Health System CIO

AUGUST 1, 2016

No matter how you define telemedicine - whether it’s real-time video conferencing or the transmission of photos - it’s going to see exponential growth in 2017, and your organization needs to be ready, says John Halamka.

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 5, 2016

Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler has been criticized for many things throughout his playing career, from his attitude to his on-field decision-making. This preseason, an ESPN commentator has found a new spin in negative Cutler commentary – by diagnosing Cutler with a condition he doesn’t have. Stephen A. Smith, an ESPN commentator known for bombast, was in the midst of a televised rant against Cutler when he incorrectly said that Cutler had Type 2 diabetes.

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Healthcare Exchange Standards

AUGUST 3, 2016

There are many standards efforts to develop support for Patient directed Authorization to their health data. I will be writing a few articles about these efforts. These efforts sometimes use the term Privacy Consent, or Privacy Consent Directive, or Privacy Authorization, or Consumer Preferences, etc. This post is about the one standards solution that is already available.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 4, 2016

New regulations have arrived for the ACA’s Premium Tax Credit and Shared Responsibility Payment provisions. For the 2015 tax year, many employers and employees encountered difficulties with regard to the PTC and whether or not a shared responsibility payment was required. The result was unexpected penalties that are still being imposed to date. However, the IRS has now shed some light on both issues with a few updates to the provisions.

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Consumer eHealth Engagement

AUGUST 1, 2016

With the shift to value- based care, health systems are investing in mobile technologies to increase patient engagement and care quality while reducing the cost of care delivery. Geisinger, an award winning healthcare system based in the Mid-Atlantic with 12 hospitals and a 510K+ health plan, is a leader in patient engagement. Within their organization, the Geisinger in Motion team focuses on strategic initiatives to drive patient engagement by co-creating with patients on digital technology sol

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Insulin Nation

AUGUST 5, 2016

When Tommy Neal got home from the hospital after being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 28, he decided to start running. By the end of the week, he had covered 60 miles. He hasn’t stopped since. He has competed in many national and international competitions as a long-distance runner and member of Team Novo Nordisk, a team of athletes with diabetes.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 3, 2016

In May, the ACA Times released an article detailing what exactly a notice from the Health Insurance Marketplace entails. As previously stated, this notice is to inform employers that one or more employees from their company obtained a Premium Tax Credit (PTC) providing them assistance in paying for coverage purchased from the ACA’s Health Insurance Marketplace.

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ACA Times

AUGUST 2, 2016

When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was first enacted in 2010, it was with the understanding that changes would be made to the ACA after the fact. Health care reform was a difficult topic to tackle even 70 years prior, so six years ago this mission was always going to face growing pains. Now, as we are halfway through 2016, it’s important to understand what some of those changes are.

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