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MGMA 2009: Who's afraid of ICD-10 and HIPAA changes?
Oh, for heaven's sake, regulators, did you have to pile on new HIPAA privacy and security rules--and the switch to ICD-10--when we're already coping with health reform and a collapsible economy? Yes,... Read more...
Sharpening your cost-cutting pencil
Lately, healthcare facilities have made some of the deepest cuts they've ever made--and then cut back again. Mass layoffs have become more common than at any point in recent memory, travel has been... Read more...
Report: Hospital IT spending to hit $6.8B by 2014
With federal stimulus payments encouraging spending, U.S. hospitals' investment in IT should see healthy growth over the next five years, according to new research released by HIMSS Analytics.... Read more...
ICD-10 deadline moved up, holding off costs for two years
In a decision that brought relief to healthcare managers nationwide, HHS has moved the deadline for moving all coding to ICD-10 CM up to October 1, 2013 from a prior deadline of October 1, 2011.... Read more...
