Just over 10 percent of claims filed since the implementation of ICD-10 on Oct. 1 have been denied, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported on Oct. 29.
At last week’s BlackBerry Security Summit in New York City, attendees
were treated to a unique demonstration that outlined one way by which a
digital attack could turn deadly.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is taking steps to upgrade its
healthcare IT infrastructure, awarding the Leidos Partnership for
Defense Health a contract to aid in its overhaul.
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Health
System revealed on July 17 that they were victims of a large cybersecurity
breach. As many as 4.5 million patients have been reportedly exposed.
Allscripts, a vendor of electronic health records (EHR), and NantHealth, an IT company that specializes in molecular diagnostics, have expanded their partnership through cross-investment and a new collaboration agreement.
TeleTracking Technologies recently announced a partnership with the National Association of Healthcare Transport Management (NAHTM) for an effort to identify workflow snags and map productivity standards for patient transport within a hospital.
President Obama announced his intent to nominate the Director of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Dr. Karen DeSalvo, to the position of Assistant Secretary to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
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