Allscripts will integrate scheduling technology from Opargo, a software-as-a-service platform, to enhance its Allscripts Practice Management revenue cycle software.
EHRs / Interoperability
Whistleblowers allege Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems submitted hundreds of millions of dollars in false claims to HHS for federal incentive payments through CMS' promoting interoperability program for EHRs, according to court documents unsealed March 14 in Miami.
Vanderbilt LifeFlight, Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center's critical air transport service, uses Epic's mobile app that lets nurses and paramedics access a patient's health records while in flight.
Boston-based Partners HealthCare will integrate the commonwealth of Massachusetts' prescription awareness tool into its Epic EHR system.
The Massachusetts Health Collaborative installed Meditech's Expanse EHR at its three hospitals.
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Mansfield-based OhioHealth will install Epic's CareConnect system across its 11 hospitals and 200-plus ambulatory sites, according to local news channel WMFD.
Veradigm, a subsidiary of Allscripts, will integrate health analytics and technology company Pulse8's data exchange solutions into its health plan product suite.
Four of the top vendors hospitals used to participate in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program are Allscripts, Cerner, Epic and Meditech, according to 2018 ONC data.
A Senate committee will hold a hearing March 26 to discuss CMS and ONC's information blocking and interoperability rules proposed in February under the 21st Century Cures Act, reports Politico's Morning eHealth newsletter.
The House Veterans Affairs Committee is having a hard time finding tech experts to help it monitor Cerner's overhaul of the VA's electronic health records system, already $350 million over budget, website Nextgov reports.