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In the NewsOctober 2015 ICD-10 has kind of been like Y2K, so far ... Decades after work began on developing the International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision of diagnostic and procedural codes, most providers, many with fingers crossed, jumped off the ICD-10 pier at midnight Thursday. And by most accounts, the first 12 hours have gone off without a hitch. September 2015 Healthcare consolidation hearings likely to include ACA blame game Two massive health insurance mergers in the works have reignited a fiery discussion over excessive consolidation. A series of House hearings that begins this week will look for villains: hospitals, doctors, insurers and, of course, the Affordable Care Act. June 2015 CMS finalizes Medicare ACO rule with new risk options Accountable care organizations in Medicare's Shared Savings Program will have greater flexibility and options under final regulations the CMS issued Thursday. The revisions are intended to strike a balance between maintaining the program's rigor and making sure providers continue to participate. May 2015 Successful Pioneer ACO journey leaves faint trail for followers Touting $380 million in savings from the Affordable Care Act's first test of accountable care, Medicare says the pilot did well enough to expand. But it's unclear how others can replicate the success. January 2014 PFHCS and Regional Healthcare Providers to Provide Healthcare Connect Proposals PFHCS is forming several Public-Private Partnerships to submit proposals to the FCC for the new Healthcare Connect program. Rural healthcare providers in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Missouri, Arkansas, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont look to be first in line for critical funding... January 2014 The FCC Rolls Out Healthcare Connect The FCC has finally instituted its Healthcare Connect program for rural healthcare providers. The program, largely resembling the Rural Health Care Pilot Program, will spend $400 million per year to provide connectivity and IT support services for rural providers... October 2013 ObamaCare Website Problems threaten to undo ACA Momentum Website enrollment issues are plaguing the Healthcare.gov roll-out sending registration numbers downward at a critical time in the program's inception... July 2013 PFHCS meets with the FCC to Finalize Healthcare Connect Program PFHCS met with the FCC to discuss specific changes to the Healthcare Connect program that will allow Public-Private Partnerships to obtain funding. These partnerships can include for-profit healthcare providers and telecom carriers acting in a wholesaler role... June 2013 Supreme Court declares ACA Tax Mandate Constitutional Supreme Court Justice Roberts issues a stunning response to the tax mandate that paves the way for the funding of ACA... February 2013 PFHCS meets with FCC and Members of Congress to Discuss Rural Healthcare Needs PFHCS provided several whitepapers and opinion letters, previously submitted to CMS, to encourage changes in ACA that would accommodate Rural Healthcare ACOs... September 2012 PFHCS and ClickMedix Submit RFI Response to NIH's "Identifying Organizations with the Appropriate Expertise to Participate in a Mobile Health (mHealth) Collaborative Public-Private Partnership PFHCS and ClickMedix have over 40 mHealth pilot projects in place in the Developing World and the US... August 2012 PFHCS Reviews the Proposal for The Rural Trust with Members of the US House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee PFHCS Consultants met with Congressmen to get support for FCC funding of The Rural Trust ... July 2012 ETP and ClickMedix win Philippines mHealth Project with The World Bank PFHCS parent organization, ETP, and ClickMedix partner to win Philippines mHealth project on the island of Mindoro ... May 2012 ETP and ClickMedix are Shortlisted for The World Bank's Philippines mHealth Project PFHCS parent organization, ETP, and ClickMedix have been selected to compete for the largest mHealth deployment in the Philippines ... April 2012 PFHCS and Windstream (WIN) submit Comment Letter and Proposal for The Rural Trust The FCC has begun review of a Private-Public Consortium that includes 21 hospitals and over 150 healthcare providers in rural and poor markets between Tallahassee, FL and Birmingham, AL ... November 2010 PFHCS presents at the 2011 APHA Nation Convention PFHCS whitepapers were selected to present at APHA's National Convention in Washington, DC on November 1, 2010 ... June 2011 PFHCS Begins Discussions with FCC for The Rural Trust PFHCS is advancing a Privatge-Public Partnership to provide braodband connectivity and mHealth services to Rural America ... April 2011 APHA Selects PFHCS to Present Cloud Computing and Reaching Rural American Health Equity PFHCS whitepapers were selected to present at APHA's National Convention in Washington, DC on November 1, 2011 ... November 2010 Telemedicine to be the New Driver of Connectivity in Rural US Advances in technologies to deliver telemedicine have largely stayed in large urban healthcare facilities due to the constraints of ... |
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