MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'ingenix'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:32:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4018249&cid=t_188570_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fcacs-tide-rising-icd-10 Plenty of folks said this would be coming and now it has begun – computer-assisted coding tools started rolling toward ICD-10 in the form of one acquisition, a trio of partnerships, and a new tool. Hardly the first such CAC wares to support ICD-10 but, taken together, they represent a collective wave of what's to come. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4018249 Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:57:37 +0100 4018249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3899484&cid=t_188570_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fassessment-ingenix-makes-hie-move-acquiring-axolotl Last week, Ingenix announced that it would be acquiring Axolotl. Probably no one was happier than the folks at Gilat Satellite Networks who had invested $4.5M in Axolotl over ten years ago, had written off that investment during the dot-com bust in 2001 and now is looking at getting some $24M in cash plus another $3M by year’s end. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3899484 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:20:29 +0100 3899484 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876746&cid=t_188570_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F08%2F16%2Fingenix-acquires-hie-provider-axolotl%2F It seems like it’s the season of acquisitions for healthcare companies. I’ve been predicting the need for EMR consolidation for a while now, but we have yet to really see that happening. Instead this acquisition by Ingenix is entrance into the HIE space. Here’s a section of the press release: Ingenix, a leading health information technology and services company, today announced it is acquiring Axolotl, a leading provider of health information exchange (HIE) services. The combined company will enable health information to be shared effectively and securely for the benefit of patients and health care professionals. The Axolotl management team will remain in place and will lead Ingenix’s efforts in health care community connectivity. Seems like all the major EMR players ar... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876746 Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:06:58 +0100 3876746 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3808734&cid=t_188570_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F07%2F27%2Faway-from-blogging-sick%2F The latest flu bug that’s been going around has hit me pretty hard. I’ll be back tomorrow (assuming all goes well) with more posts. Until then, some interesting news items for you to consider: SOAPware Announces Release of PMS – They’ve been working on this for a while. Plus, it’s interesting to see the pure EMR companies getting a PMS. Check out this interview I did previously with the SOAPware president. SRS and Ingenix Collaborate to Deliver PMS and EHR – Another case of an EMR partnering with a PMS system. Plus, now SRSsoft can get to meaningful use. As expected, EVERY EMR vendor is likely going to need to be able to say, “Our EMR can show meaningful use.” Related posts:Healthcare Blogging Summit 2006 – First-Ever Conference on He... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3808734 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:02:50 +0100 3808734 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3390722&cid=t_188570_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Feffort-to-make-health-insurance.html We previously discussed a legal settlement of charges that UnitedHealth's Ingenix subsidiary manipulated its database of payments to physicians so as to reduce its and other insurers' payments to "out-of-network" physicians.  One aspect of the settlement was a new initiative to better determine such payments.  Now that effort has been caught up in the web of conflicts of interests that has ensnared health care.  As reported by the Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard, [New York state Attorney General Andrew] Cuomo obtained $100 million in settlements from 13 insurers, including Excellus, that used the defective reimbursement data supplied by Ingenix, a subsidiary of United Health, the nation’s second biggest insurer. Cuomo’s investigation showed... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3390722 Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:50:00 +0100 3390722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2637800&cid=t_188570_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fhow-independent-source-of-health-care.html This week, a Washington Post article discussed who provides the data being cited in the ongoing US debate about health care reform.The political battle over health-care reform is waged largely with numbers, and few number-crunchers have shaped the debate as much as the Lewin Group, a consulting firm whose research has been widely cited by opponents of a public insurance option.To Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.), the House Republican whip, it is 'the nonpartisan Lewin Group.' To Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee, it is an 'independent research firm.' To Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), the second-ranking Republican on the pivotal Finance Committee, it is 'well known as one of the most nonpartisan groups in the country.'But how independent is the Lewin group?Generally left unsaid amid all ... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2637800 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:51:00 +0100 2637800 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347947&cid=t_188570_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fwho-is-warning-us-about-perils-of.html There has been considerable discussion lately about whether the US government should offer a publicly run health insurance plan similar to the current Medicare program for the elderly and disabled. A recent report has thrown a bit of cold water on the idea, as noted in this AP article:A public health insurance option for middle class families could help cover the uninsured but it may well put private insurers out of business, a respected consulting firm concluded in a study released Monday.The report by the Lewin Group, a numbers-crunching firm that serves government and private clients, said it all depends on details that lawmakers are far from deciding. Nonetheless, the report could provide ammunition for critics who say a public plan would move in the direction of government-run medicin... