Using Telemedicine to Combat the Opioid Epidemic
By ADM Brett P Giroir MD – Combatting the opioid crisis is a top priority for the Trump Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. We are making progress.
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Health Care Fraud Takedown: DOJ Holds Medical Professionals Accountable
By Sheba Vine – The Department of Justice, with assistance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General and several other law enforcement agencies, recently announced the results of its national health care fraud takedown.
Consumer Data Can Help Health Plans Navigate Changing Markets
By Kurt Waltenbaugh – Thanks to the digital age and the ever-growing use of consumer data, marketing strategies keep getting smarter and more specific. The regulatory environment around Medicare remains in a constant state of flux, with requirements and rules changing every few years.
Announcing a “TOP” Tech Sprint for Health Innovation — Join us!
By Kristen Honey, Justin Koufopoulos, & Gil Alterovitz – As part of its innovation efforts around digital health, the Office of the Chief Technology Officer announces a new pilot program modeled after The Opportunity Project (TOP) led by the Census Bureau at U.S. Department of Commerce.
HIM Performance and Payer Denials Grab Attention at AHIMA 18
By Beth Friedman – AHIMA held its 90th annual convention and exhibit last week in Miami, Florida. Amid humidity, convention center construction and political banter, attendees found common ground on two important revenue cycle issues: operational performance and payer denials.
CTO Talk with Aaron Friedman on Cost Optimization in the AWS Cloud
New CTO Talk episode NOW on Demand with host Matt Ferrari. Matt talks to Aaron Friedman, Healthcare & Life Sciences Technical Lead, AWS Partner Network, where we dive into the new opportunities machine learning in the public cloud provides, among other trending topics.
Expanding Value-Based Care to Addiction Treatment
By Matt Fisher – The shift to value-based care is impacting every aspect of healthcare. As has been well documented in many places, including this blog, value-based care is built upon the concept of driving enhancements to the quality of care while taking focus away from quantity or volume.
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: 21st Century Resurgence
By William Hersh MD – I first entered the informatics field in the late 1980s, at the tail end of the first era of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine. Initial systems focused on making medical diagnoses using symbolic processing, which was appropriate for a time of relatively little digital data.
51% of SMB Leaders Think Their Business Isn’t a Target for Cybercriminals
By Art Gross – Small businesses are often thought to be a forgotten entity when it comes to cybercrime. On the surface, it seems like a fair assumption that hackers wouldn’t target small businesses when there are large enterprises with much greater assets.