Food, Shelter, Health Insurance – #SDOH
By David Harlow – It is often said that social determinants of health are more important than many of the things we think of as…
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ACOs: Best Thing Since Sliced Bread, or Swiss Cheese?
By David Harlow – It may not have the zing of a best-seller’s title, but check out the latest report from the HHS OIG: Medicare Shared Savings Program Accountable Care Organizations Have Shown Potential for Reducing Spending and Improving Quality.
Upcoming Panel Discussion: Current and Future State of Interoperability
Join Us on Wednesday July 12th at 2pm ET for this 75 minute panel discussion on the challenges and the opportunities interoperability now presents. Moderator David Harlow with lead the discussion with experts Michael Matthews, Mark Frisse, and Dave Bennett. Don’t miss it, register now.
ACA Medicaid Expansion Is Not a State Budget Buster
By David Harlow – Both proponents and opponents of Medicaid expansion under the ACA were concerned about the “woodwork” effect: The expectation was that once the outreach mandated by the ACA kicked into high gear, not only would newly-eligible individuals sign up for Medicaid.
MACRA Time: Value Based Payment Writ Large
By David Harlow – MACRA, the current framework for Medicare physician payments, specifically quality incentive payments, took effect January 1, 2017. The 2015 law replaced the flawed SGR (sustainable growth rate) reimbursement formula in a rare show of congressional bipartisanship,
Joint Commission: The Latest on Text Messaging Patient Care Orders
By David Harlow – Over the past five years, the Joint Commission has frowned, smiled and again frowned upon the use of text messaging for transmitting patient care orders. The latest clarification …
Sharing Consumer Health Information: Look Before You Leap
By David Harlow, JD MPH – The FTC has issued new guidance to businesses that collect and share consumer health information. This latest guidance comes about six months after the jointly-released interactive tool from FTC, HHS and FDA.
“What we need is more regulation . . .”
By David Harlow – We are awash in digital health data. And we are awash in multiple regulatory schemas designed to protect privacy, security and appropriate access to all this data. Some data is “traditional” health care data governed by the familiar patchwork of federal and state statutes and regulations (rhymes with “HIPAA”).
Chronic Care Management as an Outsourced Service
By Robert Rowley & David Harlow – The lack of coordinated delivery of healthcare is widespread in this country. It might even be called the norm. Most people in the U.S. receive their care in a disjointed way, where each clinician, and each facility, has her/his own system.