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Vermont Senator proposes health care ‘smart cards’
By Kent Hoover, ACBJ Wire Service
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Vermont Senate President Pro Tempore Peter Shumlin, D-Windham, presented a new health care billing plan last week that would allow Vermont to use smart cards and expand the way the state uses electronic medical records.
David Gruppo, an IBM Corp. researcher, testified at the Vermont Statehouse last Thursday to explain how chip-enabled “smart cards” could be used to make health insurance and medical billing more efficient, according to the Burlington Free Press.
Vermont’s legislative leaders, administration and the nonprofit Vermont Information Technology Leaders have been working together to craft an application for federal economic stimulus dollars to bring more technology to health care. The system would include not only health care insurance and payment cards but would also create a network that enables providers and payers to connect via a central hub. The implementation of a state-of-the-art system has the potential to save Vermonters $300 million, VermontBiz.com reported.
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