By Lana Moriarty & Alex Mugge – HHS is working diligently to strengthen policies that can bring patients more comprehensive access to their health information. In October 2023, the ONC and CMS held an event to share initiatives that help patients access their health data.
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By Matt Bridge – Finance leaders are battling the rising denial headwinds that threaten to derail the progress healthcare organizations have made toward stabilizing revenues after years of operating in the red. For many, the solution is an optimization of financial clearance and other patient access processes.
The world is better off and getting better, compared to popular opinion and what’s broadcast on the news, says Hans Rosling and his co-authors, using simple, comprehensive measures, in Factfulness. Sometimes taking a step back and looking at the big picture (and the data) is important.
Accountable care organizations have been around in Medicare for more than a decade, generating more than $22 billion in savings and giving back more than $8 billion to the Medicare Trust Fund. But a handful of ACOs has consistently been at the top of the list of top savers, including…
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including an updated version of the SRA Tool, a new data brief on hospital use of APIs, and several fall events to attend.
The Sequoia Project, a non-profit and trusted advocate for nationwide health information exchange, launched the Consumer Voices Workgroup to understand first-hand from consumers the barriers they face accessing, using, and sharing their health information and to inform strategies to address the barriers.
By Chelsea Richwine – Patients have a right of access to their health information under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Recent policy efforts aim to simplify and increase patient access to electronic health information, as easy access to health information enables patients to monitor…
By Jessica Scruton BSN RN CCM-R – According to the CDC, there are over 130 million Emergency Department visits each year, with over 16.2 million resulting in admission to the hospital. CMS says that one of the goals of primary care should be to reduce unnecessary emergency department visits.
Supporting the adoption of health IT and the promotion of nationwide health information exchange to improve health care, here is what is happening at the ONC, including the 2nd week of the 2021 ONC Tech Forum, a webinar on information sharing & the information blocking regulation, and helping to refine the EHR Reporting Program developer measures.