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Increase in Health IT Spending in the Year Ahead
| March 8, 2010

Healthcare providers are looking to increase their IT spending in the next year according to the Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Leadership survey. New investments in health IT are to meet the government's meaningful use requirements.
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Bill Signed to Delay Medicare Cut
| March 4, 2010

On Tuesday March 2, President Obama signed a bill to delay the scheduled Medicare pay cut for one month. The bill also extends COBRA premium subsidies and insurance for the unemployed.
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Jurisdiction 1 WPS Transition
| March 1, 2010

On April 19, 2010, healthcare providers processing Part A claims through WPS in the states of California, Nevada, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands will transition to Palmetto GBA. Providers are required to obtain a new submitter ID from Palmetto GBA to submit claims.
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Healthcare Providers Increase Use of EHR
| February 22, 2010

A survey was released finding that healthcare providers implementing electronic health records (EHR) in the past year have increased by 3.2% to 36.1%. The survey found that doctors are adopting components of EHR solutions, but not a complete solution from a single vendor.
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University Receives $12 Million in Stimulus Money for HIT
| February 17, 2010

Purdue University, located in Indiana, has been given $12 million in stimulus funding to facilitate the adoption of healthcare IT. Perdue will be establishing regional extension centers which will help educate healthcare providers on the use of electronic medical records and e-prescribing.
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White House Releases $1 billion in HIT Stimulus Money
| February 15, 2010

Approximately $1 billion in stimulus money is available now to hospitals and primary-care physicians to implement health information technology (HIT) solutions. In addition, the stimulus money will be used to train thousands of people to help facilitate HIT adoption. Seven-hundred million dollars is to aid hospitals and physicians in adopting electronic health records. Currently in the United States, only 20% of doctors and 10% of hospitals use electronic health records.
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