By Matt Fisher – The Office for Civil Rights announced a $750,000 settlement with Raleigh Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A. of NC on 4/20/16, resulting from a breach involving an “undocumented” business associate. The settlement comes only weeks before desk audits are expected to begin and focuses on a perceived area of weakness, BA agreements.
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Recent reports and surveys include; WEDI looks at health data exchange, Cross Country Healthcare looks at healthcare delivery priorities. The ONC evaluates their REC program. And the 2016 Cyber Security Intelligence Index was released by IBM X-Force Research.
By Jerry Ford – The Key to Improving Patient Experience, Enhancing Health Outcomes, and Reducing Cost. According to the CMS National Healthcare Expenditure Projections report, the US healthcare system is the most expensive in the world, making up 17% of the country’s GDP. Projections of 20% by 2020.
By Lorelle Lapstra – I’ve worked in medical imaging for over 25 years and in that time I’ve seen the industry take amazing strides forward on the road to better patient care. When I compare today’s technology stack, the clinical breakthroughs, image quality and support for interoperability to where they were when I first began my career, it’s remarkable how far we’ve come.
By Sarianne Gruber – Today’s health care leaders are also the emissaries for bringing new technology, coupled with the demand for improving health delivery makes this a critical role. At this month’s NYC Healthcare Business Leaders forum, Laurel Pickering, President and CEO of the Northeast Business Group on Health, moderated a distinguished panel of Population Health solution experts.
By Dinesh Sheth – CMS recently announced the launch of a Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model to improve the quality, access and continuity of primary care, while also improving health and ensuring health care dollars are spent wisely. The renewed initiative uses the current CPC program and the lessons learned so far to set goals.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Next Steps Toolkit to help you analyze and improve your ICD-10 progress. By tracking and comparing key performance indicators (KPIs), you can:
By Sarianne Gruber – Laurel Pickering, President and CEO of the Northeast Business Group on Health, introduced a “bold and audacious” initiative to close the gaps in health care, and it starts with a primary care transformation plan for New York State.
HHS issued a proposal to align and modernize how Medicare payments are tied to the cost and quality of patient care for hundreds of thousands of doctors and other clinicians. The NPR is a first step in implementing certain provisions of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA).