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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The Great Digital Hope or Just Hype
By Matt Fisher – Healthcare has become the proverbial shiny object to many technology companies, both within and without of Silicon Valley. The technology companies seem to view healthcare as a great, untapped wilderness that is flush with potential profits.
Preparing for the Future: Machine Learning in Healthcare
By Michael Atkins – Machine learning (a.k.a. AI, deep learning, and cognitive learning) is poised to reshape the world in which we live. An emerging tool that uses both structured and unstructured data to infer patterns, relationships, and rules.
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.
Weather Report: MIPS, Mark Twain, and Bob Dylan
By Jim Tate – “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it”. I’m pretty sure Mark Twain said that. We might as well say “Everybody talks about MIPS, but nobody does anything about it”. Well, hardly anybody.
HITECH Retrospective: Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?
By William Hersh – Last month, the NEJM published a pair of Perspective pieces about the HITECH Act. The first was written by the current and three former Directors of the ONC. The second was written by two other national thought leaders who also have a wealth of implementation experience.
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.
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.
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.