Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – April 2017
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of April.
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The Open Secret of Health IT – The Emperor Has No Clothes
By Jim Tate – You can tell a lot about a person by asking them what their favorite fairy tale was when they were a child. Was it The Frog Prince, Little Red Riding Hood, or maybe Sleeping Beauty? For me it was The Emperor’s New Clothes.
MIPS, Robert Frost, and the Four Options
By Jim Tate – It is not often we are given the opportunity to make a clear-cut decision. If you are anything like me, you chew on the bone of indecision until there is nothing left but the marrow. I make lists of the pros and cons.
MIPS: The Latest Urban Legend?
By Jim Tate – We have all heard them, the urban legends. Giant alligators in the sewers of New York City. The woman who put her poodle in the microwave to dry it off after a bath. And my personal favorite, the Vanishing Hitchhiker.
Politics, Healthcare, and Friendship The Road Ahead
By Jim Tate – I’ve been holding off writing this post for a few months. Usually I am writing about dry topics like regulatory compliance and governmental policy. But something else has been on my mind.
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – Nov/Dec 2016
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of November & December.
Down the Rabbit Hole
By Jim Tate – Call it “bad luck”. Call it the “X factor”. Call it whatever you want. The purchase and implementation of health IT continues to exist in a domain that reminds me of the Wild West. Years ago, I experienced this dark corner from both sides of the equation.
Day 7: Answers to a Bevy of MACRA Questions
It is a bevy of questions we look to address to make sure you’re not swimming up stream to meet the new CMS Medicare reimbursement models.
The Tyranny of the MIPS Composite Score Part Deux
By Jim Tate – My dear departed Mother was a spiritualist. While the kids next door were playing Monopoly my siblings and I were being tutored in the finer aspects of the Ouija board.