By Crystal Ewing – You may not be able to hear the slow drip, drip, drip of revenue leaking from your ambulatory practice – but chances are, it’s happening. Experts say revenue cycle inefficiencies eat up about 15 cents of every healthcare dollar — a number projected to jump to 33 cents by 2022, due to inefficient payment processing.
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By Kimberly Brandt – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is committed to reducing improper payments in all of its programs, as evidenced by improper payment reduction efforts contained in the Fiscal Year 2018 President’s Budget.
By Keith Boone – Can you remember the days when having a phone meant you could only talk to people who used the same phone service as you? Probably not. By the time I was even born, this was already long on its way out.
By John Halamka MD – With the BIDMC-Lahey merger planning and the new cloud hosted Meditech go lives of my day job, plus the usual Fall conference commitments, and my new work with the Gates Foundation, blogging has fallen behind.
By Peyman Zand – The CHIME17 Fall CIO Forum attracted more than 600 CIOs from a variety of organizations across the globe. The topics discussed included interoperability, telemedicine and digital transformation, but a few key themes emerged that will shape future conversations and activities.
By Brad Josephson – It’s no secret that for healthcare providers, maintaining consistency is everything; consistency in the quality of patient care, consistency in management style, and consistency in setting and achieving long-term financial goals.
HHS Acting Secretary Eric D. Hargan named three members to the Health IT Advisory Committee. The committee, created by the 21st Century Cures Act, is charged with making recommendations to the ONC relating to the implementation of national and local health IT infrastructure.
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news from Teladoc, Medici, Foley and Lardner LLP, AHIMA, American Telemedicine Association, HealthTech, CMS and more.
By Shanoor Seervai & David Blumenthal MD – Debate continues about how best to reform the U.S. health care system, including over the roles that federal and state governments and private insurance markets should play in providing coverage. As policymakers explore options to expand on recent coverage gains under the ACA, they might benefit from familiarity with historical precedents.