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Wedging Out: Improving Quality and Reducing Costs of Caring for Expensive, Niche Populations

Healthcare IT Today

Health plans, accountable care organizations (ACOs), medical homes, and other risk-bearing entities are at a critical juncture: they must achieve “value” at a time when healthcare is facing enormous challenges. The following is a guest article by Adam Sabloff, CEO and Founder, VirtualHealth.

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How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout

Healthcare IT Today

How Artificial Intelligence and Other Tech can Help Even when it comes to electronic health records (EHRs), an area where many countries are making strides , the issue of interoperability remains. This precludes the effective, timely, and secure transmission of patient data. Understanding processes before automating them is essential.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

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. ACOs will soon transition away from Web Interface to electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) reporting.

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Quality Payment Program Exceeds Year 1 Participation Goal

CMS.gov

Leadership. Remarkably, the submission rates for Accountable Care Organizations and clinicians in rural practices were at 98 percent and 94 percent, respectively. Quality Payment Program Exceeds Year 1 Participation Goal. keya.joy-bush@…. Thu, 05/31/2018 - 12:00. Seema Verma. Administrator, CMS. Billing & payments. Initiatives.

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The next investment priorities for telehealth, RPM and connected health

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Click here to read the first feature, on AI and machine learning, and click here to read the second feature, on interoperability. " Leadership believes in telemedicine. "The virtual care center will focus on innovation, education and research initiatives to advance digital health solutions for the future," he continued.