Proposed Requirements for Stage 2 Meaningful Use Published

The proposed requirements for Stage 2 Meaningful Use were published on the Office of the Federal Register's website.

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[Source: Modern Healthcare]

Client News: Unibased Customers Receive Exclusive Ranking as IMS Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks 2012

Unibased proudly announces that several customers have again received the ranking as IMS Top 100 Integrated Healthcare Networks:

• Inova Health System (Falls Church, VA)
• Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics (Tyler, TX)
• WellSpan Health (York, PA)
• Norton Healthcare (Louisville, KY)

As a technology solution provider for these organizations, we extend our congratulations and are very pleased their dedication and commitment to excellence in patient care and technical innovation is recognized nationally.

IMS has been tracking the development of the local and regional, non-specialty integrated healthcare networks (IHNs) market since April 1994. They survey the universe of IHNs annually using a standard methodology for collecting the data, and rate the IHNs nationally on their performance level and degree of integration.  The rating system is a means for identifying the IMS Top 100 IHNs based on critical success factors, including each network’s ability to operate as a unified organization in eight categories: integration, integrated technology, contractual capabilities, outpatient utilization, financial stability, services and access, hospital utilization, and physicians. For more information on the IMS Top 100 IHNs, click here.

CMS Will Re-Examine ICD-10 Timeline

Marilyn Tavenner

Source: ModernHealthcare.com - by: Jessica Zigmond

Acting Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator, Marilyn Tavenner, told reporters that the CMS will "re-examine the timeframe" on ICD-10 implementation through a rule-making process. Details will be released about the process in the coming days. [View this article in its entirety on ModernHealthcare.com here. Registration may be required to view.]