Tweet ICD-10, Meaningful Use, ACOs…what other buzz words can we throw in that are top of mind for each and every healthcare executive? Certainly, plenty others make the list right now, and while the benefits to these major initiatives vary, one commonality is spurring them all—patient care. It makes sense, right? We should always push [...]
Tweet HealthTECH Live: HealthTECH Live is a news aggregator focused specifically on news relating to health reform and health technology. The site is regularly updated with news around the Web that is of interest to anyone in healthcare or anyone involved in marketing or PR for healthcare. The site is divided into a few basic [...]
Tweet Earlier this year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Medicare FFS Program announced that they would hold two National Version 5010 Testing Days – one on June 15 and one on August 24. The program was billed as one that would give trading partners the opportunity to come together and [...]
Tweet I learned a great deal at the 2011 Healthcare Summit at Jackson Hole. It was very interesting to spend time with professionals that are serving the industry in ways that I never imagined, building businesses and tracking the trajectory of the industry as it moves toward a more patient-centric focus. I spoke with Ray [...]
Tweet Jon Mayhew’s company provided the memorable t-shirts for all the attendees at the 2011 Healthcare Summit at Jackson Hole. We had a chance to meet and discuss his unique slice in the healthcare industry dealing with Social Security and disability. Dodge: Can you describe your business to our readers? Mayhew: I run a government [...]
Tweet Alan Zloto, D.O. is the owner of a private internal medicine practice in Tampa, FL. In the following entry, he weighs in on how healthcare reform is impacting physician practices. What impact have recent healthcare reform initiatives, such as the HITECH Act, had on your organization? We’ve had to convert all files to paperless [...]
Tweet I was pleased to re-connect with Kevin Holst at the 2011 Healthcare Summit at Jackson Hole. Kevin goes way back in healthcare IT. I first met him when he worked with Charles Halfpenny in the early 90s, then again when he was at Intellicare (now Sirona Health). He’s now the president at Health Resource [...]
Tweet I was fortunate to spend some time with Ric Speaker at the 2011 Healthcare Summit at Jackson Hole. Many of our readers know Ric from his early days at IDX and VERSYSS, and more recently from his eight year stint at Precision.BI. Ric retired last year, lives in Utah, teaches classes at UCLA, and [...]
Tweet Also at the 2011 Healthcare Summit at Jackson Hole, I talked with Chris Coloian, principal at Assabet Ventures and the Chairperson at the Care Continuum Alliance. Dodge: Chris, tell our readers about your business. Coloian: We are a management advisory, consulting, and business development firm helping early-stage and transitionary companies with their strategy and [...]
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