5 Questions to Ask Before Changing Clearinghouses
By Crystal Ewing – Billing departments continue to be pressed by daunting challenges as the healthcare industry transforms from a fee-for service to a fee-for-value business model.
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Social Media Guidelines for our Clinicians
By John Halamka MD – Sharing BIDMC guidelines based on the input from a multi-disciplinary working group. Many healthcare organizations are at the early stage developing social media policies.
MACRA 101 – Part 2
By Abhinav Shashank – In the last blog, we covered the basics of the upcoming rule MACRA. Just like many other laws, MACRA too is facing a lot of criticism. This has a lot to do with the payment adjustment criteria and the small time window to adapt to it.
MACRA 101 – Part 1
By Abhinav Shashank – Currently, one of the most discussed topics in the Healthcare industry is MACRA. A complex 962-page document, which is supposed to redesign the entire healthcare industry. Know all about MACRA in 6 questions.
The Promise of Digital Health in REAL Healthcare Reform
By Brian Mack – Embracing the “GENIUS OF THE AND”. Way back in 1994, Management Thought Leader Jim Collins, and Stanford Professor Jerry Porras wrote a book about how to build sustainable businesses called Built to Last.
Delivering Coordinated, High Quality Care for Patients
By Patrick Conway MD – In July 2016, CMS proposed new bundled payment models that continue the Administration’s progress to shift Medicare payments from rewarding quantity to rewarding quality.
VistA Retains Top Spot in Most Recent Medscape EHR Survey
By D’Arcy Gue – Back in 2014, when Medscape last asked physicians how they felt about their EHRs, the overall winner was the VA’s Computerized Patient Record System (CPRS), the core patient record component of the broader VistA system.
7 Tips to Help Jumpstart the Bundled Payment Bandwagon
By Neil Smiley – Bundled payments programs have been lauded as primary component in a more modern approach to delivering higher quality, more efficient and cost-effective health care.
Getting Hands-On With Handoffs
By Jeremy Guttman – Problems with handoffs are a big deal in clinical practice. Defective handoffs lead to patient harm, treatment delays, inappropriate treatment, and longer stays in the hospital.