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Paying off student loan debt is addressed

Upon entering the cancer patient's home, it was clear that this dying girl's family lived and breathed--existed--solely to take care of her.

Iowa?s Medicaid program is the first to receive federal matching funds for planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record (EHR) incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, according to an announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Two of the largest electronic health record systems in the country, Kaiser Permanente?s HealthConnect and the Department of Veterans Affairs? VistA, have joined forces in a pilot project in San Diego to exchange electronic health record information using the Nationwide Health Information Network created by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Orem, Utah-based research firm KLAS released its annual rankings of the best-performing healthcare IT software and services vendors.

Daily text-message reminders appear to increase patient adherence to recommendations from physicians, at least when it comes to sunscreen use, according to a report in the Archives of Dermatology.

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology has announced the first electronic health record products to be certified under its CCHIT Certified 2011 Comprehensive and Preliminary ARRA 2011 programs.

Percent of patients in the emergency department seen by a physician within the recommended triage time is at its lowest point in at least 10 years.

In the wake of Coca-Cola doling out a large-sum grant for a consumer health website operated by the AAFP, controversy has ensued.

A survey of hospital chief executive officers showed that 95 percent report a shortage of physicians in the U.S.

Identity theft is addressed

The Medical Group Management Association suggests that government officials need to ease requirements for incentives related to meaningful use within medical practices.

Your level of risk in practice is a function of the complexity of care required, your ability to deliver that care, and the success of your treatment regimen.

Various areas of coding, including nurse visits and phone services, are addressed

Tighter government control and expanded regulation are likely to occur in the near future, even if fundamental healthcare reform doesn't materialize.

Get your questions answered on fee discounting.

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In one such free clinic model, called Project Access, physicians donate appointment slots in their offices, allowing them to practice in familiar surroundings without the restrictions of free clinics.

More practices are streamlining billing and collection programs, as a result of the recession.

Going bare, or going without malpractice insurance, can leave you exposed to financial disaster.

The NCQA plans to update its evaluation program of medical practices pertaining to patient-centered medical home demonstration programs.

A discussion of economic hardship to defer loans is addressed

A Massachusetts bill, if passed, would require physicians to accept a new health plan designed for small business employees or they risk losing their medical license.

Get your questions answered on Medicare e-prescribing.

California launched an online resource designed to help consumers decide which preferred provider organization is best for them.

The Medical Group Management Association says many medical groups may not achieve "meaningful use" and will not qualify for the EHR incentives if the criteria are too burdensome.

Collaborative care delivered via telephone benefitted patients with depression after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, according to a study recently published in Journal of the American Medical Association.

The Department of Health and Human Services plans to award $80 million in grants to develop and strengthen the health information technology workforce.