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Practice Fusion to Pay $145 Million In Fines To Resolve Kickback Investigations

Healthcare IT Today

Practice Fusion, a San Francisco-based EHR vendor with a controversy-rich history, has agreed to pay $145 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme designed to increase opioid prescriptions and issues with their meaningful use EHR certification. This had been […].

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HIE Future is Bright - stepping into 2018

Healthcare Exchange Standards

These will not happen in 2018, I am just predicting they will be the central motivations that will influence change. Some blog articles I am working on: Direct HISP on FHIR - replacing XCA api with a FHIR api Meaningful Use means IHE PDQm, MHD, QEDm, and mXDE Reverse MHD Please contact me if you have a topic you would like me to cover.

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Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Check out some of my other short takes from HIMSS 2018 , too. Check out some of my other short takes from HIMSS 2018, too. Gerard Scheitlin, Chief Risk Officer – VP Security, Risk & Assurance, Orion Health. Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. Comments Comments. Comments Comments.

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Short Takes at #HIMSS18 – Harlow On Healthcare

Health Blawg

Check out some of my other short takes from HIMSS 2018 , too. Check out some of my other short takes from HIMSS 2018, too. Gerard Scheitlin, Chief Risk Officer – VP Security, Risk & Assurance, Orion Health. Comments […] article was originally published on HealthBlawg and. You should follow me on Twitter: @healthblawg.

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FDA and Digital Health Regulation

Health Blawg

Comments Digital health figures in FDA's 2018 strategic roadmap. by FDA and Digital Health Regulation - HITECH Answers: Meaningful Use, EHR, HIPAA News Related Stories A tale of two tech titans hoping to help healthcare Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare Dr.

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Is Patient Portal a Thing of the Past?

Healthcare IT Today

According to the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) Stat poll, by 2018 patient portals were employed by about 90% of the surveyed providers. . healthcare providers’ initiative or, should we say, their need to comply with Meaningful Use. In fact, the wave of patient portal deployment wasn’t caused by patients’ interest.

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Telemedicine Today: June 2016

American Well

Meaningful use and payer incentives for adoption (13%). Avizia was acquired by American Well in July of 2018. The biggest drivers for expediting adoption of telehealth were: Increase patient volumes and loyalty (29%). Care coordination of high-risk patients (17%). Reduce costs for access to medical specialists (17%).