News & Updates

Choosing a Health IT Attorney
Lawyers specialize in many areas, each with their own special expertise. The health IT attorney melds two areas of the law together in a highly specialized practice.

CMS RAC Audits
One issue doctors are paying close attention to these days is the RAC audit program, recovery audit contractors who work on behalf of entitlement programs to spot Medicare or Medicaid fraud or other types of overpayments.

3 Healthcare Innovation Conferences to Start 2012
If the New Year has you thinking about what's on the horizon in healthcare, you may want to check out these three upcoming conferences that put the focus on innovation.

Top Health Care Lists for 2011
The healthcare industry is not immune to top lists. There are so many, in fact, that we had a tough time narrowing the field down to just ten. Here are our picks:

Top #HITsm Contributors
We couldn't be happier to be on their picks for Top #HITsm Organizations. Thanks for including us with all the other organizations we have come to know and like.

Vote for the Best REC Logo
The Regional Extension Centers have been around for a while now. Help up select our top 5 list. Tweet your favorite 3 to our hashtag #REClogos. Use the Row # and letter (A-E) to identify your votes. We will let you know the top 5 in the new year.

HHS to award $900 million for health care innovation ideas
Health and Human Services (HHS) through CMS will be awarding $900 million in grants to health care providers, local government, or community organizations that have ideas to cut costs in health care.

CDC Survey Indicates EHR Adoption Rising
The CDC has released their findings from a survey focusing on office based physicians and the EHR Incentive program. The report describes trends in EHR adoption through 2011 and provides information on the readiness of physicians to meet meaningful use objectives.

CMS Offers Site User Guide for Beginners
CMS offers a comprehensive users guide manual to "help guide EPs through all of the phases of the Medicare EHR Incentive Program, from eligibility and registration to attestation and payment."

7 Tips to Maximize Your Collections on an EMR/EHR
GroupOne staff have compiled a list of tips the help maximize practice collections on most competent EMR systems. Most of the points assume that the EMR / EHR system is a unified system with medical records and practice management functions.

