Data is a powerful force in healthcare, driving decision-making and advancements. If data could talk, what would it say?
Healthcare Data is the New Natural Resource
Back in the News: National Patient Identifiers
The Why & The How of Automated Data Extraction
EHRs and Gender Identity
RPA Technology In Healthcare
COVID-19: Putting Pressure on EHRs
Tumor Boards: A Virtual Shift
Terms And Conditions
Dr. Alexa Will See You Now
The Patient Matching Conundrum
Stop Reviewing All Your Faxes!
3 Steps Leaders Can Take To Improve Cybersecurity
MACRA Rule Changes for 2018 Data
In the beginning of November, the CMS (The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) finalized their MACRA rules for reporting on data in 2018. The changes to these rules are affecting healthcare organizations across the nation as they are scrambling to get prepared. With less than 60 days til the first of 2018, healthcare clinics and practices are ensuring they have what they need for accurate reporting measurements.
CMS Innovations: Improvement or Same old, Same old?
On Wednesday, September 20, the CMS published an RFI requesting feedback "on a new direction to promote patient-centered care and test market-driven reforms that empower beneficiaries as consumers, provide price transparency, increase choices and competition to drive quality, reduce costs, and improve outcomes." Wait. That sounds very familiar, doesn't it? Isn't this what the Affordable Care Act, Meaningful Use, PQRS, MIPS, and a number of other initiatives have tried (or are still trying) to accomplish?