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Key Takeaways From CMS/ONC Officials Regarding New Interoperability Proposed Rule

Electronic Health Reporter

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Following the release of its proposed new rules designed to improve the interoperability of electronic health information, members of leadership from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) hosted a call to provide additional detail about the proposed rule, and to answer questions from the media.

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Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. In addition, AVIA published its Top Interoperability Companies Report , with Andor Health topping the list. Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features.

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Bonus Features – April 21, 2024 – 89% of physicians said generative AI vendors need to be transparent about where info comes from, 73% of consumers expect a 4-star rating before they’ll engage with a provider, plus 21 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 21, 2024

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Research from Inovalon and Harvard Medical School found enrollees in Medicare Advantage HMO plans tend to be more socioeconomically disadvantaged than enrollees of MA PPO plans.

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HTI-1 Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Providers – Focus on DSI and Algorithmic Transparency

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 13, 2024

The following is a guest article by Nitin Kunte, Sr. Director at NTT DATA On February 8, 2024, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability (HTI-1) Final Rule in the Federal Register, which took effect on March 11, 2024.

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Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The following is a guest article by Nick Barger, PharmD, Vice President, Product at DrFirst. This article is the second in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series. For more information on how to prepare for the ONC HTI-1 rule , read the first article in our Regulatory Talk series. DrFirst is a proud sponsor of Healthcare Scene.

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Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 8, 2023

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. The biggest news for healthcare IT was the extension of telehealth expansion under Medicare through the end of 2024. 29, 2022, President Biden signed the omnibus spending bill.

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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. 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.

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Healthcare IT Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

While the key components of privacy (administrative, uses and disclosures, individual rights, and general security) are all necessary today, I would put privacy, security, breach – and relevant 21 Century Cures Interoperability topics – all together and make sure everyone handling any type of sensitive information be subject to these rules.

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Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

cut to physicians who treat the country’s most vulnerable patients through Medicare. Every healthcare stakeholder needs to say out loud what we all know to be true—that the way we reimburse ambulatory clinicians under Medicare is fundamentally broken and in need of a major structural overhaul. We could not do this without your support.

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Bonus Features – September 4, 2022 – CIOs struggling to retain talent and seek flexible staffing models, Sequioa Project set to begin receiving QHIN applications Oct. 3, and more,

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. He has held previous leadership positions with clinical AI vendor Jvion and the University of Mississippi Medical Center. In addition, The Sequoia Project released v0.1

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Acting on SDoH

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Previous articles in this series introduced the importance of social determinants of health (SDoH) and explained how it can be captured and classified. In this article, I’ll show how many hospitals, payers, and other institutions are acting on that data. She says they are currently hesitant to use it.

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Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

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. Thank you to everyone that left a quote for us and thank you to everyone reading this article! Since the U.S.

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Is There an AI Topic That is NOT Getting Enough Attention Right Now? – ViVE 2024

Healthcare IT Today

JUNE 7, 2024

Without good clean data and getting access to that data, it’s going to be difficult to use AI or ML, so making sure that that access is available is one of the key things that CommonWell does in breaking down those silos to interoperability. And thank you to all of you for taking the time to read this article and watch this video!

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Healthcare Fragmentation Isn’t So Bad, If It Comes with Better Outcomes

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 4, 2023

The following is a guest article by Nate Maslak, Founder & CEO at Ribbon Health. Healthcare providers maintain different systems than payers, as do government entities like Medicare and Medicaid. Healthcare interoperability is the ultimate goal. And consumers have come to expect and demand this personalization.

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Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

Operating departments in HC organizations will risk near-term KPIs to invest in intelligent automation that reduces the burden of administrative work and frustration on their staff Googling “staffing crisis in healthcare” just now returned 12 million posts and articles. Healthcare Information Exchanges (HIEs) will continue to evolve in 2023.

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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?) Weekly News Recap. UnitedHealth Group is reportedly the only non-financial company that’s in the running to acquire Athenahealth. Vaporware? ).

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Key Takeaways From CMS/ONC Officials Regarding New Interoperability Proposed Rule

Bonus Features – December 17, 2023 – 97% of hospitals now capable of enabling electronic access to patient records, 70% of hospitals face hidden business continuity challenge, plus 31 more stories

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Bonus Features – April 21, 2024 – 89% of physicians said generative AI vendors need to be transparent about where info comes from, 73% of consumers expect a 4-star rating before they’ll engage with a provider, plus 21 more stories

HTI-1 Final Rule: Implications for Healthcare Providers – Focus on DSI and Algorithmic Transparency

Impetus and Edict: What the Latest CMS Data Standards Mean for EHRs – Regulatory Talk Series

Bonus Features – January 8, 2023 – Omnibus bill extends telehealth expansion through end of 2024, 60% of solution providers pouring all event marketing money into in-person events, and more

Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Regulations – What Needs to Be Added and What Needs to Be Removed

Upcoming Healthcare Regulations and Their Impact on Healthcare IT

Bonus Features – September 4, 2022 – CIOs struggling to retain talent and seek flexible staffing models, Sequioa Project set to begin receiving QHIN applications Oct. 3, and more,

Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: Acting on SDoH

Healthcare Innovation Funding – Regulations and Disrupting Traditional Models

Is There an AI Topic That is NOT Getting Enough Attention Right Now? – ViVE 2024

Healthcare Fragmentation Isn’t So Bad, If It Comes with Better Outcomes

Healthcare Workforce – 2023 Health IT Predictions

Weekender 8/10/18

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