Mark Hagland is a nationally recognized health care journalist, public speaker, and author. More information about him and about his work can be found at www.markhagland.org. In the following entry, he shares a few thoughts about the health care reform that is already happening in America.
With all the heat surrounding the national health care reform [...]
Dr. Joel Diamond, CMO for Dodge client dbMotion, provides some interesting insight into the world of interoperability on his blog. Utilizing dbMotion technology, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) recently completed the initial phase of its extensive interoperability initiative. As a practicing physician within the UPMC network, Dr. Diamond provides an interesting perspective on [...]
Woodcock and Associates is a leading consulting organization working in the medical practice operations and revenue cycle management areas. Today Elizabeth W. Woodcock, MBA, FACMPE, CPC, writes on the potential of Medicare cuts in 2010.
With payments to physicians treating Medicare beneficiaries scheduled to plunge by 20.6 percent starting January 1, 2010, and a depressed U.S. [...]
Long-time Dodge client Dialog Medical is a provider of automated informed consent technology. Vice President, Marketing Tim Kelly weighs in on how the stimulus is impacting niche vendors:
This question is being asked with increasing frequency and, on the heels of the HIMSS Conference, the answer appears to be, “The same as for EHR vendors.” Hospitals [...]