By Dinesh Sheth – Why is it that patients are slow to take charge of their health records? Some articles suggest that management of health information should be a patient-driven initiative and the points that are used to propagate this idea are not without merit.
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In April, Congress and President Obama approved what is commonly referred to as the doc fix bill. The bill repeals the Medicare Part B Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) reimbursement formula and replaces it with the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System or MIPS.
CMS has posted a complete list of the 2016 ICD-10-CM valid codes and code titles in the 2016 Code Descriptions in Tabular Order ZIP file on the 2016 ICD-10-CM and GEMs web page.
By Divan Dave – In today’s world of healthcare information technology, there are many thing to consider before selecting an EHR. There are hundreds of vendors offering stand-alone modules to full blown EHR and Practice/Revenue Cycle Management Systems. Here are things to consider when making your decision.
By Stephen Holloway – IBM’s new and significant investment play into healthcare (following acquisition of Phytel Inc. and Explorys Inc. in the last year), is based on expanding the capability of IBM’s artificial intelligence (AI) platform ”Watson” to drive new diagnostic software for medical applications.
By Steve Spearman – On July 8, 2015, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center of Brighton, Massachusetts, agreed to pay $218,400 to the Department of Health and Human Services in a HIPAA violation settlement.
This week’s rundown includes: NEHEN turns to Cognizant for technology innovation, US Coast Guard uses InterSystems as interoperability platform, & PointClickCare launches intergrated radiology results in EHR platform.
ONC is seeking applications for the Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC) and Health IT Standards Committee (HITPC). If you are interested in becoming a member of the either committee, you can submit an application using ONC’s application database through Friday, September 11.
By Kirk J Nahra – By now, most people have felt the effects of the HIPAA Privacy Rule (from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). HIPAA has set the primary standard for the privacy of healthcare information in the United States since the rule went into effect in 2003. It’s an important rule that creates significant baseline privacy protections for healthcare information across the country.