This Week in #HealthIT
This weeks highlights from our Storify. Big week includes National Health IT Week, release of the stage 3 final rules, Pubcon, and how ICD-10 is going.
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New Analysis on ACA Sees Reimbursement Collections for Physicians Rise by 3.3%
According to new analysis released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation primary care physicians in 2014 saw a 3% increase in reimbursement due to the expansion of health benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Breaking News: CMS and ONC Stage 3 Final Rule Will Advance EHR Interoperability
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements, add new flexibilities for providers, and advances EHR interoperability.
Breaking News: Final Rules Released for Stage 3 EHR Incentive Program
CMS and ONC today released final rules that simplify requirements and add new flexibilities for providers participating in the EHR Incentive Program.
WEDI’s Accountable Care Organization Taskforce Releases ACO Issue Brief
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the release of a public issue brief on “The Fundamentals of Accountable Care Organizations.”
CIOS Are Ready for ICD-10
It’s been a long road to get to this point, but today the nation’s healthcare system takes a major step forward in being able to capture more detailed data about patients and their conditions. ICD-10 has nearly five times more codes than were used in ICD-9. Building more robust medical records should ultimately result in more efficient and better quality care.
EHR Incentive Program Status Report August 2015
CMS has released the most recent numbers for the EHR Incentive programs. Here are some Program-to-date highlights from this latest CMS report – August.
CMS Releases New Proposed Rule Requiring Labs to Report Payments and Test Volumes
Last Friday the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a newly proposed rule that would significantly revise the Medicare payment system for clinical diagnostic laboratory…
Adventist Health System to Pay $115M for Violating False Claims Act
Adventist Health System, a nonprofit healthcare system, has agreed to pay $115 million to settle allegations the organization maintained improper compensation arrangements with referring physicians and miscoded claims, thereby violating the False Claims Act.