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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