Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

As always, you can search our Health IT job board for a variety of jobs from leading companies in the industry. Looks like a great opportunity for those with experience with healthcare data analysis. If this looks like a position that would interest you, check out the full details for the job and how to apply.

Health IT 91

Health IT eHealth Meaningful Use Health Information 91

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we head into 2023, we wanted to kick off the new year with a series of 2023 Health IT predictions. Additionally, secure electronic documentation tools will be used to store key data, such as around a patient’s visits and medical history, and create clear treatment plans and monitor progress.

Health IT 104

Health IT Nursing HC Patient Experience 104

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 21, 2022

This experience should include 1) knowledge of electronic health record data; 2) familiarity with CQL; 3) experience with eCQM development using CMS tools, including Bonnie and MAT; and 4) knowledge of HL7 versions (e.g., Clinical Document Architecture (CDA), FHIR) and the versioning process.

Health IT 81

Health IT FHIR Interoperability Healthcare IT 81

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Assist in the design and development of innovative analyses to support prioritized business needs such as statewide evaluation of health information exchange value, p claims and clinical data integration, social determinants of health, medication data, and partnerships with academic institutions. Tableau, ggplot).

Health IT 66

Health IT eHealth HIE Health Information 66

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

Rucker points out that the current data exchange standard in health care, the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) , is “anchored on 1990s document exchange” and is useful for slow-moving bureaucratic decisions, not providing continuous access to data for improved health care.

FHIR 117

FHIR Interoperability Healthcare IT Medicare 117

Healthcare IT Today

AUGUST 28, 2023

Another likely forthcoming requirement that will exacerbate the existing challenges: in the coming years, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will implement the provision for convening providers to incorporate projected costs from co-providers on an estimate for a care episode.

Healthcare IT 117

Healthcare IT Medicare Telemedicine EHR 117

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 5, 2024

Every year, close to $265B in claims made by US healthcare organizations are denied because of the way claims are coded on payor documentation and delayed submissions are two chief reasons for the denials. RapidClaims Launches from Stealth with $3.1M

Medicare 112

Medicare Health IT Healthcare IT 112

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Department of Justice announced this week that a Florida laboratory owner had pleaded guilty for his role in a $73 million Medicare kickback scheme. The scheme, as outlined in court documents, exploited COVID-19-era amendments to telehealth restrictions. WHY IT MATTERS. ON THE RECORD.

Telehealth 127

Telehealth Medicare Public Health Federal healthcare 127

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken a bold step by mandating a standard for prior authorization. The standardization of documentation for prior authorization also enables physicians to submit requests within their familiar electronic medical record systems, reducing the burden on providers.

FHIR 111

FHIR Interoperability Medicare Healthcare IT 111

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 28, 2024

Specialty telemedicine vendor Thirty Madison is partnering with Talkspace to expand mental health support for women. Products Augmedix launched Augmedix Go , ambient AI medical documentation for the ED, and announced HCA Healthcare as a pilot user. Health information network Availity appointed Sean Barrett as Chief Product Officer.

FHIR 112

FHIR RCM Healthcare IT Mental health 112

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Amid swirling accusations that Medicare Advantage Organizations (MAOs) are overbilling the U.S. government and calls for better oversight , the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced in early February that it would investigate overbilling by those plans. They expect to recoup 4.7 billion dollars through this program.

Medicare 106

Medicare Nursing Healthcare IT Health IT 106

Healthcare IT Today

DECEMBER 22, 2023

A STAT investigation found that clinical employees were pressured to follow an algorithm that predicts a patient’s length of stay under the guise of denying payments to people in Medicare Advantage plans. Internal documents showed that a quota was in place to limit patient rehab stays to within 1% of the days projected by the algorithm.

Nursing 110

Nursing Medicare Healthcare IT Leadership 110

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Akshay Sharma, chief AI officer at Lyric , describes rules for billing as a complicated set of layers of policies, with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), states, and private payers issuing large collections of clinical policy documents on a regular basis as new medications, diseases, and symptoms emerge.

