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Wednesday, July 14 at 12:30pm - Client-Only Preview of Nexalig...
Wednesday, June 16 at 12:30pm - AHIP Institute 2010
Las Vegas, NV
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AHIP Institute Booth #201
Wednesday, June 9 at 5:00pm - Closing the Gaps: Examining th...
AHIP Institute
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Wednesday, June 9 at 8:30pm - Complimentary Happy Hour at th...
The Lobby Lounge inside the Marriot...
Wednesday, June 9 at 4:00pm - Healthcare Reform: The Legal I...
Wednesday, May 19 at 12:30pm - MEDecision in 2010 - Client-On...
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MEDecision MEDecision Named One of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for Second Consecutive Year http://bit.ly/93byxc
MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative healthcare management solutions, has been named one of the 100 Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for 2010 by the Central Penn Business Journal.
MEDecision Family and Social Services Administration shifts focus to disease management programs http://bit.ly/bFPKM1
The Family and Social Services Administration in Indiana has announced that beginning this October, the state's Care Select program will shift its focus to chronic disease management, KokomoPerspective.com reports.
MEDecision Determine which IT vendor is the best electronic match for your practice - Join us at eMatchExpo http://bit.ly/b1UyA5
Pairing up with a secure, third party vendor portal is essential to conducting electronic business transactions with Blue Cross and Blue Shieldof Illinois (BCBSIL). But what vendors are available, and how can you determine which one is the best electronic match for your pratice?
MEDecision Putting patients first is essential to improving healthcare in underserved areas of the country http://bit.ly/cNlFaz. Solutions must be designed around patient aware health management systems that allow payers and providers to make timely and informed decisions on behalf of patients. We need to ensure the exchange of c...linical data among all parties in the healthcare ecosystem so that each can have mutual access to actionable, real-time information that creates a complete picture of the patient. Only through interoperability, collaboration and health information exchange can we, as the healthcare technology industry, improve patients’ overall health and well-being. --Tracey Costello, MEDecision
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Grants are part of $32 million the Department of Health and Human Services has allocated in 2010 for improving healthcare in underserved areas of the country.
MEDecision Sharing info for efficient, affordable, and potentially life-saving healthcare exceeds the minimal security breaches http://bit.ly/bhPJNy
Healthcare has seen its share of egregious data breaches in the past year, especially with the launch of the Office for Civil Rights website with posts of entities reporting breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI) affecting 500 or more individuals.
MEDecision HealthIT Webinar: Learn how to better classify and manage patients for a more holistic patient view Register here http://bit.ly/aFq76K
Join MEDecision's Director of Product Marketing Deepika Singh and Clinical Product Manager Pat Sitko for a complimentary Webinar that will include an overview of Alineo 3.0's functionality and a demonstration of some of its new features.
MEDecision What vendors are available, and how can you determine which one is the best electronic match for your practice? Join us at eMatchExpo http://bit.ly/b1UyA5
Pairing up with a secure, third party vendor portal is essential to conducting electronic business transactions with Blue Cross and Blue Shieldof Illinois (BCBSIL). But what vendors are available, and how can you determine which one is the best electronic match for your pratice?
MEDecision On-demand webinar for health plans-check it out: Member-Centric Behavioral Health Utilization Management http://t.co/rQ5hveC
This complimentary webinar— hosted by MEDecision’s Vice President of Product Marketing Brian Nagle, Director of Clinical Programs Suzanne Kunze and Clinical Product Manager Dawn Kramer — will analyze the issues insurers need to begin considering today to prepare for the changes coming tomorrow.
MEDecision Nursing Program receives $25,000 grant from CareFirst BCBS to educate students in disease case management http://bit.ly/bbejcy
Stevenson University in Maryland recently received a $25,000 grant from CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield for a Community Health Simulation Program to educate pre-licensure students in disease case management, the Technology Management Corporation reports.
