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Jul 08 2011

InformationWeek

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CMS said it plans to allow eligible professionals “to attest in 2012” that they have used their electronic health records to collect data on clinical quality measures as part of the CMS criteria for “Meaningful Use” of EHRs.

Jul 08 2011

iHealthBeat

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A group of medical clinics in Illinois is lobbying Congress to adjust the meaningful use program so rural health centers can receive incentive payments for meaningfully using electronic health records

Jul 08 2011

Washington Post

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Adult obesity rates increased in 16 states in the past year and did not decline in any state

Jul 08 2011

Wall Street Journal

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A couple of researchers from John Hopkins University have been mining more than two billion tweets and used them to uncover a range of valuable health information

Jul 08 2011

New York Times

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The research at Duke turned out to be wrong – its gene-based tests proved worthless

Jul 08 2011

Denver Post

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Many on health-insurance-exchange board closely tied to industry, each other

Jul 07 2011

New York Times

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First Study of Its Kind Shows Benefits of Providing Medical Insurance to Poor

Jul 07 2011

New York Times

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Prevention: Many False Alarms in Scans That Cut Cancer Deaths

Jul 07 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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If you’re billing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on an HCFA 1500 form, you’re eligible for meaningful use incentive payments; if you’re billing on a UB-04 form—which certified rural health clinics are required to do—you’re not.

Jul 07 2011

HealthLeaders Media

By Kevin Roche Headlines No Comments

AHA Details Hospitals’ $2.2T Economic Activity

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Kevin RocheThe Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.

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