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New NC Health Law Aims For Transparency, HIE
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ website will soon be publishing the prices of the 140 most common in-patient, surgical and imaging services performed by every hospital in the state. Read More »
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New State Commission To Focus On Healthcare Costs
A new healthcare commission announced last week will focus on developing state-level policies aimed at reducing the cost of care while improving quality. Read More »
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New To-Do Lists Loom For 'Post-EHR Era'
As the electronic health record becomes "just another app," more and more providers are setting their sights on an array of complex future needs. IDC Health Insights' latest report sees big changes coming for care delivery in 2014 and beyond. Read More »
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New York State Hospital Data Exposes Big Markups, And Odd Bargains
Just how expensive is your hospital? In New York, the answer may lie in a trove of hospital cost data newly posted online by the State Health Department. Read More »
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North Carolina moves on health care price transparency
Health care price transparency is a hot topic in state legislatures and in the health care industry itself. New measures are cropping up all over the U.S. Read More »
Nurses Launch New Campaign To Alert Public To Dangers Of Medical Technology And More
Nurses Launch New Campaign to Alert Public to Dangers of Medical Technology and Erosion of Care Standards
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Obamacare And The New Soviet Man
Obamacare's failure to enlist young people into its ranks may well result in an American version of the New Soviet Man. That man was the communist ideal of a person who served the state and its leader with selfless devotion. Read More »
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Obamacare Still Stumping Medical, Non-Medical Professionals
Two speakers at last week's Northstate Economic Forecast Conference followed the same path when it came to describing the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. Read More »
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Obamacare's Slush Fund Fuels A Broader Lobbying Controversy
A little-noticed part of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act channels some $12.5 billion into a vaguely defined “Prevention and Public Health Fund” over the next decade–and some of that money is going for everything from massage therapists who offer “calming techniques,” to groups advocating higher state and local taxes on tobacco and soda, and stricter zoning restrictions on fast-food restaurants. Read More »
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Obamacare, Open Data Could Drive Health IT Innovation
Government regulations and open data initiatives inspire investment in platforms that support accountable care organizations. Read More »
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Officials Tackling Backlog At VA
Tim Susengill calls it his “in-the-cracks letter.” He sends it to the Department of Veterans Affairs whenever a local veteran spends more than a year waiting for a response to a medical claim. [...] Read More »
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OIG: Medicare Could Have Saved $910M On Lab Tests
Medicare could have saved $910 million--38 percent--on lab test payments if it would have paid providers at the lowest established rate in each geographic area, according to a report from the Office of the Inspector General. Read More »
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ON World: 515 Million Mobile Sensing Health & Fitness Sensor Shipments In 2017
Based on health industry interviews and surveys with over 2,000 individuals, ON World’s recently published report analyzes the market for mobile sensing technologies for health and wellness. Read More »
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ONC Aims To Crack Barriers That Slow HIE In 2013
At the dawn of 2013, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will launch a number of activities that aim to unleash growth in health information exchange and establish rules of the road in coordination with other governance groups. Read More »
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ONC Holds A Key To The Structural Deficit
It’s called Blue Button+ and it works by giving physicians and patients the power to drive change. Read More »
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