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Category: Healthcare Industry News
The CARES Act – Notable Provisions for Health Care Businesses
Date: March 30th, 2020Source: Chapman and CutlerTopics: COVID-19The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act or the Act), a bill designed to provide financial support and resources to individuals and businesses affected by COVID-19 pandemic, was signed into law on March 27, 2020.
Read More$100 BILLION-PLUS IN CARES ACT FOR HEALTHCARE: 3 WAYS TO GET IT
Date: March 29th, 2020Source: Health LeadersTopics: COVID-19Recent versions of legislation recognize the existential financial threat many healthcare organizations are under as they fight the COVID-19 outbreak.
Read More'What about us?': Frontline primary care practices fear for survival amid coronavirus
Date: March 26th, 2020Source: Healthcare DiveTopics: COVID-19Thousands of frontline primary care practices, already strapped for cash, are facing these wrenching decisions as part of a new financial crisis generated by the novel coronavirus advancing across the U.S. — with little chance of direct help from Congress, as the latest Senate stimulus package passed late Wednesday doesn't benchmark any funds for independent practices.
Read MoreCOVID-19 economic stimulus deal includes billions in hospital funding
Date: March 25th, 2020Source: Modern HealthcareTopics: Colorado Hospitals & Health Systems, COVID-19Senate leadership and Trump administration officials announced early Wednesday morning that they reached an agreement on a $2 trillion COVID-19 economic stimulus deal that includes billions of dollars to bolster the healthcare system.
Read MoreCommunity health centers get $100M for COVID-19 response
Date: March 25th, 2020Source: Healthcare DiveTopics: COVID-19HHS is giving $100 million to community health centers across the country as the agency prepares for a surge in COVID-19 patients. The federally-funded clinics serve vulnerable populations, including those who are low-income, uninsured or homeless.
Read MoreOCR Shares COVID-19 PHI, Data Sharing Guidance for First Responders
Date: March 25th, 2020Source: HealthIT SecurityTopics: Emergency Services, HIPAA, COVID-19The Office for Civil Rights released guidance for how protected health information on patients exposed or infected with COVID-19 can be shared with first responders, such as law enforcement, paramedics, and public health authorities, in compliance with the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Read MoreHospitals get $100B in massive stimulus deal as facilities face COVID-19
Date: March 25th, 2020Source: Fierce HealthcareTopics: Colorado Hospitals & Health Systems, COVID-19Hospitals and community health centers could get $130 billion as part of a $2 trillion economic stimulus package to help meet the skyrocketing increases of COVID-19 cases.
Read MoreCMS Offers Relief for Promoting Interoperability Program, MIPS
Date: March 23rd, 2020Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: Meaningful Use, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced relief and an extension of data submission deadlines for providers, facilities, and clinicians participating in Medicare quality reporting programs and the Quality Payment Program.
Read MoreHere are 6 ways the ONC's new rules for opening health record access will impact the industry
Date: March 11th, 2020Source: Fierce HealthcareTopics: HIE, EHRs, Patient Engagement, Information BlockingA rule from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) will require patients are able to access their health information and share it with third-party apps.
Read MoreHospital physicians using more patient data transferred electronically, study finds
Date: March 11th, 2020Source: Medical EconomicsTopics: HIE, EHRsThe share of hospital physicians using patient information received digitally grew in 2018, according to a new study from The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.
Read MoreColorado directs insurers to waive cost-sharing, promote telehealth services for COVID-19 testing
Date: March 9th, 2020Source: The Denver ChannelTopics: Telehealth, COVID-19Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has asked the state Division of Insurance to issue formal guidance to health insurance carriers in the state to promote telehealth services and to waive co-pays, deductibles, coinsurance and cost-sharing for people to be tested for COVID-19.
Read More5 Ways Healthcare Tech Is Helping Tackle Coronavirus
Date: February 21st, 2020Source: HealthTechTopics: HIE, Public HealthCollaboration tools and robotics are among the efforts to boost information sharing, patient care and public safety.
Read MoreCMS Develops New Code for Coronavirus Lab Test
Date: February 13th, 2020Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesTopics: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, COVID-19Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took further action to ensure America’s healthcare facilities and clinical laboratories are prepared to respond to the threat of the 2019-Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Read MoreJust how much are health systems spending on social determinants?
