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OntarioMD Looks to Help with AI Adoption and EMR Improvements

Healthcare IT Today

One is aimed at helping Electronic Medical Record (EMR) users in Ontario drive down costs and have a bigger voice with vendors. In the past, OntarioMD has been responsible for Certifying EMRs. Collaborating with EMR Vendors In a groundbreaking move, OntarioMD is considering reimagining the way EMR systems paid for.

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

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EHR vendor Modernizing Medicine has agreed to pay $45 million to the federal government to settle a whistleblower suit alleging that the vendor engaged in varied kickback schemes as well as causing its provider customers to submit false claims. The lawsuit was filed in 2017 by law firms Phillips and Cohen LLP and Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC.

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

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Jennifer Mueller, President of the American Health Information Management Association ( AHIMA ), sees a bright future for the HIM industry. Prior to the Meaningful Use incentives in 2005, only 20% of medical records were stored electronically. They are no longer paper pushers (literally) and are now stewards of healthcare data.

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2019: Healthcare IT gains new ground

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Of course, that's been the case every year over the past decade since the first meaningful use checks were mailed out, kickstarting the digital healthcare age as we know it. As we look back on 2019, it's worth remembering how far the industry has traveled to get here. -- Mike Miliard, Editor. by September 30, 2019.

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ONC’s HTI-1 Places Undue Burdens on Healthcare Providers, Health IT Developers

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While the EHR Association has long supported the goals of the proposed rule, called Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing Proposed Rule (HTI-1), we have a number of real concerns about the impact it would have on the industry if finalized as proposed.

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Cash is Queen Says RCM Experts

Healthcare IT Today

We are passionate and dedicated to working with healthcare partners, RCM leaders and clinicians to put our extensive pool of primary-sourced data to meaningful use. For me Colin, I’ve been in the industry for 20 plus years. And now look at us. There’s always going to be a need for people in this industry.

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