Medicare 113

Medicare Healthcare IT Leadership Health IT 113

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As an FQHC, Evara did not qualify for reimbursement from Medicare. "With more than half of our patients on Medicaid and another quarter uninsured, we had no way to fund the initial startup costs or the ongoing service costs," said Howard Rubin, CIO at Evara Health. Click here to read the special report.

Nursing 142

Nursing Leadership Healthcare IT EHR 142

Healthcare IT Today

MAY 5, 2023

The following is a guest article by Erin Rutzler, Vice President of Fraud, Waste, and Abuse at Cotiviti In Delaware, more than 250 Medicare patients underwent unnecessary genetic testing based on telehealth consultations that often lasted less than two minutes— costing Medicare thousands of dollars per patient.

Medicare 62

Medicare Telehealth Healthcare IT Health IT 62

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Data can be spotty, according to Eye, who says for instance that data from Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) often lacks racial identifications. Some sophisticated organizations offer APIs for access to data, but others still fax or mail in a scanned document. The percentage is much higher in some areas.

Health Data 123

Health Data Public Health Life Science Medicare 123

Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The 10th Annual Health IT Industry Outlook Survey from Stoltenberg Consulting found that the greatest IT challenge for CIOs is budgeting for and retaining qualified IT talent, with 65% of organizations saying this is their top operational burden. In addition, The Sequoia Project released v0.1

Psychiatry 99

Psychiatry HIE Healthcare IT Leadership 99

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Reimbursement is also closely linked to quality because of the use of outcome measures by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to determine a hospital’s overall quality, including: Mortality. These metrics are a vital part of a patient’s SDoH story when this information is documented in the patient’s chart.

RCM 100

RCM Medicare Interoperability Patient Experience 100

Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 7, 2023

This problem is only made worse by the silver tsunami of 10K baby boomers aging into Medicare coverage every day. The OntarioMD Digital Health Conference returned to in-person for the first time since COVID-19. Read more… Healthcare IT Today: Health IT Potpourri. Catch up on what they said about AI at the conference.

eCare 81

eCare Healthcare IT Interoperability Digital Health 81

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

AUGUST 19, 2020

"Then we had to ensure the correct coding and documentation was satisfactory for insurance billing purposes." Staff members were unsure if Medicare and Medicaid would honor the prospective payment-system rate. Staff would offer Zoom telehealth capabilities for medical and mental health patients. MARKETPLACE.

Mental health 177

Mental health Telemedicine Telehealth Primary Care 177

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 6, 2021

Watauga Medical Center is a Medicare five-star-rated hospital and wanted a telehealth company that could provide the same high quality of care. There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. " MARKETPLACE. To read this special report, click here. MEETING THE CHALLENGE.

Telehealth 206

Telehealth Telemedicine Nursing Leadership 206

Healthcare IT Today

MARCH 17, 2023

We’re thrilled to join forces with PointClickCare as we march toward our collective goal of helping clinicians better predict and document risk, close care gaps, and improve patient outcomes. The marriage of an integrated care management platform with population health data will prove to be a major differentiator for us.”

EHR 103

EHR healthcare technology Medicare Health Information 103

Healthcare IT Today

JANUARY 14, 2024

The American Telehealth Association announced its policy priorities for 2024 ; they include making Medicare telehealth flexibilities permanent before the end of the year and removing the in-person requirement for the remote prescribing of controlled substances.

Telehealth 115

Telehealth EHR RCM Healthcare IT 115

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 29, 2023

Data lineage tools document the source, accuracy, and flow of regulated healthcare data – a key step in ensuring compliance and minimizing the impact of a data breach, noted Ernie Ostic at Manta. Read more… Data Lineage Tools Help Unpack Complex Data Dependencies.

