By David Hom & Dr. Kevin Keck – Value based care – where healthcare providers are paid for the quality of care outcomes achieved not merely the volume of services delivered – is finally coming to fruition and becoming a reality across healthcare.
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By Elise Sweeney Anthony & Steven Posnack – The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is always on the lookout for ways to improve the ONC Health IT Certification Program’s efficiency and reduce burden on health IT users and health IT developers.
By Matt Fisher – Electronic medical records require a lot of interaction on the part of physicians and other providers to get all necessary information entered. There are drop down menus, boxes to check, and other information to fill in.
By Kimberly Zapf – It’s that time of year again! Time for the ICD-10 CM code updates. The new codes will go into effect with 10/1/17 discharges. There are over 800 changes this year in ICD-10 CM alone!
By David Kushan – Using a clinically driven, integrated RCM solution as part of an integrated EHR platform offers tremendous opportunities for improving revenue performance. Integrated RCM enables better management of information.
By Steven Posnack – Yes, it’s that time again. The federal fiscal year is coming to a close, the kids are going back to school, and you’ve got that déjà vu feeling like you should be preparing to comment on the Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA).
By Angela Pierce – Over the past couple of years, there have been around 200 merger and acquisition (M&A) deals in the healthcare IT space, driven by high enterprise value and the sheer size of the industry. 49 deals came together in the first quarter of this year alone.
By Seema Verma – As you may have heard, or perhaps you’ve seen a recent TV commercial, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will soon be issuing every Medicare beneficiary a new Medicare Card, without Social Security Numbers.
By Crystal Ewing – It doesn’t matter if you’re big or small, urban or rural, for-profit or nonprofit – no hospital or healthcare system can afford revenue leakage. You may know the most common sources of leaks; you may even know which ones are most likely to affect your organization.