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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

Many organizations are conducting a full analysis of their sites and some have found more than 50 tools that create privacy risks. Mo Weitnauer, Chief Product Officer at MRO ACOs Impacted by Change to eCQM One of the biggest regulatory changes ahead directly impacts Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and their quality reporting processes.

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How Hospitals Are Reducing Medical Costs with Telehealth

American Well

This is particularly true for health systems that have become Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) or that are in the process of becoming an ACO. For these institutions, the mandates to improve patient care and reduce medical costs go hand in hand. Readmission Reduction. In 2011, hospitals spent $41.3

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How Hospitals Are Reducing Medical Costs with Telehealth

American Well

This is particularly true for health systems that have become Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) or that are in the process of becoming an ACO. For these institutions, the mandates to improve patient care and reduce medical costs go hand in hand. Readmission Reduction. In 2011, hospitals spent $41.3

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Beyond the Legislation

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Once we have recovered from the year-end legislative blitz, and sampling too many holiday cookies, ATA will be developing a detailed analysis of the provisions in the House and Senate versions of the legislation (a combined total of over 3,000 pages) for how they affect the use of telemedicine. But the real work is just starting.

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Did Republicans just say they were fine with ‘death panels’ themselves?

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That idiocy came from language in the ACA that authorized Medicare to pay for voluntary end-of-life counseling. Authorize an Independent Payment Advisory Board to recommend ways to reduce Medicare spending if the rate of growth in Medicare spending exceeds a target growth rate. Sarah Palin.). About that Friedman editorial.