As the next phase of health reform is implemented across the country there exists an unprecedented opportunity for industry transformation as integrated health systems, payers and physician groups continue to adopt and evolve Accountable Care models and participate in value based purchasing initiatives.
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Chief Data Scientist, Dr. Paul Bradley, an expert in the field of predictive analytics and ZirMed’s Chief Data Scientist, has been selected to present at two upcoming big data conferences in Boston and Santa Clara this September.
Registration is now open for the 5th Annual Consumer Health IT Summit hosted by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT. This popular event is free and sells out each year. Register today to reserve your seat.
Since 2013, eHealth Initiative and Premier have surveyed public and commercial accountable care organizations to better understand how ACOs are leveraging health information technology to achieve cost savings and quality improvement.
In April, Congress and President Obama approved what is commonly referred to as the doc fix bill. The bill repeals the Medicare Part B Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) reimbursement formula and replaces it with the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System or MIPS.
The AHRQ Research Conference is an important opportunity to share the results and impact of AHRQ-sponsored research, data and tools, and talk about the many ways this work is used to improve health care.
CHIME joined a diverse group 18 industry stakeholders today, urging the CMS to finalize the rule that sets meaningful use requirements for 2015 through 2017. Provider and vendor concerns build surrounding delay in rule’s release.
The Healthcare Billing and Management Association (HBMA) is excited to present the 2015 Fall Annual Conference, September 10-12, 2015 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. This year’s conference features new and updated educational sessions along with the best networking opportunities in the healthcare revenue cycle management industry. We are proud to have GeBBS as our title Sponsor.
By Edward L. Hunter – The obesity epidemic has far-reaching consequences: it is a primary driver of continually climbing health care costs, it foreshadows an unhealthier and costlier workforce that will burden global economic competitiveness, and it is reversing more than a century of progress in which each generation lived longer and healthier lives than the one before it.