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Practice Fusion to Pay $145 Million In Fines To Resolve Kickback Investigations

Healthcare IT Today

Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based EHR vendor with a controversy-rich history, has agreed to pay $145 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme designed to increase opioid prescriptions and issues with their meaningful use EHR certification. This had been […].

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Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Check out some of my other short takes from HIMSS 2018 , too. Gerard Scheitlin, Chief Risk Officer – VP Security, Risk & Assurance, Orion Health. Check out some of my other short takes from HIMSS 2018, too. Gerard Scheitlin, Chief Risk Officer – VP Security, Risk & Assurance, Orion Health. Comments Comments.

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Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Check out some of my other short takes from HIMSS 2018 , too. Gerard Scheitlin, Chief Risk Officer – VP Security, Risk & Assurance, Orion Health. Check out some of my other short takes from HIMSS 2018, too. Gerard Scheitlin, Chief Risk Officer – VP Security, Risk & Assurance, Orion Health. Comments Comments.

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Is Patient Portal a Thing of the Past?

Healthcare IT Today

According to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Stat poll, by 2018 patient portals were employed by about 90% of the surveyed providers. . healthcare providers’ initiative or, should we say, their need to comply with Meaningful Use. patients to improve their engagement and independent health management.

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Healthcare CIOs Face New Pressures and Novel Opportunities

David Chou

In fact, Black Book Market Research raised some eyebrows with its 2018 study that found healthcare CIOs losing influence in IT purchasing to departmental managers. How CIOs Can Evolve to Fit a Changing Health IT Landscape Mary Finlay, director of the Harvard T.H. Along with that, the role of the CIO is evolving as well.

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When sponsored CDS is a crime …

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I talked on occasion with my counterparts at other health IT companies and they told the same stories: tempting dollars, questionable ethics. I first met Ryan on a trip to San Francisco in ~ 2012, when he invited me to come to Practice Fusion to speak with the team about Health IT certification and the meaningful use incentive programs.