Featured News
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Healthcare Spending Slowed For First Time In Over A Decade
1/24/2014
Shift in location for performance of services, frugality of the consumers, Obamacare credited By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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Mixed Results On Health Exchange Enrollment
1/24/2014
Numbers fall far short of projections for sustainability of Healthcare Exchanges despite December’s increase By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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Record Number Of Fraud Cases In 2013
1/23/2014
Changes brought about by the Affordable Care Act, revitalized efforts by the FBI and National Strike Force result in record number of fraud indictments in 2013 By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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Ruling Federal Subsidies Can Be Used For State Exchanges
1/23/2014
Federal subsidies from Affordable Care Act may be applied to state or federal exchanges, strikes huge blow to opponents By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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EHRs, Portals Increase Patient Engagement
1/22/2014
Ohio State University researchers discover increase in vaccinations when providers communicate with through EHRs and portals By Katie Wike, contributing writer
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Transition To ICD-10 Is Not A Death Sentence
1/20/2014
Challenges surrounding implementation of upcoming ICD-10 coding system might appear daunting, but benefits are there if approached it proactively By Christine Kern, contributing writer
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Health Exchanges See Boost In Enrollment
1/17/2014
In some states, health insurance exchanges are seeing as much as a 400 percent increase in enrollment By Katie Wike, contributing writer
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EHR Installations Can Damage Your Credit Rating
1/16/2014
Costs of EHR implementations and large IT projects may damage credit ratings by tying up cash and temporarily reducing profits. By Katie Wike, contributing writer
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Portals And Improved Patient Outcomes
1/13/2014
Study finds an increase in medication adherence for patients using online portals By Katie Wike, contributing writer
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FDA Wants Access To EHRs
1/13/2014
Food and Drug Administration would collect data from EHR systems to identify safety issues and dangerous pharmaceuticals By Katie Wike, contributing writer