Industry Roundtable: Ongoing Innovation Will Drive Bundled Payment Models
Thought leaders from CMS, Clarify Health Solutions and Mount Sinai Health System predict a bright future for bundles with the right approach to change management.
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RACs Moving Forward: Year of Uncertainty is Over
By Lula Jensen – RACs are back! Following several delays and multiple lawsuits, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finally awarded the new RAC contracts.
Can Artificial Intelligence Really Revolutionize Healthcare?
By Abhinav Shashank – Artificial intelligence- a buzzword that was initially created and introduced as a concept to imitate human brain and its actions and operate in the real world with a comprehensive human approach.
Centricity LIVE Recap: Delivering Value Based Care
By Ashu Ravichander – The underlying theme at this year’s GE Centricity LIVE was the move towards value based care and its impact on software. Practices and technology partners gathered at GE’s largest user group conference to share tips and thought leadership for improving care.
From Process to Value: New York State’s Success from DSRIP to Population Health
By Sarianne Gruber – The ground breaking waiver, as chronicled by Gregory Allen, Program Development and Management Director at the New York State Department of Health, spurred a transition for the State’s underserved communities.
WEDI Presents Testimony to HHS National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics
WEDI presented testimony on May 4, 2017 before the Department of Health and Human Services, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Subcommittee on Standards concerning the future of the Unique Health Plan Identifier under the Administrative Simplification provisions of the ACA.
For Health Care Providers, the Check Is Still in the Mail
By Blair Jeffery – While the benefits of electronic transactions for health-care payments—reduced operating costs, efficient processing, enhanced reliability, and strengthened security—are widely acknowledged, the health-care industry has faced many challenges keeping pace with standard electronic-payment adoption rates.
Added Data Security Comforts Patients During Telehealth Encounters
By Tom Toperczer – Criminal attacks are the leading cause of PHI reaches, according to a Ponemon Institute study. Breaches cost the healthcare industry $6.2B in 2016, while HIPAA Security and Privacy rule violation penalties for providers range from $50,000 per breach incident up to $1.5M.
Do You Know the “True” Cost of a Coder
By Andrea Romero – “Outsourced coders are too expensive”, “My internal coding resources are much less expensive than external coders” are statements I hear frequently from HIM leaders.