MEDecision Where exactly do PHRs shake out? There’s an App for That: PHRs and the Wii Generation http://bit.ly/cNpCXP
It seems as if we’re inching ever closer to a wide-scale proliferation of electronic health records (EHRs). The much talked about American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contained major incentives to encourage the meaningful use and adoption of the promising technology. Add to the equation some va...
MEDecision Read a good article by James Arvantes: Health Care Reform Legislation Will Drive Adoption of Medical Home Projects, Officials Say http://bit.ly/aOcR1e. Interest in the medical home and its potential to improve the quality and affordability of care has never been higher. And the fact that it is strongly endorsed in the ...recently-passed healthcare reform law only underscores its promise. Key to Medical Home success will be collaboration and interoperability.
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Recent enactment of health care reform legislation will accelerate the adoption of the patient-centered medical home, or PCMH, in the public and private sectors by making key investments in the nation's primary care infrastructure while also giving CMS greater latitude in launching and sustaining in...
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MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider ofcollaborative healthcare management solutions, today announced the general availability ofAlineo® 3.0, the latest version of its Alineo collaborative healthcare management platform.
MEDecision Are you ready to meet the mandates of MHPAEA? Check out David St. Clair's recent blog: http://bit.ly/d3KHig
Healthcare payers have been feeling some trepidation about meeting the mandates of the 2008 Federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA). (While the rest of the industry, hopefully, is scrambling to find a better way to refer to it!)
MEDecision Alineo 3.0 addresses relationship between medical and behavioral healthcare management http://bit.ly/93byxc
MEDecision, Inc., a leading provider of collaborative healthcare management solutions, today announced the general availability of Alineo® 3.0, the latest version of its Alineo collaborative healthcare management platform.
MEDecision Good read by Nathan Golia at Insurance & Technology: PHRs Gain Popularity Among Insurers http://bit.ly/9a0EnU; Collaboration between patients, healthcare insurers, physicians and other providers plus quality of data is key to actionable PHRs. Patient data can be securely gathered in a shared hub. Evidence-based analyt...ics that identifies treatment opportunities and recommends clinical best practices is applied to data. This information is then delivered back to stakeholders to facilitate timely and thoughtful decisions on the patient's behalf. http://bit.ly/Nexalign
Health insurers are looking to consumer-directed online personal health records as a way to encourage members and providers to share updated healthcare information.
MEDecision States play key role in dev of HIEs within states + nation: NASCIO Releases State-by-State Report on Health IT Projects http://bit.ly/aTLKDR
Because many health IT projects and health information exchanges are under way at various government levels -- many of them funded at least in part by the economic stimulus -- it can be overwhelming to encapsulate how these ventures are related and what people and organizations are in charge of them
MEDecision Proud of the recent initiatives to build momentum as we approach the post-reform healthcare era; glad to be back http://bit.ly/apyl9L ^DS
While I have thoroughly enjoyed my retirement since it began in January, I’m also quite excited about being back at the helm here at MEDecision for a little while until we bring in someone for the CEO role on a permanent basis. Thankfully, my position on the company’s board of directors has enabl...
MEDecision Many different approaches to the emerging mobile handheld revolution =>http://bit.ly/cUCfzy ^TC
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:Not only are hospital, health system, and medical group CIOs and clinical informaticists deploying handheld mobile devices across their enterprises as clinical computing tools; clinicians, especially physicians, are increasingly bringing
MEDecision Healthcare Informatics: Interesting breakdown of sustainable HIEs in existence => Tracking the Evolution of HIEs http://bit.ly/bYWWVv ^ED
Last week, the Washington, D.C.-based eHealth Initiative presented a one-day forum on the development of health information exchanges (HIEs). In conjunction with that event, held in Washington, D.C., the eHealth Initiative organization released the results
MEDecision As we thought, the employers will be the drivers of better care coordination which is a key aspect of medical homes.
