An economic stimulus bill being drafted by the Senate would delay until Sept. 30 the 21 percent Medicare payment cut to physicians, according to a report by AHANewsNow.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has posted two updated answers in its frequently asked questions section of its Web site related to Condition Code 44 (Inpatient admission changed to outpatient).

The recent decision of Revolution Health to stop offering electronic personal health records is a sign that demand for this once promising consumer tool did not materialized, according to a report from iHealthBeat.

North Canyon Medical Center's $17 million replacement hospital in Gooding, Idaho, will be opening on time and under budget, according to a report in the Times-News.

McKesson has announced the general availability of Horizon Practice Plus 12.0, a comprehensive practice management system for hospital-employed and mid- to large-sized physician practices, according to a McKesson news release.

As orthopedics device manufacturers begin to release their fourth quarter results, analysts for the market expect to see demand increase and the market stabilized over the first and second quarters of 2010, according to a report in Reuters.

Three more hospitals have completely implemented electronic medical records, according to a release from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.

Hospital officials in New York State are concerned that federal health IT requirements are set too high, forcing them to shift some IT spending priorities to meet federal deadlines, according to a report by the Business Review (Albany).

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R, Iowa) has sent letters to 31 hospitals nationwide asking for their experiences with health IT systems, according to a release from Sen. Grassley.