The Supreme Court Affordable Care Act (ACA) Decision and Nephrology
The Supreme Court recently determined the ACA as constitutional, with the exception of mandatory Medicaid expansion, and allowed continuation of significant U.S. healthcare reform. This is particularly beneficial for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and their providers.
Meaningful Use Stage 3 Emphasizes Better Decision Support
Even as federal officials are finalizing standards for Stage 2 of the Meaningful Use incentive program for adoption of electronic health records (EHRs), an advisory committee is busy planning for the third and final stage of the $27 billion initiative.
RECs Tout Meaningful Use Successes in Response to GAO Report
The regional extension centers (RECs) are coming out of the woodwork to tout their usefulness in helping physicians successfully attest to Meaningful Use, now that the GAO issued a report saying that physicians who signed up for help from an REC were more than twice as likely to have received an incentive payment.
‘Meaningful Use’ Compliance Slow
The medical system is undeniably morphing into a more electronic one, but many clinicians are still not ready for it, according to current and former government officials.
Collaboration Finds Kidney Disease Tied to DNA Damage
A research collaboration involving Rockefeller University and more than two dozen other institutions has found a link between a gene mutation and chronic kidney failure.
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