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State invests $1M in medical home training
Most people are familiar with the proverb, "Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime." A new initiative in Ohio seeks to apply that
Ohio becomes Medicaid's first value-based purchaser
Ohio is transforming its Medicaid program by tying payments to quality, value-based outcomes, as the first in the nation to take such a step, the state announced Monday. The Office of Ohio Health
Ohio seeks Medicaid waivers
Ohio will be seeking more waivers from the federal government to save money on the way it covers Medicaid enrollees, reports The Columbus Dispatch. Gov. John Kasich has submitted one plan for the
SPOTLIGHT: Exemptions allow insurers to offer less generous benefits
Insurers in Florida, New Jersey, Ohio and Tennessee can continue offering less generous benefits than they would otherwise be required to provide this year, reports the New York Times. The Obama
HHS awards final Beacon Community grants
HHS officials today awarded $30 million in grants to organizations in the Detroit and Cincinnati areas by naming the final two pilot communities in the $250 million Beacon Community Program. HHS
HIMSS: Reluctant prescribers are the biggest barrier to e-prescribing adoption
After the DEA officially lifted the restrictions against the use of electronic prescribing for controlled substances in June, it eliminated the single greatest barrier to e-prescribing in a decade.
SPOTLIGHT: Ohio GI practice markets wireless documentation system
A company spun off from a Cincinnati-area gastroenterology practice is marketing a wireless, voice-activated clinical documentation system that surgeons there created in 2007 and have been using ever
SPOTLIGHT: Bill would give OH advanced practice nurses more prescribing power
The Ohio legislature will soon consider a bill to let advanced practice nurses prescribe controlled substances, largely addictive drugs like oxycodone and morphine. More than 30 states allow APNs to
Cleveland Clinic, MinuteClinic team up
The Cleveland Clinic and Minneapolis-based MinuteClinic are set to team up to provide retail clinics to several CVS stores across northeast Ohio in the coming year according to an article in Modern
Mississippi Medicaid saves $14M with e-prescribing
It looks like another financial success for e-prescribing. This time, Mississippi's Medicaid
