Thursday, March 20, 2014

Humana deal to help Medicare members

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If you’re one of Humana’s 41,000 Medicare Advantage members in Franklin, Fairfield, Licking and Delaware counties, you can expect your fam...

Welltok acquires Seattle mobile health company Mindbloom

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Welltok Inc., a Denver health-optimization company, continued its growth Thursday by acquiring Mindbloom, a Seattle mobile health company ...
Friday, March 14, 2014

Practice Anatomy and Physiology for ICD-10 with the NEW GAME "Wellness World Series"

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Welcome Back Ladies and Gentleman! This may prove to be one of the most exciting finishes of the World Wellness Series ever! The home...

Health providers may experience information and financial loss during transition to ICD-10

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Health providers may experience information and financial loss during the mandated conversion from the current International Classificatio...
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Are your patients fluent in the language of their disease?

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What are you doing to empower your patients into healthier behaviors? What tools have you giving them to support the journey to wellne...

PCMH Model is Alive and Well Despite One Negative Study

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March 12, 2014 03:12 pm  "Voices" Staff  – The Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative (PCPCC)  released a report in Januar...

Jury Convicts All Seven Defendants in $97 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

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Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 12, 2014. A federal jury in Houston today convicted two owners of a former Houston mental health care compa...

Nintendo ‘Quality of Life’ to replace Wii U?

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It is no secret that  Nintendo’s Wii U is struggling , but would to it be too much to suggest they are already planning to replace it? ‘Qu...
Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Calls for national telehealth strategy within the Australian Health System

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A collaboration of health industry stakeholders released a White Paper in Canberra last week to promote the adoption of  telehealth  nat...

How Will New Physician Value-Based Payment Modifier Affect Medicare Reimbursements?

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Program will have hospitalists identify appropriate metrics, patient attribution by Danielle Scheurer, MD, MSCR, SFHM We talk a lot ...

J.D. Power ranks AvMed, Humana tops for member satisfaction

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A J.D. Power study placed AvMed Health Plans and Humana in a tie for highest member satisfaction among Florida health plans. The W...

Halifax Health to pay $85m to resolve part of whistle-blower suit

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Halifax Health has agreed to pay $85 million to resolve allegations that it violated a federal law designed to prevent Medicare abu...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Measuring patient engagement is a 'science,' not a 'dark art'

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A new collaboration announced at HIMSS14 aims to rank all of the nation's hospitals on their patient engagement abilities, much like h...

Medicaid ACO Looks Promising

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By  Christine Kern Coalitions in New Jersey continue preparations as they await state rules allowing launch of new healthcare mod...

Google Glass could be a powerful tool for disruptive innovation in healthcare.

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I joined the  Glass Explorer Program  and have started using Google Glass with a focus on finding medical uses for this type of wearable ...