Just about every major company offers some sort of chronic care program, but the quality of offerings can vary widely.
MEDecision Final meaningful use regulations: giant step for EHRs, giant leap toward better care mgmt http://bit.ly/bpBsNY ^ED
The widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) throughout the healthcare system received another boost last week when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its final criteria for the meaningful use of EHRs within the incentive program established by the America...
MEDecision Great article by Ken Congdon in Healthcare Technology Online: Cutting $3.6 Trillion In Healthcare Waste http://shar.es/mVIQy
A white paper released Monday by Thomson Reuters outlined several steps the U.S. healthcare industry could take to eliminate $3.6 trillion in wasteful spending over the next 10 years. Specifically, the report highlights five proven cost-cutting strategies, and claims the U.S. healthcare industry can
MEDecision Just read "Meaningful Use Compliance Top Healthcare Executive Priority" by Marianne McGee in InformationWeek: http://bit.ly/bQorsQ. With the ARRA’s HITECH Act making $19 billion available to healthcare providers over the next six years to organize health data through a new set of standards, services and policies that e...nable the secure exchange of health information, it is no surprise that healthcare IT professionals are concerned with meaningful use compliance.
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A CSC survey of healthcare IT and non-IT executives' priorities shows agreement on meaningful use compliance, but some disparity about other concerns.
MEDecision Great article by Steve Davis: New ‘Meaningful Use’ EHR Rules Should Help Insurers Boost Provider Compliance http://bit.ly/ahvtKb ^ED
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HHS on July 12 made it easier for hospitals and physicians to qualify for billions of dollars in incentives for implementing and using electronic health records (EHRs). While the incentives are tied to the Medicare and Medicaid programs, commercial carriers could see improved efficiencies if the inc...
MEDecision Payers prepare for MHPAEA-mandated changes to behavioral health UM http://bit.ly/diTcfu
Often called the last great taboo, the burden of mental illness on health and productivity in the United States and throughout the world has long been underestimated.
MEDecision Reading => Disease Management Care Blog: The Latest Issue of the Population Health Mgmt http://bit.ly/dyuCnr
An ongoing resource for information, insights, peer-review literature and musings from the world of disease management, the medical home, the chronic care model, the patient centered medical home, informatics, pay for performance, primary care, chronic illness and health insurance
MEDecision Did you miss our Health IT webinar on factors driving health plans to increase access, improve outcomes and control costs for mental health and substance abuse care? Then find it here: http://bit.ly/csAe4y
* A Summary review of the 2008 Federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and its implications for payers.
* The relationships between medical and behavioral health and the importance of maintaining a holistic member view for utilization and disease management.
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MEDecision Reminder: Member-centric behavioral health utilization mgmt webinar TODAY at 12:30pm ET. Register here: http://bit.ly/aFq76K
MEDecision Webinar tomorrow 12:30pm ET: Learn what health plans need to consider in the new behavioral health environment http://bit.ly/aFq76K
* A Summary review of the 2008 Federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and its implications for payers.
* The relationships between medical and behavioral health and the importance of maintaining a holistic member view for utilization and disease management.
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MEDecision Good article by Anthony Guerra in Information Week http://bit.ly/cAuKJJ. Many healthcare IT companies are working to put together the pieces of this puzzle for payers, providers and patients. But I have no doubt that we, as an industry, can bring real improvements to our country’s healthcare system. ^TC
The more CIOs I interview, the clearer it becomes that those executives are only superficially connected to the technology many think of as their second language. Don't get me wrong, they knew the technology when coming up through the ranks, and they have people who really know it working for them,
MEDecision Join us for a free webinar “Member-Centric Behavioral Health Utilization Mgmt” on 7/14 at 12:30pm ET. Register now: http://bit.ly/aFq76K
* A Summary review of the 2009 Federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) and its implications for payers.
* The relationships between medical and behavioral health and the importance of maintaining a holistic member view for utilization and disease management.
* What
