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Reforming Health Insurance

Healthcare IT Today

Nobody really knows or cares what health care costs, because they aren’t paying. He further asserts that on average, only 53% of your health insurance premiums get returned to you as benefits. An EMR is really hard to write,’ you say. and something detailing the appointment place and time and there is your EMR.

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Regulators Need to Pay More Attention to Long-term and Nursing Care

Healthcare IT Today

But these facilities are afterthoughts in our health care system, and were excluded in particular from the huge digitization of health care triggered in the United States by the 2009 HITECH act and 2010 Affordable Care Act.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

2019: Year in Review It's been an eventful year for health IT. But at the tail end of the 'teens, we see a flowering of innovation that could only have been dreamed of in 2010. Experts from across the health IT field will share insights about everything from AI and cloud computing to telemedicine and population health.

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Modernizing Medicine To Pay $45 Million To Settle False Claims, Kickback Allegations

Healthcare IT Today

The US Department of Justice complaint alleges that from January 2010 to July 2017, the vendor engaged in multiple kickback schemes, including creating a partnership with a clinical laboratory, Miraca Life Science, through which ModMed received payments whenever its users sent lab orders to Miraca.

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Elation Health Announces $50M Series D for Innovative Primary Care

Healthcare IT Today

For more information about Elation Health’s platform for primary care, visit elationhealth.com. About Elation Health. Elation Health is the most trusted technology platform for high-value primary care.

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Brigham and Women’s Primary Practice Pilots New Mobile App to Drive Patient Engagement & Collaborative Care

Consumer eHealth Engagement

One of four adults has two or more chronic health conditions” This negative trend is driving up healthcare costs and putting an ongoing strain on our healthcare system. The nurse copies and pastes this information into the EMR so that everyone can access the latest patient care information.

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