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Meaningful use: What it means to radiologists

Wouldn’t we all like to have a slice of the $1.5 billion incentives payment pie available for eligible radiologists? Imaging was given the cold shoulder in the first phase of the meaningful use program (MU), but the Stage 2 MU proposal …

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The Final Rule,EHR Eligibility

The Final Rule we now live under for Stage 1 Meaningful Use provides the guidance and requirements for appeals in the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program but does not for the Medicare Program. It states that an appeals process for Medicare …

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It’s all about the Doctors…

In the months since CMS released its proposed accountable care organization (ACO) regulations, a growing chorus of policy makers, health association leaders and others have shared their views on why ACOs won’t work – or at least why they will …

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Health Care Law: Does One Supreme Court Justice Hold Its Future ?

If the Supreme Court breaks down along its usual ideological lines on the vote on the health care law, Justice Anthony Kennedy — known as the swing vote on the court — could be the one to decide whether the …

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