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Morning Headlines 10/8/14
Payment Adjustments & Hardship Exceptions
CMS announces that it will reopen the submission period for hardship exception applications for both eligible professionals and eligible hospitals, with a new application deadline set for November 30.
John Flannery to Lead GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare CEO John Dineen announces his resignation, effective immediately. He is reportedly leaving the company to pursue leadership opportunities outside GE. Dineen will re replaced by John Flannery, GE’s current head of business development.
Ochsner Health System First Epic Client to Fully Integrate with Apple HealthKit
Ochsner Health System (LA) announces that it has connected its Epic EHR with Apple’s HealthKit to capture daily weight readings from wireless scales that are issued to heart failure patients enrolled in the health system’s remote patient monitoring program.
Health Care Website Fix Cost Mass. Additional $26M, Patrick Says
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announces that the state’s health insurance exchange is fixed, costing $26 million to repair and bringing the total cost of the exchange to $254 million.
RE GE’s new Healthcare CEO – How wise is that decision to put somebody with ZERO healthcare industry or healthcare vendor experience in charge of their HC unit? No wonder the IDX product line went on a flight to the Bermuda Triangle. They make good healthcare commercials though. At least they got that going for them.