New Dr. Nick: The Incrementalist: With guest Matthew Michela, President, and CEO of Life Image a company trying to navigate the deluge of information and connecting the dots in the data-rich world of healthcare that remains knowledge poor.
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By Cannon Leavelle – More than 1,200 stakeholders gathered this year in Washington, DC for the ONC’s 10th Annual Meeting, Connecting Policy and Technology: Bringing the EHR to the Patient. So, what did people have to say? Here are some key takeaways from ONC’s 2020 Annual Meeting.
By Jeffrey Brown – The evolution of electronic claim payments in healthcare continues, with nearly two-in-three providers embracing electronic funds transfer (EFT). In an increasingly competitive landscape, many health plans are finding they need to…
By Miriam Paramore – Help Bob Get His Meds: Expanding Digital Communication Pathways to Bring Greater Savings and Transparency to Patients. Visit OptimizeRx at booth 8300-29 at HIMSS20.
By Gopal Khanna MBA – As the Nation continues to reel from the opioid crisis—a public health epidemic that claims at least 130 lives per day—we continue to look for ways to limit the damage.
By Daniel Cidon – Discussion around unique patient identifiers took center stage during the 2020 ONC annual meeting in Washington D.C. recently. Consensus among panelists, which included a diverse range of industry stakeholders, was that…
By Ed Simcox – After proudly serving as Chief Technology Officer at HHS, I have accepted an offer to move back to the private sector. This is a difficult decision for me. With that said, I’m excited about the next chapter and look forward to bringing my experiences to a growing, exciting part of the health sector.
By Doreen DeGroff – January 2021 is rapidly approaching for hospitals and providers to meet the Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) program deadline yet many organizations are reporting that the AUC implementation is proving to be more complex than…
By Art Gross – If in 2019 you had a HIPAA breach that affected fewer than 500 individuals, you must report that to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by Saturday, February 29, 2020.