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347947 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:11:00 +0100 2347947 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200463&cid=t_188570_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fwellpoint-settles.html As reported by the Indianapolis Star (among others), the large health insurance company/ managed care organization WellPoint is the latest company to settle charges related to its use of a questionable data-base to determine payments for out of network care:WellPoint has agreed to pay $10 million to settle an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo into questionable insurance reimbursements in that state.The Indianapolis-based insurer becomes the seventh major health benefits company to settle in what authorities called an industrywide scheme to defraud consumers.Cuomo charged the insurers with setting artificially low reimbursement rates to doctors who weren't in their health networks.At the heart of the investigation is Ingenix, a unit of insurance giant UnitedHealth Grou... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200463 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:44:00 +0100 2200463 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2187643&cid=t_188570_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Flayoffs-at-unitedhealth-including.html (Updated, 3:15 p.m. CST) UnitedHealthcare is denying reports that the company is laying off hundreds of workers, including at data-mining subsidiary Ingenix. "There is nothing widespread," according to a company spokesperson.Nothing officially has been announced, but there have been reports that many workers were informed yesterday that their services would no longer been needed. The company spokesperson says that UnitedHealth and its subsidiaries have 75,000 employees worldwide, and that hirings and dismissals happen all the time. The news of possible layoffs came from someone claiming to be a displaced Ingenix worker. Ingenix gave preliminary confirmation of a downsizing, but referred me to UnitedHealth for details. The UnitedHealth spokesperson would not discuss staffing levels at Ingen... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2187643 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:05:00 +0100 2187643 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182354&cid=t_188570_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Flayoffs-at-unitedhealth-including.html UnitedHealthcare parent company UnitedHealth Group apparently has laid off hundreds or possibly thousands of workers, including some at data-mining subsidiary Ingenix. Displaced workers have been notified but the company has not made an external announcement yet. The news comes from one of the displaced workers, and I just got preliminary confirmation from Ingenix but was referred to UnitedHealth for details. I am awaiting those details. United did release its 10-K annual report for 2008 yesterday and hinted that cutbacks were in the offing: "The improvement in Ingenix revenues was due to continued growth in its health intelligence and contract research businesses as well as from business acquisitions. The decrease in earnings from operations and operating margin was primarily due to exces... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182354 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:05:00 +0100 2182354 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2104437&cid=t_188570_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Funitedhealth-and-ingenix-settles.html UnitedHealth just settled yet another lawsuit. As reported by the New York Times,In a settlement with one of the nation’s biggest insurers, New York’s attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, has ordered an overhaul of the databases the industry uses to determine how much of a medical bill is paid when a patient uses an out-of-network doctor.A statement from Mr. Cuomo’s office said the industry had engaged in 'a scheme to defraud consumers' by systematically underpaying the nation’s patients by hundreds of millions of dollars over the last decade.The move, to be announced Tuesday, is part of a settlement with the insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, which operates the industry databases. It results from a yearlong investigation by Mr. Cuomo’s office that concluded the data had understat... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2104437 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:13:00 +0100 2104437 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1679450&cid=t_188570_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F08%2Fprescription-data-used-to-assess.html Yesterday, The Washington Post featured an article describing what the authors called "a powerful new tool for evaluating whether to cover individual consumers: a health 'credit report' which is drawn from databases containing prescription drug records on more than 200 million Americans." Pharmaceutical industry blog Pharmalot broke the story online, but as you might imagine, that did not represent the patient perspective of this practice.Two of the biggest providers of this type of data are Ingenix, a Minnesota-based health information services company that had $1.3 billion in sales last year, and a Wisconsin-based rival named Milliman IntelliScript.Privacy and consumer advocates argue (with good reason) that this type of "scoring" is taking place largely outside the scrutiny of federal h... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1679450 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:00:00 +0100 1679450 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1664208&cid=t_188570_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Fclinical-it-abomination.html ... If there ever was a reason for physicians, other clinicians and patients to oppose the use of Electronic Medical Records forced upon them by by third parties, here it is. Assuming this story is accurate, it reflects what I believe will be an increasing trend towards control of the medical profession via computer:Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS)August 2008 NewsInnocent Caught in Dragnet With a 19.7% increase in budget, and a 64-person increase in staff to a total of 1,495, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) is aggressively looking for fraud. The anti-fraud cash cow brings in $20 for $1 spent. To "find" fraud, the government gets creative, elevating ordinary billing disputes to fraud. "The government overkills. It ruins their life. Doctors lose their career. Th... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1664208 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:54:00 +0100 1664208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1537804&cid=t_188570_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F06%2Ffiercehealthit.html Just a quick note: I'm the guest host, as it were, of FierceHealthIT this week. I wasn't sure until it was too late if I was supposed to write a commentary, so I didn't, but four of the top five story summaries this week carry my byline:"Study: Physician adoption of EHRs continues to lag""MI, WI advance health information exchange""PHRs make inroads with health plans""WellPoint says e-prescribing could be a Trojan horse for HIE"The one I didn't write, "Top P4P hospitals to score $7m in bonuses from CMS," ran in the daily FierceHealthcare last Thursday. (Source: Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog) Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1537804 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:10:00 +0100 1537804