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

AUGUST 28, 2023

Further, state-by-state laws requiring in-person meetings between psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrist collaborators should be reexamined as these can safely take place over video conferences. Healthcare IT systems, especially EHRs, played a key role in supporting documentation with the use of macros, smart phrases, and templates.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 4, 2013

Growing EHR Adoption and Meaningful Use. In January, we passed the 210,000 mark for the total number of providers, including nearly 200,000 eligible professionals, who received a Medicaid or Medicare incentive payment for successfully adopting, implementing, or upgrading or meeting meaningful use of EHR technology.

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Health Populi

MAY 25, 2021

Experience for clinicians, that fourth crucial leg of the Quadruple Aim (addressing reported ease of using tech like EHRs, percent of visits conducted virtually vs in-person, or percent of physician turnover year-on-year), and. throughput rates). health citizens.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 5, 2020

The ability to integrate CarePort with a home television and simultaneously be part of a hospital's core set of systems, including the Epic and Cerner EHRs, translates into an extension of the care team's reach that is designed to enable a new model and level of care continuity. Ensuring things are easy for patients and providers.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

While at the HIMSS annual conference this year I spoke with many healthcare technology company leaders. I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. I am pleased to share some of those conversations here.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

While at the HIMSS annual conference this year I spoke with many healthcare technology company leaders. I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. I am pleased to share some of those conversations here.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

While at the HIMSS annual conference this year I spoke with many healthcare technology company leaders. I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. I am pleased to share some of those conversations here.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

While at the HIMSS annual conference this year I spoke with many healthcare technology company leaders. I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. I am pleased to share some of those conversations here.

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Health Blawg

APRIL 30, 2018

While at the HIMSS annual conference this year I spoke with many healthcare technology company leaders. I discussed the current state of the EHR with Michael Nissenbaum of Aprima. The EHR has always been a data collection tool, a mechanism for data aggregation. I am pleased to share some of those conversations here.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 3, 2021

The HIMSS21 Changemakers in Health Awards, meant to highlight leaders worldwide who are harnessing information and technology toward better outcomes, will be recognized at the 2021 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, scheduled for August 9-13 in Las Vegas. They are: Aysha Al Mahri. President, Emirates Nursing Association.

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Advanced Medical Reviews

JANUARY 9, 2019

In a recent report to Congress, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( CMS) stated that telehealth laws limit the service as a healthcare option. Currently, Medicare only pays for telehealth services if an enrollee is in a rural area that has a shortage of healthcare professionals.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 4, 2013

Here you can find information about the eHealth initiative that CMS is launching at the annual HIMSS conference in New Orleans. eHealth aligns several CMS programs: Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. We look forward to a successful conference and to the launch of the eHealth initiative!

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Lloyd Price

AUGUST 23, 2018

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are approaching universal adoption in US hospitals and ambulatory practices, thanks in part to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. Today, as health IT community leaders get together at the CMS Blue Button 2.0

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DrKumo Remote Patient Monitoring

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Look for features like electronic health records (EHR) integration, scheduling capabilities, secure messaging, appointment reminders, and patient engagement tools. Therefore, healthcare providers participating in Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) programs may receive additional reimbursement and support for RPM services.

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Lloyd Price

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Medicare/Medicaid Management One other play that is harder to decipher starts with Amazon’s announcement in March to cut its prime membership for Medicaid recipients by over 50% and CNBC’s announcement that it’s been talking potential collaborations with AARP since 2015. Tamara StClaire is vice president of enterprise innovation at GuideWell.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 16, 2020

“Sixty-two percent of physicians responding to a 2018 survey by the Physicians Foundation found that issues such as third-party authorizations, treatment protocols and EHR design were hurting patient care,” the report stated.

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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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HIStalk Interviews

JULY 25, 2018

What changes have you seen in the big four inpatient EHR vendors of Epic, Cerner, Meditech, and Allscripts? Hospitals and clinics have learned that an EHR is not the panacea it was made out to be, or I should say, it was mandated to be. I’m not sure the vendors really understood that it’s not just putting in the EHR.

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The Digital Health Corner

MARCH 26, 2018

now that it has entered the digital world (albeit tepidly) via EHRs and IT support. It was interesting that at the 2017 HIMSS Conference on IT Privacy and Security, blockchain was brought up by an audience participant and was met with “This is too far in the future to discuss now” by the moderator.

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CMS.gov

MARCH 5, 2013

The widespread adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs) to provide an infrastructure for electronic data exchange? As we more closely integrate our many efforts using the infrastructure of EHRs, we will be looking at some of the challenges presented in areas such as information exchange and coding.

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HIStalk Weekender

AUGUST 10, 2018

CMS releases a draft rule that would overhaul the Medicare Share Savings Program. However once you hit “whole organization” level systems, as you do with an organization-wide EMR/EHR, putting a bit of distance between you and the primary vendor becomes important. Weekly News Recap. Brian Too ).

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Docnotes

JANUARY 30, 2022

In a global model, the lead health system VBP entity—whether part of an integrated delivery system or clinically and financially integrated IPA or ACO—would extend successes and performance across payor types, including Medicaid fee-for-service (FFS), Medicaid managed care, Medicare FFS, Medicare Advantage, and/or commercial plans.

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Henry Kotula

JULY 15, 2018

For employees over 55 years old, the hospital offers free Medicare and health claims assistance. Leaders have continuous conversations with their employees about career aspirations and supporting their growth; each department has a budget for development opportunities, including classes and conferences. nThrive (Alpharetta, Ga.).

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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. Medicare would have paid the hospital only $20,000. Weekly News Recap. Former Epic Billing ).

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Henry Kotula

JANUARY 21, 2019

Early efforts include experimental EHR technologies , value-based payments for even more population health management programs and wraparound services. News Healthcare of Tomorrow conference , said economists don’t believe price transparency has a noteworthy impact on cost and efficiency. It can actually be counterproductive.

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