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Column by John Casillas
Breaking News HIMSS Testifies Before NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards on Administrative Simplification Today in Washington, DC, HIMSS is testifying during the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on Standards hearing on Administrative Simplification under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act National Health Plan Identifier and Operating Rules for Eligibility and Claims Status. Read More >> News Final Meaningful Use Criteria Released On July 13, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their final rules identifying the criteria for hospitals and eligible providers to become meaningful users of health IT, and the certification criteria and standards for achieving meaningful use in order to qualify for incentive payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Read More >> Vanderbilt Accelerator Summer Business Institute Teams Up with HIMSS MBProject to Brainstorm Future of 'Medical Banking,' Promote G7 Roundtable HIMSS MBProject is preparing to launch the G7, a specialized think-tank of healthcare stakeholders-providers, banks, health plans, employers, consumers, government and health technology groups-tasked with envisioning the healthcare financial network of the future. Read More >> Save the Date: 2010 Healthcare Finance News Virtual Conference & Expo—
Sept. 15-16
The 2010 Healthcare Finance News Virtual Conference & Expo brings together influential healthcare financial management and other top decision-makers and leading industry vendors for learning and networking-online and in real time. Read More >> Viewpoint Topic: "Doc Fix" Delays Medicare Reimbursement Cuts for Physicians Until Nov. 30 One June 25, President Barack Obama signed into law the "doc fix" that delays for 6 months a 21.3% cut in Medicare reimbursements to physicians. The law provides a 2.2% rate increase, retroactive to June 1. Read More >>
ICD-10 Project Management SIG ICD-10 Program Management Webinar Series Explores Implementation Readiness An ICD-10 Implementation is not a "standard" project and requires special attention. It goes above and beyond the normal project management boundaries, as it truly is a program implementation with the necessity to stage and combine many projects to achieve ICD-10 readiness. Read More >> CMS Tools Prepare Healthcare Industry for Transition to ICD-10 As the U.S. healthcare system prepares to meet the Oct. 1, 2013 date for ICD-10 compliance, CMS offers resources for a smooth transition to ICD-10. Read More >> News Briefs
Call for Volunteers for Business Edge eNewsletter Task Force Now Accepting Nominations for Board and Nominating Committee Positions Call for Proposals Open for Next HIMSS Virtual Conference Business Edge is a monthly online newsletter published by HIMSS. Copyright© 2010 by HIMSS. HIMSS Business and Financial Information Systems Initiative For information on HIMSS' Financial Systems Initiative For information on Business Edge The inclusion of an organization name, product or service in this publication should not be construed as a HIMSS endorsement of such organization, product or service, nor is the failure to include an organization name, product or service to be construed as disapproval. |
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Healthcare Finance News
North Carolina Health System to Launch Bundled Payment Pilot
By Bernie Monegain CaroMont Health, Sg2 and GE Healthcare will work together on several initiatives aimed at tackling the rising costs of delivering healthcare, officials announced in June at ANI, the annual conference of the Healthcare Financial Management Association in Las Vegas. Read more >> Networking
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Upcoming Events Meaningful Use Final Rules Webinar Series-Overview of Meaningful Use Meaningful Use Final Rules Webinar Series-Implications of Meaningful Use for Hospitals Meaningful Use Final Rules Webinar Series-Implication of Meaningful Use for Eligible Professionals Meaningful Use Final Rules Webinar Series-Meaningful Use and Quality Measures Meaningful Use Final Rules Webinar Series-Regulatory Impact for Business Associates 5th Annual Georgia Healthcare Trade Faire and Regional Conference, sponsored by HIMSS Georgia Chapter HIMSS Virtual Conference & Expo HIMSS11 |
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