Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

The biggest news for healthcare IT was the extension of telehealth expansion under Medicare through the end of 2024. NextGen announced that clients using NextGen Population Health achieved an average of $9 million in savings in 2021 in the Medicare Shared Savings Program MSSP. 29, 2022, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As an FQHC, Evara did not qualify for reimbursement from Medicare. "We worked closely with our clinical leadership to develop acceptable ranges for the various readings so if a reading was out of that range, it would alert the nurses on the portal they monitor.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates. However, EHR macros must accurately capture the patient’s condition on the day of the encounter. cut to physicians who treat the country’s most vulnerable patients through Medicare.

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Urgent care EHR vendor Experity appointed Dr. Benjamin Barlow as Chief Medical Officer. RCM consultancy MDaudit announced three leadership team appointments : Raj Joshi as CISO, Jaenna Babajane as Vice President of Customer Experience, and Nisheet Goenka as VP of Engineering.

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Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

Watch the video for more details about pressures on Medicare Advantage plans, rules about prior authorization, FHIR APIs, and more. Learn more about 1upHealth: [link] Listen and subscribe to the Healthcare IT Today Interviews Podcast to hear all the latest insights from experts in healthcare IT.

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Healthcare IT Today

MAY 16, 2024

Department of Justice should step up enforcement of the False Claims Act against medical providers who accept Medicare and Medicaid payments but fail to implement a reasonable level of cybersecurity. Health data should be protected by a similar assessment requirement for health plans and providers to receive federal funds.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

A study of Medicare beneficiaries published in JAMA Psychiatry and co-authored by CDC, CMS, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that emergency-authorized telehealth services for treating opioid use disorder during the pandemic was associated with improved medication retention and lower odds of medically treated overdose.

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American Well

JULY 13, 2020

At a time of tremendous stress and uncertainty for our healthcare system and our nation as a whole, the health plans and health systems recognized in the four categories below have shown exceptional vision and leadership in scaling virtual care and improving health outcomes for individuals and communities. Leadership Alignment.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 17, 2019

Just as the Meaningful Use (MU) EHR Incentive program brought potential audits to providers, so it will be with the MIPS program. The following is a guest blog post by Jim Tate, Founder of EMR Advocate & MIPS Consulting. Both programs were enacted by Federal legislation, and while there are differences, they are also similarities.

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Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2022

The aptly named Integration Framework covers how to integrate state Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) with clinical systems such as EHRs, HIEs, and pharmacy systems in hospital, primary care, and outpatient settings. ONC released a framework to improve integration of health IT tools used to treat drug overdose patients.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

Before that she served as director of the State Innovation Models Initiative at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Department of Veterans Affairs' effort to modernize its IT systems and create an interoperable EHR shared among VA, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Isaiah Nathaniel. Philadelphia. Linda Reed.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

If unaddressed, this could lead to significant data breaches, undermining the integrity of AI systems in healthcare, like those used in modern EHRs and medical coding. Sarah Carroll, Senior Vice President, Center for Care Transformation at AVIA Health Medicaid and Medicare have become one of the biggest quiet crises in health systems today.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2024

Rick Dean, CEO at OncoHealth In 2023, Medicare Advantage (MA) health insurance companies began acting on and planning for massive changes to Part D coverage in response to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). For members, the good news is that for each plan year, their Part D out of pocket costs will now be capped at $2,000.

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Iris Telehealth

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Initial steps should include: Identifying gaps and pain points, auditing your EHR to understand how often you’re addressing psychiatric conditions, discussing staff feedback on current processes and needs, and working through your overall psychiatric needs (including potential hourly and budgetary needs to launch a successful program).

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For federal agencies and state and regional exchanges, this is an excellent time to demonstrate leadership in interoperability by joining a network that will likely provide a ready on-ramp to TEFCA. And while it’s not clear when the first QHINs will be fully certified, it’s not too soon for potential participants to consider their options. .

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Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 31, 2020

To further support clinicians during the COVID-19 public health emergency, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline for COVID-19 related 2020 Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Extreme and Uncontrollable Circumstances Exception applications to February 1, 2021.

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Health Populi

JANUARY 24, 2019

Now that EHRs are well-adopted in physicians’ practices and hospitals, patient data have gone digital, and can be aggregated and mined for better diagnosis, treatment, and intelligent decision making. Politics underpin what’s happening in health plans in the public sector, and I spoke a bit about Medicare and Medicaid.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 4, 2021

"That attention to detail has really helped us reduce downtimes when performing routine maintenance on our EHR. " Lexington's senior leadership is engaged, involved and supportive of efforts to move forward, he added. We have an IT team that is in tune with their customers' needs at all levels.

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Society for Participatory Medicine

APRIL 9, 2020

In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was created to promote and expand the adoption of health information technology, specifically, the use of electronic health records (EHRs) by healthcare providers. Before the introduction of the HITECH Act, only 10 percent of hospitals had adopted EHRs.

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Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 2, 2023

As a result, these provider types sit outside of current interoperability and health information exchange efforts and have been slow to adopt electronic health records (EHRs) due to a lack of government incentive programs. Since the U.S.

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CMS.gov

JULY 18, 2018

Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. It’s 2018—most doctors are using electronic health records (EHRs) and most patients have access to the Internet and a smartphone, providing many ways to view healthcare data securely. CMS Doubling Down on Health IT; Patients. Mohanraj.Balas…. Thu, 07/19/2018 - 00:03. Seema Verma.

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HIStalk Interviews

OCTOBER 31, 2018

We got our start with IT consulting, then over a period of time, moved into revenue cycle consulting and EHR implementations and so forth. Compliance officers stay in the mindset of looking for areas where they can ensure that their organizations are billing appropriately, not over-billing Medicare things and like that.

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Instead, we anticipate a more mix and match, custom approach to EHRs. Current staffing levels are barriers to accessing care at a time when the industry is focusing important thought leadership on health equity. Susan Taylor, VP, HCLS Core Administration at Pegasystems.

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Chronic care and preventive care are important work, and they are something that the senior leadership needs to identify as a priority. Fortunately, it has become easier in recent years, with Medicare now offering reimbursements for CCM services. We will talk about the CPT codes in the next sections. What is Chronic Care Management?

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 18, 2024

The healthcare landscape will likely witness challenges and adjustments in Medicare Advantage programs. After a blockbuster year in 2023, Humana Medicare Advantage is projected to slow down in 2024 as efforts are made to increase the PMPY margin. V28 will create mayhem for well-established at-risk groups who have RAFs at 2+.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

The organizations featured on this list offer benefits and opportunities for employees to build successful careers above and beyond the average healthcare provider or company; they encourage professional development and promote leadership from within. Christ Hospital Health Network (Cincinnati).

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HIStalk Weekender

MAY 25, 2018

A KLAS report on hospital EHR market share finds that most new sales in 2017 were to hospitals of under 200 beds, Epic led by far in overall net hospital count change, and CPSI and Allscripts lost more than 30 net hospitals each last year. It’s just an incredibly lazy lack of leadership/stewardship. Weekly News Recap. Vaporware? ).

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Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 17, 2024

AI can listen to patient visits and integrate accurate notes and next steps directly into the EHR. With Medicare Advantage set to exceed a 50% share of Medicare coverage markets, generative AI will play a crucial role for payers.

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 10, 2018

CMS releases a draft rule that would overhaul the Medicare Share Savings Program. DoD will be first in line once it’s ready, so as to exhibit “leadership,”right?) Theresa Brown, RN, PhD notes that doctors generally ignore those feelings as documented in the EHR’s nurse notes. Weekly News Recap. Brian Too ).

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