Study Finds That 30% of SMEs Lack an Incident Response Plan
By Art Gross – Cybersecurity issues have become very prevalent in the modern era, making headlines with their disasters and fines associated with them.
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Merger Mania: Tips for HIM Professionals Impacted by the Rise of Healthcare Acquisitions
By Rita Bowen – During the upcoming 2017 AHIMA Convention and Exhibit in Los Angeles, I will be co-presenting with Melissa Landry, RHIA, Assistant Vice President of Health Information Management for Ochsner Health System, in a session titled “Merger Mania: Impact to HIM and Privacy.”
You Really Don’t Understand the CCDA Standard When …
By Keith Boone – I often hear the complaint (about CDA documents) that: I just want to see … At the ONC meeting recently, a provider remarked that in order to understand what was happening for a patient a provider read through 18 hundred pages of CCDA documents.
5 Strategies To Comply With CMS Call Letter Directives
By Tom Peterson – Several months ago, CMS released the Final 2018 Call Letter, which describes exactly what rules, regulations, and reimbursement Medicare Advantage Organizations will experience in the coming year.
Slow and Steady: The Journey Toward Interoperability
By Greg Stack – A Healthcare Revolution is Underway. In this world of instant communication and seemingly endless amounts of disruptive apps, it may seem like health information technology has languished. However, there has been a monumental shift in the HIT market, and it’s only just beginning.
More Than Just HCC’S: 6 Best Practices For Outpatient CDI
By Pamela Hess – With the current CDI trends shifting from inpatient to outpatient procedures, many facilities are focusing their efforts on Hierarchical Condition Codes as the move to value based care and risk adjustment models continues to evolve.
Data Quality: The Art and the Science
By Ben Steverman – Medicine is often considered part science and part art. There is a huge amount of content to master, but there is an equal amount of technique regarding diagnosis and delivery of service. To optimally succeed, care providers need to master both components.
Rocket Pace, But To Where?
By Matt Fisher – Not a day goes by (or many posts on The Pulse Blog) without a discussion of the rapid increase in data breaches impacting the healthcare industry. Information and statistics in this regard are inescapable.
Opportunities and Threats to Home-Based Medical Care Under MACRA
By Bruce Leff & Christine Ritchie – Home-based medical care offers older homebound adults with multiple chronic conditions and functional limitations access to care — while enabling them to avoid living in an institution.