Medicare’s largest alternative payment model produced its highest annual savings to date in 2020, while continuing to provide high-quality care, as shown by performance data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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The Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement and the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative announced a formal affiliation between the two organizations to form a new organization named Civitas Networks for Health.
Twelve leading healthcare organizations are asking Congress to include a bipartisan House bill that will accelerate Medicare’s move to value-based payment in the upcoming reconciliation bill.
American Health Information Management Association CEO Wylecia Wiggs Harris, PhD, CAE, said the AHIMA21 Virtual Conference, taking place Sept. 20-22, 2021, will feature a number of can’t-miss sessions for health information professionals and healthcare journalists.
The American Medical Association announced that the CPT® code set is ready for the rollout of third doses of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
Building on its commitment to advance equity in health care innovation, the AMA announced the creation of an external committee of experts dedicated to advising the organization on equitable structures and opportunities in health innovation that would benefit historically marginalized people and communities.
The American Medical Association announced that the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT®) code set has been updated by the CPT Editorial Panel to include a new administration code that is unique to a potential third dose of the current COVID-19 vaccine offered by Pfizer.
Patient ID Now, a coalition of leading healthcare organizations is pleased that the U.S. House of Representatives removed, for the third consecutive year, the longstanding ban in its Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill that has stifled innovation around patient identification for two decades.
The Sequoia Project, selected by the ONC as the Recognized Coordinating Entity to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement, published a draft of the QHIN Technical Framework for stakeholder feedback.