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HIMSS Equips Members for Proposed On Dec. 30, 2009, the Department of Health & Human Services released the Notice of Proposed Rule Making establishing the Electronic Health Record Incentive Program, better known as ‘meaningful use,’ and the Interim Final Rule establishing the Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications and Certification Criteria for EHR Technology. Read More >> CMS Announces Plan to Test EHRs and Clinical Quality Data Capabilities The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has announced plans to test the ability of EHRs to submit clinical quality data for hospital quality measures on the following topics: Emergency Department Throughput, Stroke and Venous Thromboembolism, and to test its technical ability to accept these data from EHRs. Read More >> Miller Named December 2009 Spirit of HIMSS Award Recipient
Viewpoint: Health Information Exchange and Interoperability Last month’s issue of Financial Edge featured a viewpoint from Financial Edge Task Force Chair Mary Rita Hyland on the healthcare industry’s efforts to achieve interoperability, interconnectivity and electronic communications to improve healthcare, streamline processes and provide "real-time" communications. Read More >> HIMSS Medical Banking Project Events at HIMSS10 Designing the Healthcare Financial Network of the Future, a global program underwritten by the new HIMSS Medical Banking Project that supports overall health improvement by leveraging banking systems, will be offered in conjunction with HIMSS10, March 1-4 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Read More >> HIMSS10 Financial Systems Symposium Healthcare reform is one of the Obama administration's top priorities and the landscape is constantly changing. The Financial Systems Symposium, to be held in conjunction with HIMSS10, will explore the rapidly moving field of electronic commerce in healthcare. Sessions will discuss and demonstrate how we are going to prepare to move forward efficiently and effectively with healthcare. Read More >> Tool/Resource of the Month: The fact sheet ICD-10-CM/PCS Tools and Resource Guide: Prepare your Organizations for Transitioning from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS addresses the current implementation timelines and provides valuable industry resources regarding this important transition. Developed by the HIMSS 2009 ICD-10 Task Force, the white paper includes links to useful online tools, such as CMS’ Medical Learning Network.
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Healthcare Finance News
Hospitals Brace for Challenges in 2010
By Richard Pizzi Financial executives at most U.S. hospitals were happy to see 2009 come to a close. While the healthcare industry fared better than the economy at large, hospital costs increased at rates higher than revenues, straining operating and total margins. Networking
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Calendar Financial Systems Webinar Series MBProject Webinar Series Watch upcoming issues of Financial Edge for details on webinars to be presented in 2010 ARRA Webinar Series on Meaningful Use and Certification Criteria ARRA Webinar Series on Meaningful Use and Certification Criteria ARRA Webinar Series on Meaningful Use and Certification Criteria ARRA Webinar Series on Meaningful Use and Certification Criteria HIMSS Medical Banking Boot Camp Medical Banking Institute@HIMSS10 2010 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition 2010 World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition HIMSS AsiaPac10 Exposition HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo 6th Annual Government Health IT Conference & Exhibition HIMSS 9th Annual Policy Summit
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HIMSS Financial Systems Steering Committee Chair Joe Miller, FHIMSS, received a December 2009 Spirit of HIMSS Award. The director of e-business for the AmeriHealth Mercy Family of Companies, Mr. Miller has been a HIMSS member since 1998, actively volunteering in a wide variety of HIMSS initiatives throughout his membership. 
