ‒ many health related organizations adhere faithfully to both the letter and spirit of the healthcare legislation known as HIPAA. The challenging answer is no ‒ many health related organizations…
By James Martin for WhaTech This new report elaborates on the global medical transcription services market that was valued at $41.4 million in 2012 and is expected to reach an estimated value of $60.6 million in 2019, growing at a…
By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News Many small, rural hospitals are having a hard time fitting into new accountability standards of the Affordable Care Act. Critical-access hospitals aren’t yet part of Medicare’s pay-for-performance plan, and Congress never provided money…