The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is getting ready to launch two new data collection programs, affecting providers and their revenue streams by making them further justify claims submitted for payment.

Canadian telecommunications firm TELUS has expanded its health care business division with the acquisition of Wolf Medical Systems, a Canadian vendor of cloud-hosted electronic health records for physician practices.

A survey from Spyglass Consulting Group finds widespread physician acceptance of mobile computing devices, but much lower acceptance at the hospitals they work in.

For several years, attorneys Gerry Hinkley and Deven McGraw have jointly presented an educational session at the annual HIMSS Conference. They’re back for HIMSS12 in Las Vegas.

An education session at HIMSS12 in Las Vegas will lay out foundations for physician practices hoping to succeed in an accountable care organization environment.

During the past six years, the American Academy of Family Physicians has surveyed its members to assess the user satisfaction of their electronic health records systems, with another survey being done in 2012.

The Medical Group Management Association has sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius outlining significant problems with federal reimbursement of claims following the transition to the HIPAA 5010 transaction sets.

The American Medical Association, which is actively working to stop implementation of the ICD-10 code sets, has sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius asking her to immediately halt the implementation process.

The stock price of Greenway Medical Technologies rose 20 percent in early trading on Feb. 2 after the physician software vendor conducted a $66.7 million initial public offering of stock.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expects soon to publish a proposed rule that will have significant revenue ramifications for primary care physicians.