By Seth Pazinski & Talisha Searcy – In April we asked for your input and comments on ways for us to measure how well our nation’s health care system is doing in achieving “widespread interoperability,” as required by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).
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The NRACC announced that Rural Health Clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, rural hospitals with less than 100 beds and independent practices may be eligible for free participation in the Medicare Shared Savings Program.
The GetMyHealthData initiative announced commitments from leading health organizations to take concrete steps over the next year to make it easier for patients and families to access and use their electronic health information.
By Christy Seely – As a provider, if you had the opportunity to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of your Revenue Cycle Management system in the biggest possible way while exerting the smallest amount of effort, you’d jump at it, right?
By Jordan Kiszla & Rachel Nuzum – HHS issued a proposed rule to implement MACRA. Congress passed this bipartisan legislation last year to replace the sustainable growth rate formula (SGR)—which tied the growth of Medicare physician payments to growth in the economy—with an approach that rewards high-performing providers and supports alternative payment models.
By Jeremy Guttman – Contrary to what some EHR proponents believe, DSM by itself is an unpopular and ineffective solution when it comes to true interoperability, care coordination and referral management. It has almost no practical benefit for referral management beyond what primary care practices use it for right now: getting credit for Meaningful Use stage 2.
The Department of Health and Human Services has set forth goals that are challenging and ambitious. Reduce costs while improving quality of care by transitioning to evidence-based medicine that rewards all stakeholders across the value chain – such as government agencies, providers and insurance payers.
By D’Arcy Guerin Gue – Let’s face it, for providers, the Meaningful Use (MU) stage 2 requirements related to patient portals are not exactly onerous. With minor variations, providers are required to make health information available to half their patients within four days of a visit.
By John Halamka MD – Meaningful Use Stage 2 has a requirement that I’ve always considered to be the “cart before the horse” – patients must be able to View/Download/Transmit their data. Viewing is great – we’ve done that at BIDMC since 1999 for all patients and all data.