New Medicare Reality: Changing HICNs
By Tyler Williams – An impending Medicare card change will present new billing and reimbursement challenges for all healthcare providers—not just emergency medicine.
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MACRA Funding Opportunity: Measure Development for the Quality Payment Program
By Kate Goodrich MD – CMS is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for the development, improvement, updating, and expansion of quality measures for use in the Quality Payment Program.
Trend Watch: Virtual Care as an Employee Benefit
By Dr. Lisa Ide – There’s a new trend in employee benefits: offering a virtual care service. And, employers are embracing these additional health benefits.
The Budget Deal Moves Health Care Forward
By David Blumenthal MD – Though the Trump Administration recently released a budget for the next fiscal year, that document is mostly theoretical.
Social Determinants of Health and The Role of Virtual Care
By Lee Horner – Increasing costs of healthcare and prevalence of chronic diseases are motivating payers to improve the health of member populations while managing the resources involved.
Applying Deep Learning to Electronic Health Records
By Edmond Zhang – Deep learning technology has numerous innovative medical applications, one that stands out in the field of precision medicine is the ability to utilize electronic health records to create better models for patient representation.
Security Risks with PHI Transmitted by Messaging and Call Centers
By Matt Ferrari – Now on demand my CTO Talk episode with Callidus Health co-founders Dr. Ganesh Elangovan and Gerrit Adams. who created a cloud-based clinic communication solution that is speeding medical care to patients in need, while securing their PHI in the process.
CMS Report: 3 Problems Plaguing Provider Directories
By Mark Martin – In its second annual report on the state of provider directories, CMS found that 46 percent of all directory entries reviewed contained at least one error that makes it difficult for patients to find doctors in their networks.
2018 Update: The Power of Many
By Jitin Asnaani – Sometimes I forget that I am the only full-time employee of the Alliance. You can easily see why that is if you read any of our most recent blogs. CommonWell is a community effort, and our members are also our leaders, our innovators and our biggest advocates: