The American Hospital Association and American Health Information Management Association praised CMS and the CDC for releasing thousands of new ICD-10 and clinical modification codes early, according to FierceHealthIT.
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute awarded a $2.5 million grant to the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.
Although the United States spends more money on healthcare than comparable countries, Americans are more disgruntled with their healthcare system, based on a Harvard Univeristy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology study, according to AJMC.com.
Dustin Deming, MD, a gastrointestinal cancer expert at University of Wisconsin Health in Madison, found himself on the receiving end of news that he had become used to giving. He was diagnosed with colorectal cancer at the age of 31,…
Hattiesburg, Miss.-based Merit Health Wesley named John Turner, MD, a physician champion, according to a Hattiesburg American report.
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Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury has implemented Plexus TG's Anesthesia Information and Medication Management Solution.
Earlier in March, Cleveland Clinic's Marymount Hospital's Ambulatory Surgery Center in Garfield Heights, Ohio, celebrated its 18th year of operation.
The American Health Information Management Association is imploring patients to endorse the creation of a national voluntary patient safety identifier, according to Health Leaders Media.
A Freedom Partners report found health insurance premiums have increased faster than wages and inflation, according to Fox News.
Many than 60 cancer care groups sent letters to CMS protesting their proposed alternative payment method for Medicare B drugs, according to Medpage Today.