Date: February 10th, 2020Source: Fierce HealthcareTopics: Social Determinants of HealthAccording to researchers, SDOH programs accounted for at least $2.5 billion of spending, the bulk of which focused on housing insecurity ($1.6 billion) and employment ($1.1 billion). The remainder was spread across areas including education, food security, social and community context and transportation.
Read MoreACOs lack data on patient social needs, community partners
Date: February 6th, 2020Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: Accountable Care, Social Determinants of HealthAccountable care organizations have major challenges integrating social services with medical care, including a lack of data on their patients’ social needs and the capabilities of community partners. That’s the finding of a new study published in the journal Health Affairs, based on qualitative data from 22 ACOs.
Read MoreGrowing numbers of docs embracing digital health tech
Date: February 6th, 2020Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: EHRs, Digital Health, TelehealthAdoption of digital health tools by physicians in the last three years has grown significantly, according to an American Medical Association survey of more than 1,300 doctors.
Read MoreOCR details rules for sharing patient info during coronavirus outbreak
Date: February 4th, 2020Source: Health Data ManagementTopics: HIE, Public Health, Disaster PreparednessIn the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak, the HHS Office for Civil Rights is detailing how patient information can be shared to protect public health under the HIPAA privacy rule.
Read MoreNew HIE Survey Results Show Significant Interoperable Health Data and Robust Link Between Community HIEs and Community and Social Service Organizations
Date: January 30th, 2020Source: mHealth TimesTopics: HIE, Social Determinants of Health, SHIECCommunity health information exchanges (HIEs) report robust connections with community and social service organizations and are moving significant volumes of data, according to the results of the first annual survey of HIEs by the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC). Results of the survey were presented by David Kendrick, MD, MPH, at the ONC Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday January 28, 2020
Read MoreHIEs Increasingly Connecting With Community, Social Service Organizations, Survey Finds
Date: January 29th, 2020Source: Healthcare InnovationTopics: HIE, Social Determinants of Health, SHIECCommunity health information exchanges (HIEs) are increasingly reporting connections with community and social service organizations and are moving significant volumes of data, according to the results of the first annual survey of HIEs by the Strategic Health Information Exchange Collaborative (SHIEC).
Read More21st century PACS: 4 ways blockchain could change the radiology landscape
Date: January 16th, 2020Source: Health ImagingTopics: Radiology, Image Sharing, BlockchainBlockchain is beginning to make waves in industries outside of digital cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, and could be the next big disruptor in radiology.
Read MoreStudy: Medicaid churn declined in expansion states
Date: January 16th, 2020Source: Fierce HealthcareTopics: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Colorado Department of Health Care, Policy and Financing (HCPF)Research published in the January issue of Health Affairs found that both Medicaid coverage disruptions and coverage loss declined by 4.3% in states that expanded the program under the ACA.
Read MoreTarget Long-Term Emergency Room Frequent Users to Curb Visits and Cut Costs
Date: January 14th, 2020Source: Health LeadersTopics: Value-Based Care, Hospital Readmissions, Emergency ServicesLong-term ED frequent users use emergency rooms on a chronic basis and have relatively high costs, researchers find.
Read MoreIntegrated care opens new doors to mental health, addiction care
Date: December 13th, 2019Source: STATTopics: Care Coordination, Behavioral HealthBut that divide is beginning to erode, thanks to a movement called integrated mental health care. Integrated care places mental health clinicians side by side with physical health clinicians in other specialties, like primary care and oncology.
Read MoreImproved Provider Coordination Can Reduce Health Care Costs
Date: December 9th, 2019Source: PEW Charitable TrustsTopics: EHRs, API, TEFCAElectronic health records (EHRs) could improve care by making clinical data easily accessible to all of a patient’s providers. That would improve the quality of treatment while also saving time and money
Read More5 Reasons Why A Single, Integrated EHR Will Not Solve Interoperability
Date: December 6th, 2019Source: HIT ConsultantTopics: InteroperabilityThe EHR market has some big players, particularly in the hospital market. So, expanding use of Epic or Cerner within a hospital system makes sense from an IT and change management perspective. But among physician practices of 1-3 doctors, 14.40% use Epic, 10.56% use eCW, and after that, market share drops to single digits.
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