By Jon Pearce – More and more, health systems are looking to telemedicine and virtual care technology to improve access by connecting patients with clinicians. It’s no secret that providing care online is critical to remaining competitive and meeting patient demand.
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Most people would agree that getting the best medical care would be much easier if there was a way to connect all providers. Today, many patients visit more providers than their general practitioner on a regular basis, and healthcare organizations can have difficulty coordinating health information between their various providers.
By Kathy Kuhn – Patient payments are a vital part of revenue cycle management, but when patients fail to take financial responsibility, doctors and their practices take a hard hit.
Some technology is required to be certified and others choose to distinguish their products by elective certifications. The following companies have announced recent certifications of their products.
By Sarianne Gruber – The “Rise of the Healthy Machines” sounded more like a screening of a sci-fi movie than a Medstartr Health 2.0 NYC event. But to this group of over 180 attendees, this title conjures images of “machines” that help us stay healthy, help doctors give better care and help researchers give us better answers.
By Sara Rosenbaum – While preliminary and incomplete, the draft offers the best evidence to date on where lawmakers may go as they work to translate ambiguous policy proposals into legally binding legislation that will determine the future of health insurance coverage for tens of millions of people.
By Tom Lee – Since the January 1st start of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), provider organizations are deciding where focusing their efforts can yield the greatest benefits and minimize the most risks under MIPS and/or alternative payment models (APMs).
By Beth Onofri – The Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is the path that most providers will take in 2017. It is comprised of three categories. Each category represents a portion of a total composite score of 100%.
DirectTrust released for public comment a white paper containing more than 50 recommendations aimed at the more than 350 EHR vendors and HIT products’ vendors that provide Direct Interoperability, urging them to significantly improve the usability of their products for secure, interoperable clinical messaging.