Proactively Ensure Your Documentation Practices Support Your Bottom Line & Quality Goals
By Rose Higgins – The Medicare Share Savings Program (MSSP) enables providers to assume value-based risk on care delivery for defined populations.
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Tower of Babel? Virtual Care Legislative Challenges Go Far Beyond Language
By Rebecca Hafner-Fogarty MD & Jon Pearce – Recently, Mobihealthnews published a piece providing one perspective on the legislative barriers for telemedicine. We were interested to see where the discussion would go, particularly considering Zipnosis’ significant role in supporting
New Research Reveals the Forces Driving the Digital Health Market’s Continued Strength
New research by the innovation consultancy Enspektos, LLC reveals how telemedicine is re-shaping the patient-physician relationship, as clinicians learn what it means to have a good “Webside manner.”
Rasu Shrestha, UPMC and Healthcare Innovation – Harlow On Healthcare
By David Harlow – Rasu Shrestha is the CIO of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and also serves as an Executive VP of UPMC Enterprises. We spoke about the meaning of innovation and about some of the innovations — past, present and future — at UPMC.
The Benefits of Non-Traditional Data to Healthcare: Genomic Data
By Jeff Turpin – As the price of analysing genetic information decreases, it’s potential to revolutionise healthcare increases but will the general public embrace this non-traditional data or will its controversies cause it to be left behind?
New 2018 Resources Are Now Available on CMS.gov
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has recently posted the following 2018 Patient-Facing Encounters resources on the CMS website:
Health Information Management: A Look at 2017 and Predictions for 2018
By Rita Bowen – As we enter 2018, HIM and compliance professionals have the opportunity to reflect on healthcare privacy and security in 2017, look at lessons learned, and make predictions as to what’s next.
Low Volume Appeals Settlement Option Call – February 13
Register for Medicare Learning Network events. As part of the broader HHS commitment to improving the Medicare appeals process, CMS made available the Low Volume Appeals (LVA) settlement option on February 5, 2018.
Healthcare Revenue and Value Based Care: Learn More on HealthcareNOW Radio
If you have not tuned in to our radio station yet, we invite you to REDISCOVER RADIO. Check out these episodes of Healthcare de Jure, Interviews NOW and Harlow on Healthcare with discussions on healthcare revenue and value based care.