By Matthew Fusan – Urologists and other specialty medical groups struggle to find ways to operationalize and comply with MIPS without disrupting workflows or diminishing their focus on patient care.
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By Seema Verma – Over the past year, CMS has engaged with the provider community in a discussion about regulatory burden issues. This included publishing a Request for Information soliciting comments about areas of high regulatory burden.
New InterviewsNOW Episode NOW on Demand with host Carol Flagg. A conversation with Timothy Mills, Chief Growth Officer, Alpha II on value-based care, MIPS, and maximizing reimbursement in 2018.
By Matt Fisher – Value based care comes in many forms, but the consistent goal is to reward the quality of care over the quantity of care. A variety of initiatives have been floated in the past few years with the goal of promoting the transition to value.
By Jon Melling – As patient financial responsibility climbs and value-based payment models take root, revenue streams are becoming less predictable for healthcare organizations.
Wolters Kluwer Health released the results of a study conducted in partnership with the Rockburn Institute that revealed when nurses use Lippincott Advisor and Lippincott Procedures at the bedside, hospitals’ Value-Based Purchasing scores went up.
By Eileen Cianciolo – As value-based care takes hold in the healthcare industry, organizations can no longer churn out services without understanding their patients, the risk that they bring to the table — and, perhaps most importantly, what needs to be done to improve outcomes.
Who doesn’t like a good list? Whether you are on it, know someone on it, or aspire to be on it, you always want to read the list. From the latest health mobile app technology to the top healthIT stories from last month, here are some interesting lists I think deserve sharing.
By Matt Fisher – The annual exodus of a large chunk of the healthcare industry to the HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition will begin today. While many familiar topics will receive a lot of attention, I intend to focus on value based care or alternative payment initiatives.