CMS extends the submission deadline for 2016 Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) data submission for the EHR reporting mechanism of the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) program.
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Hear all our HIMSS17 Highlights on Healthcare NOW Radio. Here is who I talked to about value-based, MACRA, the Quality Payment Program, billing, and patient payments.
Just the facts… CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from the January report. Active registrants total over a half a million.
By Susan Biddle – In the all-out war for data, the healthcare industry is getting hit the hardest. Experian’s fourth annual 2017 Data Breach Industry Forecast states that healthcare organizations will be the most targeted sector for attack, with new and sophisticated attacks emerging.
By Rod Baird – This article is our annual overview of CMS approved Individual Quality Measures (QM) for use by medical groups practicing in Nursing Facilities, Homecare, Assisted Living, and related places of service.
By Brian Levy MD – There is a lot of discussion about “clean” data today in healthcare. Recent movements with health IT, interoperability and data exchange hold great promise in fueling the high-level analytics.
Welcome to Talent Tuesday. Check back each week as we highlight job opportunities and tips from the healthcare IT recruitment specialists at Pivot Point Consulting. Today’s opportunity is an eClinicalWorks Analyst.
With 1,249 exhibitors using 600,000 square feet at the convention center there was a lot to see and learn in the exhibit hall at HIMSS17. Here are some of the announcements we heard about.
By Sam Wehbe – The amount of health data is staggering and becoming more so on a daily basis. Today, 30 percent of all data storage worldwide is health data, according to a 2012 study by the Ponemon Institute.