MPT Podcast 51 – Meaningful Use Stage 2 and Risk Assessment, with guest Mike Meikle of SecureHIM Inc. Mr. Meikle discusses Meaningful Use Stage 2 and how risk assessment ties into it. This Issue (7:37): What is Meaningful Use Stage 2? What does it mean to file attestation? What are the core requirements? Will legal […]
MPT Podcast 50 – The ICD-10 Delay to 2015, with guest Mike Meikle of SecureHIM Inc. Mr. Meikle discusses the issues surrounding the delay of the ICD-10 implementation. This Issue (5:36): How is ICD-10 different than ICD-9? What were the reasons for its delay? How do you know if your EHR is ready for ICD-10? […]
Who: CNNMoney.com What: As polarizing as the Affordable Care Act (also known as Obamacare) is, it is difficult to separate the wheat (facts) from the chaff (scare tactics). Politicians are telling their constituents that the legislation will put an undue burden on small business that will ‘kill’ jobs. But what is the reality? Only those […]
Who: WashingtonPost.com What: With every new report about the recent slowdown in health-care spending there is speculation in the media that the problem of rising health costs has somehow been solved or cut down to size. The idea that we have licked the problem of health-care cost increases is no more probable today than it […]
Who: WashingtonPost.com What: The county launched a program that offered subsidized coverage to residents who could not afford private insurance but who made too much to qualify for Medicaid, the state-federal program for the poor. But a year after the program began, fewer than 500 people had signed up — less than a third of […]
Who: GoLocalWorcester.com What: As Vice President at the Cornerstone Group, Amy Gallagher advises large employers on long-term cost-containment strategies. She points out 5 reasons why healthcare reform may end up hurting workers: Not all employees will receive subsidies for purchasing through the Exchange. There’s no guarantee employers will give pay raises to bridge the difference. Employees […]
Who: The Guardian What: Florida governor Rick Scott, one of the sharpest critics of President Obama’s healthcare law, announced late Wednesday that he wanted the state to participate in an optional portion of the law after all. Florida should accept federal funds to expand Medicaid coverage in the state, Scott said at a news conference, […]
Who: BostonHerald.com What: Health insurance stocks wobbled Tuesday after data released by the federal government pointed to possible steep Medicare Advantage payment cuts in 2014, which could lead to reduced coverage or fewer options for people buying the plans. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Friday after markets closed that it expects costs […]
Who: Politico What: Many ‘Red’ states are refusing to set up their own health care exchanges and telling the Federal government, “Here, you can run it.” For the administration, it’s a dangerous endeavor: the text of President Barack Obama’s health law didn’t envision widespread abdication by the states. For those on the left, they see […]
