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Category: Healthcare Industry News
Hospitals 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.
Read MoreStatewide Network For Clinical Data Sharing Reduces Healthcare Costs By An Estimated $160-195 Million Annually
Date: November 12th, 2019Source: PR NewswireTopics: HIE, Care Summaries, Duplicate TestingIf even just current participants used the system's full capabilities, nearly $1 billion could be saved each year in costs associated with duplicate testing, avoidable hospitalizations and readmissions, and preventable emergency department visits.
Read MoreRecognizing Technical Challenges to Healthcare Interoperability
Date: November 11th, 2019Source: mHealth IntelligenceTopics: HIE, Interoperability...interoperability barriers can be broken down into three categories: business disincentives, operational barriers, and technical challenges.
Read MoreOvercoming barriers to value-based care adoption requires wise use of technology
Date: November 11th, 2019Source: Healthcare FinanceTopics: HIE, Value-Based Care, Care SummariesUsing the power of data to tweak processes and squeeze the maximum amount of reimbursement possible is a must in today's environment.
Read MoreCMS Issues Final Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program Rule
Date: November 8th, 2019Source: AAMCTopics: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), Quality Payment Program (QPP)The rule finalizes significant changes to evaluation and management (E/M) coding, payment, and documentation policies. This rule will update payment rates and policies for services provided by physicians and other clinicians to Medicare beneficiaries in 2020.
Read MoreTrends for HIEs in 2020
Date: November 7th, 2019Source: Health Data AnswersTopics: HIE, Value-Based Care, Social Determinants of HealthAs we approach the end of the year, I see the following dominating the headlines for HIEs in 2020:
Read MoreHow Interoperability Drives Care Coordination Over Care Continuum
Date: November 6th, 2019Source: EHR IntelligenceTopics: HIE, EHRs, Interoperability, Long-Term CareInteroperability enables care coordination to deliver a patient’s health data from multiple providers and specialists. With patients attending different hospitals and specialists, the need for interoperability between multiple providers is key. Coordinated care reduces healthcare costs by eliminating repetitive tests and procedures.
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