Interoperability was one of the hottest topics at HIMSS15 due to its significant impact on what has been called the “Iron Triangle” of healthcare — access, cost and quality.
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The HBMA 2015 Summer O&M Conference offers two and a half days of timely sessions designed specifically to help HBMA members with their continued success in the billing industry, as well as allow for networking opportunities among attendees.
At a ceremony in his office, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation to establish a fully functional All-Payer Claims Database (APCD), which will give consumers, providers and employers important new information to understand the quality and affordability of health care in Washington.
The healthcare industry’s billing and payment system is a horse-and-buggy in a world contemplating driverless cars. Consumers, shouldering higher costs, are frustrated by the system, which still largely relies on paper and telephone calls for billing and payment.
HIMSS celebrates the positive influence nurses and informatics nurses have on the quality of patient care during National Nurses Week, held May 6-12.
Driving clinical and operational improvements and enhancing electronic medical record (EMR) functionality will be the focus of health information technology (HIT) investments in 2015, according to the results of a new healthcare leadership survey released by Royal Philips.
Physician anesthesiologists can now choose from 36 reporting measures when participating in the ASA QCDR, the American Society of Anesthesiologists® (ASA) Qualified Clinical Data Registry (QCDR).
The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) announced its Payment Models Workgroup is forming a project team to advance its work in the specific area of Bundled Payments.
The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body for organizations that electronically exchange healthcare data, and DirectTrust, a non-profit trade alliance that advances secure, health information exchange via the Direct Protocol, announced they are developing an accreditation program for personal health record (PHR) and patient portal vendors.