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Go to www.chirotouch.com for the full webinar. Stimulate the economy and your business. Listen as COO Robert Moberg of ChiroTouch explains section 179 and what it means to you as a business owner. Learn how making...

www.medical-billing-systems.com The stimulus package passed for the year 2009 pumps billion into the medical industry to help implement technology that makes healthcare safer and more connected. Those who prove meaningful...

Summer of 2012 will be an interesting time in healthcare, as Stage 2 requirements of meaningful use will finally come to light. In the meantime, doubts remain regarding the successful adoption of Stage 2 – and whether it’s even possible. As of now,...

President Obama on April 13 rebutted a House Republican plan to trim $4 trillion worth of federal deficits over a decade with his own proposal that he said would protect guaranteed benefits in Medicare and Medicaid. Obama also proposed that the...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), recently signed into law by President Obama, provides welcome news to technology suppliers who are facing a 0.1 percent 2009 U.S. growth rate, according to new research from IDC's Industry Insights...

By Diana Manos, In a broad State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Obama hailed the information age in America and the need for the federal government to support IT innovation. "In America, innovation doesn’t just change our lives,...

By Mary Mosquera The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has awarded a total of $80 million more for its regional extension center, state health information exchange and community college workforce programs to boost their support of...

HHS will allocate up to $335 million for existing community health centers through the Expanded Services initiative, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday. The funding is available through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and is...

By Mary Mosquera A Health and Human Services Department advisory panel has taken the first steps to enabling people who are enrolled in federal and state health and social services programs to easily find out if they are eligible for benefits from...

By Liv Osby Stimulus money to the tune of $5.6 million was awarded to Health Sciences South Carolina with a goal of getting 1,000 primary care doctors in the state to adopt the new electronic medical records system. The funds will be used to set up a...

By, Bernie Monegain BETHESDA, MD – Investments in community health centers that provide care for about 15 million people who are poor, underserved and uninsured have helped expand the services, according to new research. The funds sometimes also give...

By Neil Versel, Until HHS officially publishes proposed regulations near the end of this year, Dr. David Blumenthal can't talk publicly yet about what "meaningful use" EMRs will look like, but the national coordinator for health information technology...

By John Moore New York State has awarded about $60 million in grants for localized health information technology projects, one of three rounds of grants recently issued under the state’s Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law for New Yorkers...

$1.2 Billion Slated for HITECH Priority Grant Programs By News Staff Nearly $1.2 billion soon will be available to help the nation's hospitals, physicians and other health care professionals purchase and use electronic health records, or EHRs, according...

By Adriel Bettelheim President Obama plans to huddle with his Cabinet and top advisers on Friday and Saturday to review lessons learned from his first six months in office. There's bound to be some gnashing of teeth over the pace of the health care...