By Belinda Muench – Even with broader insurance coverage for yearly checkups, doctors report it’s still a significant challenge to get busy patients to take the time to come in for this often life-saving preventive service.
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By Sreeram Mantha – With the federal meaningful use program having dangled the “carrot” of millions of incentive dollars in front of healthcare providers to implement certified EHRs over the last decade, many more systems have been implemented than ever before.
By Venkat Sharma – The Boy Scouts are right. Their motto — “Be prepared” — is equally apt in healthcare, as providers seek to be ready for whatever new practice demands lie ahead in the complex world of healthcare reimbursement under a quickly evolving value-based care model.
By Venkat Sharma – What’s wrong? Where does it hurt? These are the basic questions providers ask their patients to begin the process of diagnosing a problem and determining a course of treatment that optimizes the outcome.
Register today for our next event on March 2nd, Best Practices & Strategies for Navigating Landmark Changes in Healthcare. Join HITECH Answers and iHealth’s Justin Barnes to learn more.
By Justin Barnes – The financial, clinical and technical underpinnings of implementing an effective Quality Payment Program strategy have introduced a new level of complexity to many healthcare organizations.
By Justin Barnes – Part 3 of this 4-part series. The path to value-based care and reporting under the new Quality Payment Program is undeniably paved in patient data.
By Justin Barnes – In the inaugural reporting year of MACRA’s new Quality Payment Program, quality measures and clinical practice improvement activities will collectively account for 85 percent of MIPS composite scores for healthcare providers.
By Justin Barnes – With kickoff of the inaugural MACRA reporting period nearly upon us, many healthcare providers will greet 2017 with quality payment program objectives top-of-mind.