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Carrie Pallardy for Beckersasc.com The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed the new deadline for the switch to ICD-10 as Oct. 1, 2015. Here are five things to know about the new implementation date and the healthcare industry’s response.…
Matthew Daly, Associate Press, for csmonitor.com At least 10 new allegations about manipulated waiting times and other problems have surfaced since reports of problems at the Phoenix VA hospital came to light last month, say IG officials. The number of…
By Becker’s Hospital Review Staff. Read the entire article here. Becker’s Healthcare is pleased to announce its “150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare” for 2014. The 2014 list was expanded to include healthcare providers — medical groups, ambulatory surgery…
By James T. Mulder for Syracuse.com Syracuse, N.Y. – The case of a Syracuse surgeon who the Onondaga County district attorney says slapped sedated patients on the buttocks and called them derogatory names illustrates a persistent problem at U.S. hospitals…
By: Bernie Monegain, Editor for HealthcareITNews.com The American Health Information Management Association’s 2014 ICD-10 and Computer Assisted Coding Summit April 22-23 in the nation’s capital featured the latest industry reaction to the ICD-10 delay. Summit participants had the chance to…
By Jim Finkle for Reuters UK (Reuters) – The FBI has warned healthcare providers their cybersecurity systems are lax compared to other sectors, making them vulnerable to attacks by hackers searching for Americans’ personal medical records and health insurance data.…
By Jonel Aleccia for nbcnews.com At least one in every 20 adults who seeks medical care in a U.S. emergency room or community health clinic may walk away with the wrong diagnosis, according to a new analysis that estimates that…
By Adam Smeltz & Luis Fabregas for Triblive.com The scope of an identity theft scheme at UPMC widened on Thursday as the health care giant confirmed personal information for as many as 27,000 workers might have been compromised. New estimates…
By Kaveh Safavi, M.D., J.D. for InformationWeek-HealthCare Healthcare organizations have at least four options for dealing with the delayed implementation of new diagnostic codes. Many of the complexities of medicine are distilled down to a vocabulary of diagnostic codes, called…
By Helen Gregg, for Becker’s Hospital CIO More than 43,000 healthcare apps are currently available for download in the Apple iTunes store. However, physicians are hesitant to recommend them, the most vulnerable populations (especially patients aged 65 or over) are…