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Job growth in the healthcare sector will outpace other sectors through 2020 predicts new statistics released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS’ employment projections find that total employment is expected to grow by 14.3 percent through 2020, resulting in 20.5 million jobs. Healthcare and social assistance should see the most gain with 5.6 million jobs.

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While the American Medical Association (AMA) is calling for a halt to ICD-10, the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) is countering by urging all to stay the course toward the Oct. 1, 2013 deadline.

In the letter sent Thursday to Department of Health and Humans Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius., AMA CEO James Madara, MD urged HHS “to make good on its commitment to improve the regulatory climate for physicians.”

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Hospital audits conducted through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) program are usually handled by compliance departments and are generally managed by a single full-time employee (FTE), according to a new survey from the Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA).

The HCCA made these determinations based on the results of a web-based survey of 418 healthcare organizations ranging in size from one employee to more than 5,000 employees.

Key survey findings include:

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Farzad Mostashari, MD, talks with Healthcare IT News Editor Bernie Monegain about meaningful use, the progress toward a digital healthcare system, his disappointments (they're hard to find, he says, but he does find "a glimmer" of one) and what keeps him up at night.

Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Diana Manos interviews attendees of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Care Innovations Summit, held Jan. 26 in Washington, D.C. The event drew more than 1,000 attendees in person and 1,500 online viewers, all eager to learn and share ways to improve care, improve health and lower costs. Click here to read our news coverage of this event.

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In this video from the HIMSS Leaders & Innovators conference, three healthcare IT decision makers tell us what they think healthcare will look like in five years.

Farzad Mostashari, MD, talks with Healthcare IT News Editor Bernie Monegain about meaningful use, the progress toward a digital healthcare system, his disappointments (they're hard to find, he says, but he does find "a glimmer" of one) and what keeps him up at night.

Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Diana Manos interviews attendees of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Care Innovations Summit, held Jan. 26 in Washington, D.C. The event drew more than 1,000 attendees in person and 1,500 online viewers, all eager to learn and share ways to improve care, improve health and lower costs. Click here to read our news coverage of this event.

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In this video from the HIMSS Leaders & Innovators conference, three healthcare IT decision makers tell us what they think healthcare will look like in five years.