A recent report in Mass High Tech: The Journal of New England Technology outlined five key barriers to healthcare providers' implementation of electronic health records as well as ways providers in Massachusetts were addressing these concerns.
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Fujifilm Holdings Corp., based in Valhalla, N.Y., signed a five-year comprehensive joint research and development agreement on endoscopy-related products with Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, according to a Fujifilm news release.
Steven Maier, MD, a surgeon in Jamestown, N.D., pledged $100,000 to name a new surgery center at the New Jamestown Regional Medical Center, according to a report in The Jamestown Sun.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has made progress transitioning claims administration to 19 Medicare Administrative Contractors, as set in place by The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003; however, the agency encountered some challenges that…
A new report by Moody's Investors Services predicts that new obligations on states to cover more Medicaid recipients under health reform will become "financially burdensome" in the long run, according to a report by Reuters.
Toe Myint, MD, a physician from Bloomfield Hills, Mich., was sentenced to 72 months in prison and ordered to pay $3.1 million for his role in a $4.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a joint Department of Justice and…
Two Houston-area physicians, Arun Sharma, MD, and Kiran Sharma, MD, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and healthcare fraud for their roles in operating fraudulent medical clinics and have agreed to prison terms of 15 years and eight years, respectively, according…
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has developed new patient safety standards, which have been endorsed by the National Quality Forum, according to an HFAP news release.
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