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CMS proposes to pay for transformative IT
The change would ramp up add-on payments to hospitals that implement new tech and increase the wage index for rural and other qualifying hospitals.
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CMS Administrator Seema Verma promotes state waivers to Affordable Care Act
Pre-existing coverage remains protected, though a new type of high risk pool approach could better tailor coverage for these enrollees, Verma says.
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Consolidation, consumerism ranked as top trends in healthcare based on new survey
Even though M&A activity has slowed in recent quarters, health professionals don't expect the slowdown to last.
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Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will run out money in 7 years, trustees say
Part D drug spending projections are lower than last year because of slower price growth and a continuing trend of higher manufacturer rebates.
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Short-term wellness programs having minimal impact on healthcare costs
Even the positive health effects observed in participating employees fell short of certain clinical measures of health.
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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unveils five primary care payment model options
The Primary Care First payment model will provide payment to practices through a simplified total monthly payment to allow clinicians to focus on caring for patients rather than their revenue cycle, CMS says.
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Duke feeding analytics with EHR, claims and IoT data
IT is funneling various data sources into a treasure trove researchers can analyze, says Duke University Health System Chief Analytics Officer Stephen Blackwelder.
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More hospitals outsourcing their billing, leading to boom in billing outsourcing market
Reasons for the jump include implementation of the ICD-10 coding system, increasing healthcare costs and EHRs.
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CMS proposes $887 million increase for skilled nursing facilities
SNFs will be scored on a measure of potentially preventable hospital readmissions and on two new quality measures for interoperability.
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A look at how far has interoperability come in 20 years
Avanti iHealth Partner Dr. Mark Roche says 20 years ago there were multiple competing standards and various maturity levels with healthcare interoperability.
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DoD shares its approach to cybersecurity
Program Executive Officer Stacy Cummings discusses how the DoD is taking a layered approach to cybersecurity, deploying a new network built with cybersecurity in mind, using a risk management framework and undergoing regular white hat assessments.
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The nation's 15 top health systems, as ranked by IBM Watson Health
This year's hospitals had better risk-adjusted outcomes, better patient satisfaction and a lower average cost per patient.
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Capturing a patient's 'voice' to help both patient and provider
Kristina Sheridan, Center for Veterans Enterprise Transformation department head at MITRE, shares how she tracked her daughter's 26 symptoms so doctors would have a complete patient story to better treat her.
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Blockchain prototype aims to speed revenue cycle transactions
The InstaMed blockchain prototype creates a shared patient account ledger accessible by the provider, payer and consumer.
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Wording in medical student evaluations differ by gender and minority status, revealing potential bias
Evaluators often used personal descriptors to describe a student's performance, and they used strikingly different words for men and for women.
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Advanced security threats are attempting to change our way of life
IronNet Cybersecurity CTO Michael Ehrlich says the top cyber concerns today are efforts to change our way of life, such as China with IP theft, Russia spreading discontent, and Iran and North Korea having weapons capabilities.
from Healthcarecare Finance News Feed https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/video/advanced-security-threats-are-attempting-change-our-way-life
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Cerner and naviHealth launch EHR-agnostic tool to support BPCI Advanced participants
Health IT giant and convener expand partnership to help health systems with 2020 model for bundled payment reimbursement.
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