MEDITECH Nurse Executives

Nurse Executives, there are still spots available for their Top of the Hub reception! MEDITECH hopes you’ll stop by this evening!

MEDITECH – 2012 Customer Events

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MEDITECH is pleased to invite our nurse executive customers attending AONE’s Annual Meeting to a cocktail reception. Come network with MEDITECH executives and your peers over . . . → Read More: MEDITECH Nurse Executives

Many RAC denials overturned on appeal

The recovery audit contractors working on behalf of the Medicare program denied a total of $86 million in claims during 2010–many of which were overturned on appeal–according to a survey of 1,850 hospitals conducted by the American Hospital Association, reports AHA News Now.

The AHA’s RACTrac survey, which queried hospitals via the web, reported . . . → Read More: Many RAC denials overturned on appeal

Guerra On Healthcare: Frustration With Meaningful Use Widespread

In the latest, but certainly not last, health IT Meaningful Use dustup, the industry is struggling to find clarity in (of all things) an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) clarification. When that happens, you know you’re in government-land.

Read more at InformationWeek.

Paper Records on the Way out in Arkansas

Recently, the American Hospital Association named White River Medical Center at Batesville one of the 25 most-wired small and rural hospitals in the country. Frank Hilbert, CIO of White River Health System, which operates White River and Stone County Medical Center in Mountain View, said that this switch to an electronic health record system . . . → Read More: Paper Records on the Way out in Arkansas