The Cures Act and Software
By William Hyman – The current version of the 21st Century Cures Act, which has been around in various forms since 2014, passed the House on November 25th and passage in the Senate is expected.
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CMS Finalizes its Measures Under Consideration List for Pre-rulemaking
By Kate Goodrich MD, MHS – Medicare and other payers are rapidly moving toward a health care system that rewards high quality care while spending taxpayer dollars more wisely.
Highlighting a Way to Advance Interoperability and Reduce Costs for Lab Tests
By Steven Posnack & Thomas Sparkman – Last year, HL7 released an implementation guide that provides a standardized way to exchange the catalogs of (thousands) laboratory tests and services that a clinical laboratory can perform.
4 Steps to Preventing Medical Claim Denials
By Ricki Ransom – Healthcare providers are spending a significant amount of time and energy with patients just to find out that an insurance company will fight them on paying for the services provided.
The 3 C’s of Clinical Care – Clarity, Collaboration and Communication
By Susam Vang – While patients today have more complications and multiple health problems, clinical care has become even more complex and specialized. These days, an entire team of healthcare workers work together to coordinate a patient’s well-being.
What Providers Need to Know about the Road to MBI
By Crystal Ewing – By now you’ve probably heard that one of the outcomes of the passage of MACRA is that CMS will be replacing the old Health Insurance Claim Number with a new, randomly generated Medicare Beneficiary Identification (MBI) code.
Quality in Healthcare: Improving Care Saving Lives
By Abhinav Shashank – Almost a decade ago, healthcare experts noticed a huge in evidence-based care and the quality of care that was being actually delivered. The number of cases of medical errors was rising with the cost.
What Top Performing Practices Know About Analytics That You Don’t
By Ricki Ransom – Wondering what it takes for your medical practice to reach true financial success? Two words: data collection. A top performing medical practice can be defined as one that achieves profitability, month after month.
What is Patient and Family Engagement?
By John Halamka MD – I recently participated in a nationwide (not the United States) healthcare IT planning effort and one recommendation was universal availability of patient portals. Several reviewers commented that patient portal is a loaded term.