Transforming Clinical Practices Initiative
HHS has announced the 39 networks participating in the CMS Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative which is designed to support more than 140,000 clinician practices over the next four years.
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Health Insurance Industry Consolidation
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights “Examining Consolidation in the Health Insurance Industry and its Impact on Consumers” on Tuesday September 22, 2015. Aetna and Anthem CEOs testify.
IBM Watson Health’s Dr. Kathleen McGroddy Goetz – Part 2
By Sarianne Gruber – VP of IBM Watson Health, Dr. Kathleen McGroddy Goetz is focused on technology and commercialization where “the pace has been very busy”. Kathy has been instrumental in many of new acquisitions and partnerships for IBM Watson Health including Phytel, a population health software, and Softlayer for Cloud Computing.
IBM Watson Health’s Dr. Kathleen McGroddy Goetz – Part 1
By Sarianne Gruber – Dr. Kathleen McGroddy Goetz, though she prefers to be called Kathy, describes her career as a journey. A trained academic in healthcare and life sciences with a research perspective, her first aspiration was to do drug discovery.
New IOM Report Says Patients Will Experience at least One Diagnostic Error in their Lifetime
The Institute of Medicine has released a new report: Improving Diagnosis in Health Care. In the report, IOM found that diagnostic errors have been largely unappreciated, concluding that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime.
HHS Guide to Business Associate Contracts to Meet HIPAA Rules
By Steve Spearman – HHS has released a guide to writing a contractual agreement with business associates. In it, they include ten requirements for your contract to meet, and even provide an example contract to give an impression of how these requirements can fit together.
Speaking with UHC’s VP Marti Nyman
By Sarianne Gruber – What does it take to scale innovation across a very large enterprise and maximize impact? You might want to ask Marti Nyman. He is the Vice President of Business Development and Commercialization for UnitedHealthcare (UHC). And if you ask Marti what it takes, his answer is the “human touch.”
4 Ways Front Desk Staff Impact Your Revenue Cycle
By Angela Hunsberger – Ten years of implementing and training practice management systems along with clinical optimization projects have taught me just how crucial the front desk staff are to an organization’s success. From a financial perspective, four areas play a vital role as the patient’s visit completes the revenue lifecycle.
10 Signs You Need a New Practice Management System
By Alex Tate – How old is your practice management system (PMS)? If you had to sit there and do some significant thinking, and math, chances are your system is quite old and doesn’t offer any of the robust features newer systems now have that support modern workflows and mandates.