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CFO Roundtable: How Will 3 Major Changes for the Year Ahead Impact Finances?

By Heather Punke for Becker’s Hospital Review Four hospital and health system CFOs discuss ICD-10, the two-midnight rule and price transparency. Hospital and health system CFOs are used to dealing with change. However, 2014 brings a few significant developments that could significantly impact the financial health of organizations. With the new two-midnight rule, the switch…

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Dolbey Announces Patent Award for Its Fusion SpeechEMR Technology

Cincinnati, OH December 3, 2013 – On the eve of its 100-year anniversary, Dolbey and Company, Inc., which began in 1914 as a partner and dealer for Thomas A. Edison’s dictation machine company, announces the issuance of a United States patent for “Systems and Methods for Providing an Electronic Dictation Interface.” Dolbey’s patented technology is…

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Covenant Health Selects Dolbey for Computer-Assisted Coding and ICD-10 Readiness

Cincinnati, OH, November 19, 2013 – Dolbey today announced that Covenant Health, East Tennessee’s leading provider of healthcare, has selected the Fusion CAC solution for each of their seven hospitals. Increased coder productivity and improved financial performance were driving factors in making this decision while preparing for the dramatic healthcare change to ICD-10. Covenant’s physicians…

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How to Fix Poor Dictation

By Julie Knudson for For The Record It bears repeating: Poor dictation habits can severely affect quality of care and timely reimbursement. For years, physicians have been dictating their patient reports and for years, transcriptionists have been trying to figure out what they’re saying. But as the health care system evolves, technology such as EHRs…

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Electronic Medical Records Probed for Over-billing

Critics question credibility of federal panel charged with investigating By Fred Schulte for The Center for Public Integrity The Obama administration is forging ahead with a multi-billion dollar plan to shift from paper to electronic medical records, despite continuing concerns the program may be prompting some doctors and hospitals to improperly bill higher fees to…

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Dolbey Speech Recognition is Best in KLAS

Dolbey Speech Recognition is Best in KLAS CINCINNATI, OH – Dolbey’s Fusion Expert® and Fusion SpeechEMR™ have been recognized as “2012 Best in KLAS” for Speech Recognition by KLAS, an independent healthcare research firm that designates the best vendors in various software and services. This highly regarded award is a culmination of vendor scores collected…

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Safeguarding Patient Data in EHRs

From SmartData Collective A recent blog by the HIPAA, HITECH & HIT legal blog of Fox Rothschild revealed a survey administered by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS). The EHR (electronic health record) technology questionnaire is part of a study on fraud and abuse safeguards…

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Medicare Is Faulted on Shift to Electronic Records

By REED ABELSON for The New York Times The conversion to electronic medical records — a critical piece of the Obama administration’s plan for health care reform — is “vulnerable” to fraud and abuse because of the failure of Medicare officials to develop appropriate safeguards, according to a sharply critical report to be issued Thursday…

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