Breaking News: CMS Finalizes Policies that Reduce Provider Burden, Lower Drug Prices
CMS issued a final rule for the 2018 Physician Fee Schedule and final rule with comment period for the QPP.
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EHR Training: How to Help Users End Frustration, Overcome Fear and Engage
By Anne-Louise Sterry – During EHR implementations, trainers are frequently the first to introduce end-users to the new technology. Users often come to EHR training frustrated about the change and nervous about acclimating to a new system.
Talent Tuesday Now Hiring!
Companies are seeking talent for the fastest growing industries in tech and healthcare is on the top of the list. Who is looking for what? Here are posted opportunities being reported from InstaMed, MRO Corp, and Wolters Kluwer.
Preview of Draft eCQM Specifications Using Clinical Quality Language
CMS invites eCQM implementers to preview draft measure specifications using the CQL standard for logic expression. CQL is a Health Level 7 International standard for trial use and aims to unify the expression of logic for eCQMs and Clinical Decision Support.
The Road Ahead: Year-end Trends in Healthcare Cybersecurity
By Grant Elliott – Healthcare data breaches account for over 22% of the data breaches so far in 2017. To put a number on it, that’s nearly 2 million health data records. If you’re looking for an idea of what’s to come the remainder of 2017 and on into 2018…
HIE Rundown 10-27-17
Your personal health information is moving and being viewed to improve the quality of your healthcare and lower the costs. The job will not be complete until all health records are digital and interoperable. Here’s what’s happening to make that reality.
MIPS: The Tale of 90 Days
By Anshu Jindal – Unlike most tales, where you can enjoy any version of your liking, the key facts in this tale have long-term implications for healthcare providers and organizations, both in terms of money and reputation.
Using the Last 90 days of MIPS 2017 to Prepare for 2018 Reporting
By Hannah Lerner Harrison – When the 2017 MACRA Final Rule was released fall 2016, it was branded as a “transition” year. It truly is a transition allowing increased flexibility and limited opportunity to fail. For 2017, CMS estimated only 8.1% – 5.3% of clinicians would fail.
Zynx Health Announces Innovation Challenge Contest to Enhance the Delivery of Patient Care
Zynx Health™ announced details of its two-phase Innovation Challenge Contest to encourage the exploration of new use cases that leverage Zynx clinical content to enhance the delivery of patient care and reduce clinical and financial variation.