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The Medical Quack: HealthVault Connects with eClinicalWorks EHR, NextGen EHR/EMR Systems and more…Shop Wal-Mart (Sam’s Club) in the Spring

If you haven’t taken a look yet, now might be a good time, with the updated Connector Software at HealthVault and the new announcement made today about eClinicalWorks being sold at Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club beginning in the spring, so medical records can become a “boxed” product.  Dell is offering either a desktop or tablet pc along [...]

Google's window into the healthcare IT market

One of the major goals of the federal government’s push for nationwide electronic medical record adoption is to create an information network where "health data can flow freely, privately, and securely to the places where they are needed." So far, this is proving to be a challenge for the nation’s hospitals and doctors. Software Advice [...]

Medical Billing Services: Types and How to Choose the Right One

activemds asked: Medical billing is a process of receiving payments for the services rendered by a healthcare provider. The process involves submitting the claims and following the same with the insurance companies.Medical billing service providers come in many different types.Home-Based Medical Billing BusinessesPractice Management CompaniesProfessional Medical Billing ServicesHome-Based Medical Billing businesses are small businesses, with [...]

Medical Billing: the Lights are on But is Anyone Home?

David George asked: Medical billing outsourcing, also known as third-party medical billing, is regulated by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG). The OIG was created by Congress through the Inspector General Act of 1978 in response to a series of government scandals that occurred within nearly every major Federal Agency throughout the 1960s. Lawmakers [...]