By Kaitlyn Houseman – CMS is conducting the 2018 Burdens Associated with Reporting Quality Measures Study, as outlined in the Quality Payment Program Year 2 final rule (CMS 5522- FC).
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By Sagi Brody – Healthcare IT organizations are constantly faced with one challenge after another when attempting to establish an effective and reliable solution for the deployment, maintenance and operation of critical infrastructure systems.
By David Harlow – While at the HIMSS annual conference this year I spoke with many healthcare technology company leaders. I am pleased to share some of those conversations here.
By Scott Whyte – While attending the recent HIMSS conference, I had the pleasure of getting to visit with Carol Flagg of HealthcareNOW Radio to talk about how the cloud is helping promote innovation in healthcare.
By William A. Hyman – I recently had the need to make an appointment with one of my specialists, of which I have an increasing number as I age. Going to the provider’s website I found the now familiar opportunity to schedule an appointment online.
By Nathaniel M. Lacktman – The Office of Inspector General at the Department of HHS just published a new report on OIG’s review of Medicare payments for telehealth services. The objective of the OIG review was to determine whether or not CMS paid practitioners for telehealth services that met Medicare requirements.
By Bruce Greenstein & Mona Siddiqui – HHS Idea Lab is going to Health Datapalooza this year looking for ideas: What would you like to see improved on HealthData.gov? How can we meaningfully engage with researchers and entrepreneurs to understand what is needed and important on HealthData.gov?
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of March that we think deserve sharing again.
By Bennett Lauber – Back in the 1980s Tipper Gore. Susan Baker, and several others created the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) with the intent of increasing parental control over the access of children to music deemed to have violent, drug-related or sexual themes.