CMS Comprehensive Primary Care Plus Initiative FAQs
By Jeff Jones – What should you know before submitting your application? Don’t forget all applications for CPD+ must be submitted by September 15, 2016 at 11:59 EDT
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How Will Patient-Centered Care Change the Role of Radiologists?
By Satish Maripuri – Economic pressures and demand for quality, patient–centric care are impacting the role of radiologists. I recently sat down with Dr. Tarik Alkasab, a radiology leader at Massachusetts General Hospital and member of the ACR, to discuss how.
A Surfeit of Software Snafus
By William Hyman – We are of course increasingly dependent on software in our professional and personal lives. We are also increasingly familiar with software problems ranging from malfunctions to cybersecurity holes.
More Small, Midsized Firms Choose To Pay Workers’ Medical Costs Directly
By Michelle Andrews – Instead of buying a health insurance policy to cover their workers, a growing number of small and midsized companies are opting to pay their employees’ medical claims directly, a potentially riskier practice financially called self-insuring, a recent study found.
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Tracking and Measuring RCM Metrics
By Kim Straub – When it comes to revenue cycle management, there is a large amount of data that you could track, but what are some of the most important metrics to measure and track regularly?
The Blockchain Challenge
By John Halamka MD – Early this year, I posted a collaborative discussion about the potential applications of Blockchain for healthcare. Ariel Ekblaw from the MIT Media Lab collaborated with BIDMC to actually implement Blockchain medication reconciliation with deidentified patient data.
ACA Marketplaces: Stressed but Fixable
By Sara R. Collins & David Blumenthal, MD – Negative headlines in the past few weeks seem to suggest deep trouble for the ACA marketplaces. Several insurance plans have requested double-digit premium increases for 2017.
Come Together, Right Now, Over Referrals
By Jeremy Guttman – Hospitals and Health Networks Magazine recently championed the concept of primary care physicians and specialists working closely together as partners, rather than continuing disconnected referral relationships.
Lessons on Reinvention From HFMA ANI in Las Vegas
By Dan Ward – With HIMSS having been in Las Vegas only four months prior, many HFMA attendees could be forgiven for believing it was déjà vu all over again.