Happy Memorial Day Weekend: VA Happenings in Healthcare
In honor of Memorial Day and our living vets, we are taking a look at some of the good that is happening as it pertains to innovations, technology and healthcare.
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CMS Gives States Until 2022 To Meet Medicaid Standards Of Care
By Phil Galewitz – The Trump administration has given states three extra years to carry out plans for helping elderly and disabled people receive Medicaid services without being forced to go into nursing homes.
Mental Health Coding Tips to Avoid Payer Scrutiny
By Lisa Eramo – These days, all medical specialties are vulnerable to payer audits and denials. However, providers who offer mental health services are particularly at risk because insurers have begun to focus not only on coding accuracy but also on the frequency and duration of services rendered.
68 percent of Healthcare Organizations Have Compromised Email Credentials
By Art Gross – A study from the cloud services provider, Evolve IP suggests that over two-thirds of all healthcare organizations have employees using compromised email credentials.
Five Ways Effective Use of Alerts Helps Improve Patient Safety
By Jennifer Knapp – A hospital’s team of respiratory therapists had trouble keeping up with STAT orders. Sometimes the orders were buried within patient records in the EHR. Often the therapists couldn’t access the EHR for hours while engaged with a patient or on a transport.
Ultimate Risk Question
By William A. Hyman – Readers in this space are well aware of cybersecurity threats, and the need for affirmative security activities to prevent threats from becoming crises. Risk assessment is part of this agenda…
Non-Medicare Payer Contracts and High Deductible Health Plans: 5 Things to Consider
By Paul Fox – Many non-Medicare provider contracts have unwritten ramifications of which you should be aware. In today’s world of High Deductible Health Plans (HDHP) what you are really negotiating is your future self-pay liability until your patient’s deductible has been satisfied.
Collaborating to Improve Patient Care
In 2013, Cerner was one of seven companies that founded CommonWell Health Alliance. Today, Cerner, along with other CommonWell member companies, has helped bring more than 5,000 providers live on CommonWell services.
New Toolkit Extends Proven Safety Measures to Ambulatory Surgery Centers
By Jeffrey Brady MD – Each year, about 23 million surgical procedures are performed in ambulatory surgery centers, or ASCs. It’s easy to understand why. For instance, procedures such as cataract surgery, tonsillectomy, knee repair, or endoscopic procedures are less intensive than major surgeries and don’t require a hospital stay.