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What's ahead for health IT policy and legislation in 2023 

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Also on its policy agenda for the year ahead: advocating for data standardization, offering input for interoperability rulemaking and engaging with agencies and states to increase telehealth access. Budget leaders have asked, "How do you really know what the impact on the Medicare population and the Medicare Trust Fund will be?

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How Covid-19 Can Inspire Tech-Enabled Value-Based Health Care in a Cash-Constrained America

Health Populi

Capturing and sharing interoperable and transparent data. For health care, the data portrayed in the next chart will be concerning: the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds are expected to hit “zero” (the X-access) by 2025 and just after 2030, respectively. Informing integrated communication, decisions, and processes.

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Prior Authorization Takes a Leap Forward in CMS Regulation

Healthcare IT Today

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken a bold step by mandating a standard for prior authorization. A Process in Urgent Need of an Upgrade Clearly, prior authorization is crying out for standardization and interoperability. A CMS fact sheet offers more details on CMS’s thinking and plans.

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Health informatics and why participatory healthcare is key to its future

Society for Participatory Medicine

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. Health Informatics Trend #1: Interoperability. Here are three of them.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Healthcare IT Today

government introduced the meaningful use program as part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act in 2009, LTPAC organizations – notably nursing homes – and the vulnerable patients they serve have been left behind. Since the U.S.

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The Future of Healthcare: Integrated Data for Integrated Care

Healthcare IT Today

The siloed nature of such data repositories can be attributed to various factors, including using different EHR systems, varying data capture standards, and a historical lack of emphasis on system interoperability. The solution to these challenges lies in the adoption of interoperable data systems.

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The Tech Giants are Coming for Healthcare

Lloyd Price

Since it raised its first fund in 2009, it has backed nearly 60 health-related enterprises. They are rounding out this scenario with key executive hires from the healthcare industry with expertise in primary care for Medicare patients. Their portfolio is very diverse ranging from genetics to telemedicine.