Healthcare IT 97

Healthcare IT eHealth Leadership RCM 97

Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Medical device usability represents the top health IT hazard of 2024 , according to the latest annual report from ECRI. Increased utilization of physical therapy for Medicare patients with knee and hip pain reduces healthcare costs by up to $4,000 annually , according to the latest research from Luna. Operating margins were up 2.4%

Healthcare IT 66

Healthcare IT Leadership Telemedicine Medicare 66

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MAY 15, 2023

Ryan Health has seven primary care centers, seven school-based health centers, two community outreach centers at transitional housing sites, and one mobile health center, all located throughout Manhattan. As an FQHC, 75% of patients are enrolled in Medicaid or Medicare; another 7% are uninsured.

Telehealth 117

Telehealth EHR Medicare Telemedicine 117

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Specifically, what if the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinds the emergency orders it has put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic? I talked to a number of health IT and telehealth experts in a search for answers to these questions. Ultimately, the study found small reductions to overall health care costs.

Telehealth 111

Telehealth Mental health Medicare Telemedicine 111

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 18, 2022

There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. "Locus Health is our remote patient monitoring vendor, and we also have deployed peripheral devices from TytoCare, JedMed, Eko and other vendors." MARKETPLACE. Click here to read the special report. " RESULTS.

Telehealth 154

Telehealth Telemedicine Public Health Primary Care 154

Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Further, the right interoperable healthcare solutions and revenue cycle performance services can reduce the risk of Medicare Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Meaningful Use Stage 3 (MU3) penalties. It can also reduce the number of days in accounts receivable for health systems.

EHR 115

EHR Interoperability Meaningful Use Patient Experience 115

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

MARCH 28, 2023

Health IT vendor Recora proposed to Geisinger a technology and services platform to enable virtual cardiac rehab delivery. " MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. Click here to read the special report. " The U.S. and cases are only rising.

Leadership 143

Leadership Healthcare IT Public Health Medicare 143

Healthcare IT Today

APRIL 10, 2023

Behavioral Economics at the Core We partner with health insurers and providers to set up a monthly reward system that’s built on behavioral science, utilizing concepts such as loss aversion. Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, ACA/Exchange) that share in our mission.

Medicare 103

Medicare Patient Experience Health IT Healthcare IT 103

BHM Healthcare Solutions

NOVEMBER 26, 2015

According to the NCQA press release, this means Health Plans will now be able to obtain certified data from these two health IT vendors. The eMeasure Certification program will be used to verify that vendor’s use correct codes and use Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA), the new standard for data reports.

EHR 45

EHR Health IT Medicare Healthcare IT 45

Healthcare IT Today

JULY 16, 2023

The most notable approval is USCDI v3, and others include two implementation guides from CMS for Quality Reporting Document Architecture and three HL7 standards (for C-CDA, FHIR, and QRDA). Health information network Availity was awarded Compliance Leader Verification by the Ethisphere Institute.

HIPAA 98

HIPAA Digital Health EHR Healthcare IT 98

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2023

MARKETPLACE There are many vendors of telemedicine technology and services on the health IT market today. "All told, remote care can have a massive positive impact on patient outcomes and financial performance, while enabling efficient scaling of patient volumes," he said. Click here to read the special report.

Remote care 119

Remote care Medicare Healthcare IT Telemedicine 119

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 23, 2021

There are numerous vendors of remote patient monitoring technology on the health IT market today. HEDIS Star Rating for United Healthcare Medicare. "Patients with labile hypertension or white coat hypertension had somewhat normal readings at home, which has been documented in the EHR," Vyas explained.

EHR 114

EHR Medicare Primary Care Healthcare IT 114

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JANUARY 30, 2023

We interviewed Bronwyn Spira, CEO and cofounder of Force Therapeutics, to dig into RTM and the CPT codes to help healthcare-provider organization CIOs and other health IT leaders understand this new way of getting reimbursed for care. In a virtual care process, interactions still need to be meaningful, measurable and well-documented.

Remote care 137

Remote care Nursing Medicare Health Information 137

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

APRIL 24, 2020

The Alliance for Integrated Care of New York (AICNY) oversees the healthcare needs of roughly 6,200 dually eligible Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Many AICNY beneficiaries reside in group homes and use Federally Qualified Community Health Centers. THE PROBLEM. MARKETPLACE.

Telemedicine 155

Telemedicine Nursing Mental health Health Information 155