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Bonus Features – November 26, 2023 – 85% of healthcare orgs boosting IT spending in 2024, 70% of orgs actively considering generative AI, plus 18 more stories

Healthcare IT Today

This is due in large part to increased expenses (from 25$ for labor to 90% for maintenance) and revenue reductions from denials (more than 20% from commercial plans and nearly 60% from Medicare Advantage plans). Cybersecurity tops the list of investment priorities, followed by EHR modernization, virtual / digital care, and AI.

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CMS launches Medicare info mobile app

Morning eHealth

Optum comes back swinging in employment war — Comments on EHRs and clinician burden

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Not All QHINs Will Be Created Equal

Healthcare IT Today

The following is a guest article by Jay Nakashima, Executive Director at eHealth Exchange. Under the eHealth Exchange model , participants retain full responsibility for and control over their patients’ data – including patient matching, cybersecurity, legal compliance and audit logging.

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Building the Future through CMS eHealth

CMS.gov

The widespread adoption and use of electronic health records (EHRs) to provide an infrastructure for electronic data exchange? CMS Launches eHealth. 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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Welcome to the CMS eHealth Blog

CMS.gov

Welcome to the CMS eHealth blog. Here you can find information about the eHealth initiative that CMS is launching at the annual HIMSS conference in New Orleans. What is eHealth? eHealth aligns several CMS programs: Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs. eHealth Website.

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Who should reconcile differences in VA and DOD EHR?

Morning eHealth

Minibus spending bill bumps up HHS budget — Health leaders say Stark Law blocks innovation in Medicare

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Weekly Roundup – July 29, 2023

Healthcare IT Today

Helping clinicians troubleshoot within the EHR can improve workflows and job satisfaction , Bill Lewkowski at HCTec pointed out. Read more… Featured Health IT Job: Director of Application Development and Integrations at New York eHealth Collaborative, based in Albany or Manhattan, posted to Healthcare IT Central.