Posts Tagged by hit
Pregnant Men, Turtle Bites, and ICD-10
| April 11, 2012 | Posted by David Yun under Blog |
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From 2009 to 2010, British men by the thousands visited hospitals and required obstetric or midwife services. Have British scientists found a way for men to give birth? Or is it possible that something in the drinking water has given men the ability to carry child? Disappointingly, the actual cause… more
Exchange Releases Draft IT RFP
| December 21, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Blog |
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California’s new eligibility and enrollment information technology (IT) system has been dubbed the “California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention System” (CalHEERS). The IT system will serve as the Exchange’s infrastructure by storing eligibility information for the Exchange and other public programs and allowing people to receive real-time determinations. The project… more
Designing the Exchange’s IT System
| October 25, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Blog |
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Perhaps the most challenging task in creating the California Health Benefit Exchange is developing the IT infrastructure. The Exchange is faced with never-before-attempted requirements in developing a system that is both complex and user-friendly. The system must be able to interface with other entities, such as county systems, the IRS… more
Napa Launches Health Site
| August 23, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Blog |
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On Thursday, Napa County launched a $40,000 health information website called NapaHealthMatters.org. The site allows users to create personal electronic medical records, access health advice, and search for county contact information. It will also contain data on health characteristics for Napa County, which can be used for research and grant… more
Possible Reasons for the Slow Progress of HIT
| August 11, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Blog |
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A recurring theme in our statewide workgroups tends to be health information technology. Participants share their frustrations regarding the painfully slow progress our industry is making in moving into the digital age. They wonder why we fall far behind other industries in implementing effective technology systems. Today I came across… more
CMS Publishes NPRM on Releasing Medicare Claims Data
| June 8, 2011 | Posted by Ashley Cohen under Blog |
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*THIS JUST IN* CMS released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to implement an ACA provision allowing the release of Medicare claims data. “Qualified” entities may pay an annual fee to collect data on a particular region in order to prepare evaluations and comparisons of provider performance. These publicly available… more
Federal Aid for States to Invest in Health IT
| April 14, 2011 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Also today, CMS issued this final regulation that will help states develop and upgrade their Medicaid internet technology (IT) enrollment systems. The new rule implements Section 1903(a)(3)(A)(i) of the ACA which increases Medicaid’s federal match — to 90 percent! — of the cost for states to develop systems to help… more
Exchange/IT Grant Memo and Teleconference Notes
| November 16, 2010 | Posted by Kiwon Yoo under Insurance Exchange, Legislation/Policy |
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On November 15, 2010, ITUP hosted a teleconference on the Exchange/IT innovation grant possibilities with Penny Thompson (CMS), Henry Chao (US HHS), Toby Douglas (CA DHCS) and Sumi Sousa (CA Assembly Speaker’s Office). The notes, as well as a summary of the grant, are available for download. more
Health Information Technology 101
| October 19, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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On September 16th, our friends at the Center for Health Improvement convened a forum that addressed an overview of federal Health Information Technology (HIT) policy, its relationship to broader federal health reform efforts, and the recent meaningful use (MU) final rules issued by the Office of the National Coordinator for… more
California Lauches Telehealth Network!
| August 23, 2010 | Posted by ITUP under Blog |
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Last Tuesday, Governor Schwarzenegger was joined by U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra to launch the California Telehealth Network, the nation’s largest telemedicine system. Housed in the newly built 52,000 sq. ft. facility at UC Davis, the network will use internet broadband to link patients and physicians to hundreds of… more
