Revenue Cycle Management at HIMSS 2015
Here is what you can find if you are looking for answers on Revenue Cycle Management at this year’s HIMSS conference in Chicago, starting April 12th.
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Top 10 Considerations When Transitioning Physicians to Payment-for-Value
By Tawnya Bosko – With increased focus on payment based on value, physician practices and those involved with physician practices need to plan for how to transition to new reimbursement models. Here are the top considerations to keep in mind when implementing value-based structures:
Reducing Hospital Readmissions
By Sarianne Gruber – The Excess Factor and Penalty Impasse – The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act created the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program and required CMS to penalize IPPS hospitals with high readmission rates.
Getting the Most Out of e-Prescribing
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) publishes a treasure trove of resources and guides to support providers in their health IT adoption efforts. One such guide outlines a process for managing and maintaining e-prescribing.
National Coverage Determination for Screening for Lung Cancer with Low Dose Computed Tomography
CMS issued a final national coverage determination that provides for Medicare coverage of Screening for Lung Cancer with Low Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT). The coverage is effective immediately.
Success with Healthix HIE for Brooklyn Health Home and Oscar Health Insurance
By Sarianne Gruber – Without interoperability of health technologies, a comprehensive exchange of health data does not exist. Yet, at the New York State Health Department meeting on December 11, 2014, state government officials, clinicians, executives and media gathered at NYU Langone Medical Center for a news breaking session…
Success with Healthix HIE for Brooklyn Health Home and Oscar Health Insurance
By Sarianne Gruber, Senior Consultant, Encore Health Resources Twitter: @subtleimpact Without interoperability of health technologies, a comprehensive exchange of health data does not exist. Yet,…
Improving Collections and Boosting Patient Satisfaction through Patient Estimation
By Ric Sinclair – At the MGMA Annual Conference in October, Cindy Welch joined me in a presentation to talk about how she overcame challenges that virtually every practice faces today—including higher co-payments, HDHPs, uninsured patients, inaccurate insurance information, staff’s reluctance to ask patients for money, and patients’ reluctance to pay.