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Health plans threaten to terminate contract with hospital group
If negotiations over a contract between Health Services Coalition, a group of 24 self-funded insurance plans, and St. Rose Dominican Hospitals break down, nearly 30 percent of Las Vegas workers could
Fake health plans increasing
Fraud bureaus are reporting an increase in fake health plans, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud , an anti-fraud watchdog nonprofit. The plans may sound legitimate, but pay little to
UnitedHealthcare breach leads to UC Irvine identity thefts
After months of investigation, it looks like a data breach at health plan UnitedHealthcare Services may be behind a large-scale rash of identity theft taking place at the University of California,
ALSO NOTED: HIT execs want data security standards; AT&T, Tennessee create health data exchange; and much more...
> A new survey concludes that HIT execs would like to see the industry adopt a uniform way for verifying healthcare data security.
BCBS of MA plan requires hospitals to use CPOE
Hospitals participating in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will soon be required to used computerized physician order entry under the insurer's new incentive plan. Under the health plan's
Maryland BCBS plan invests $1.5M in EMRs
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield has invested upwards of $1.5 million in two pilot EMR initiatives, with plans to create a statewide HIE if the tests prove successful. The move follows a recent
ALSO NOTED: NJ Blue plan sees laptop-based data loss; Democratic coalition stumps for e-prescribing; and much more...
> New Jersey's largest health insurance plan is warning the public that personal information on about 300,000 members was lost when a laptop was stolen.
ALSO NOTED: AHIMA plans nursing home IT standards; Mass. HIE expanding; and much more...
> AHIMA has launched a new project intended to provide a model for using EMRs and other health IT platforms in nursing homes.
Health insurers, HL7 team to create portable PHRs
Health Level Seven (HL7), America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association agreed last week to collaborate on portability standards for PHRs. Working together
Study: Many payers plan no new IT investments in '08
Liking the IT options you're getting from your payer? Well, you'd better. A new study suggests that more than half of payers may not be making new investments in 2008, instead of hunkering down to
