Legislation aims to improve IT. Senate and House bills press for codification, EMRs.
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Biomedical subjects
Matthew DoBias
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Cash works, but so do kudos. P4P studies show recognizing docs' efforts works well.
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Physicians↗
Never enough. Health IT budget could double, but not meet demand.
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Budgets↗
A model choice? IT contract winners arouse access suspicions.
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Competitive Bidding↗
Public health. Nothing to sneeze at.
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Disease Outbreaks↗
Potential conflicts. Policy group's board members sit on corporate boards.
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Academic Medical Centers↗
New voice emerging. Nascent think tank may have trouble being heard.
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Academic Medical Centers↗
Saved by the budget. States' revenue gains stanch some Medicaid cuts: study.
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Budgets↗
Reshuffling the DRG deck. New cardiac DRGs praised for more equitable reimbursements while post-acute-transfer changes are generating some worries.
The CMS' changes to its DRGs, which took effect Oct. 1, could alter hospitals' bottom lines significantly. The addition of 16 DRGs makes a total of 526 classifications that will dictate payments and determine hospital services and patient mix. Tom Watson, left, a partner with accounting firm BKD, which specializes in healthcare reimbursement, says it's unlikely the changes will put any hospitals out of business, but they will feel a pinch.
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Agenda forges ahead. DeLay scandal not seen as affecting GOP plans.
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Fraud↗
An up-Hill battle. Getting money to disaster areas proves challenging.
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Alabama↗
Katrina's digital dividend. Feds want damaged hospitals rebuilt with EMRs.
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Alabama↗
Conspicuously absent. Hospital managers, CIOs left off of HHS' IT panel.
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Advisory Committees↗
Congress: over and out. Just before the session ended, Congress approved legislation that could lead to a 7.5% Medicare reimbursement cut in '08.
The 109th Congress spent its final minutes ramming through some major healthcare provisions, including one that could lead to a 7.5% cut in Medicare pay to physicians in 2008. The AMA is ready to work with lawmakers to fix the flawed physician payment formula, says AMA Chairman Cecil Wilson, left.
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