Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Medicare Advantage costs are 12% lower than similar beneficiaries covered under fee-for-service Medicare, according to research from Inovalon and Harvard Medical School.

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Medical Billing EHR Medicare BioTech 111

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Medicare Advantage programs are vaunting their support for “wellness,” and you see wellness campaigns at pharmacies, employers, and elsewhere. Clinical effects are established by various forms of research: clinical trials, longitudinal studies such as the historic Framingham Heart Study , and so on.

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

Maybe this is just semantics – but the term “research” invokes years of study and papers written in academic journals. The program(s) – often described as the “Meaningful Use Incentive Programs” – or “MU,” provided incentive dollars for medical providers who made meaningful use of certified EHR technology.

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