Data Silos Are an Underappreciated Medical Tragedy
By Jeremy Guttman – Healthcare reform is very real. Only primary care practices who prepare now will be ready for big changes in reimbursement and quality metrics.
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Telemedicine News & Updates 10-26-2016
The latest in telehealth and telemedicine news includes Charleston Area Medical Center, AnMed Health, Telehealth Services, Advanced MD, MouthWatch, Cigna, American Well, Mordor Intelligence.
Copay Concerns: The CCM Conundrum
By Susan Lanesey RN MBA – I have the pleasure of speaking with physicians almost every day, particularly primary care physicians in independent practice. Without a doubt, I learn something valuable every time I meet with them from clinical matters to business matters.
Doctor! Doctor!
By Frank Fortner – Will we get incentives, or nothing at all?” are just a few lyrics from the HITECH Train (Crazy Train parody) song written back in early 2011. It’s been five years since the song was written.
A Patient-Centric Pharma: Integrating Big Data and EHRs for a Real World Ecosystem
By Sarianne Gruber – Having been successful for decades maintaining a traditional a product-driven model, pharmaceutical companies are feeling their way toward a new business model: patient-centricity.
AMA and AHA Release Statements in Support of ONC Enhanced Oversight and Accountability Rule
The AMA and the AHA have both issued statements on the steps taken by the ONC to strengthen the monitoring and testing of certified EHRs and supports ONC’s general framework laid out in its recently released final rule.
HATA Continues Growth Trajectory by Doubling Membership
The Healthcare Administrative Technology Association, announced their newest members: Aprima Medical Software, Greenway Health, Healthcare EDI Partners, Inc, InstaMed, and Zelis™ Payments, a division of Zelis™ Healthcare.
Medicare’s Investment in Primary Care Shows Progress
By Patrick Conway MD – CMS announced the Comprehensive Primary Care initiative’s second round of shared savings results, with nearly all practices (95 percent) meeting quality of care requirements and four out of seven regions sharing in savings with CMS.
Welcome the Newest CommonWell General Members
The newest members represent the diverse spectrum of our health care industry. CommonWell truly is an organization well positioned to improve the exchange of health data across the broad continuum of care. Here are the new members.