Patient health data usually travels a long distance before it finally gets to its destination. The data transferred by EHRs can be converted, merged, and mapped. Also, this data is used in numerous different ways. For example, healthcare providers use patient medical data at the point of care, […]
Staffing challenges and budget constraints are prompting healthcare practices to look for efficiencies. In such instances, automating redundant tasks is the only logical choice. You must know that any repetitive task that has a set list of instructions can easily be automated. So if you are spending on separate workers for producing electronic claims, patient [...]
Designed for organizations looking to help patients get access to their digital health information, the Blue Button Toolkit comprises recommended technical standards for data sharing between practice and patients in a structured way. Blue Button is for every provider who is interested in improving care […]
Back in 2013, when the government introduced Health IT incentive programs, the adoption of EHR/EMR soared. It was reported that more than $17.7 billion were paid in EHR incentive payments. But even then physicians in small and solo practices were reluctant to follow this trend due to financial reasons. […]
As 2016 comes to an end clinicians all across the country are preparing for the first performance year under the Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). The performance categories outlined under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) pathway are the main focus in these last few days before January 1st 2017; leaving [...]
The Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act 2015 (MACRA) is all set for its first performance year starting January 2017, but with less than three weeks left, are practices truly ready? By introducing two pathways under the Quality Payment Program, MACRA hopes to limit resources wasted on […]
Election night saw Donald Trump winning the presidential race; an event that is widely touted as the crowning jewel on the car crash year that has been 2016. The morning after was no better as people looked past Trump’s rhetoric to […]
What is Medicare Physician Compare? Medicare Physician Compare is a website hosted by the Centers of Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that lists physicians that accept Medicare patients. Currently the website hosts basic physician information, but CMS intends to expand this to include performance scores physicians will earn under measures outlined by the Medicare Access [...]
The Medicare Access & CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) is due to initiate in January 2017 yet many small and independent practices have been concerned about their role under the new rule, and the lack of support from government agencies. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the final rule for MACRA [...]
If you belong to the healthcare industry, chances are you’ve been hearing a lot of MIPS and the Advancing Care Information program. It feels like as soon as you get your grips with one legislative change they are ushering in another. MIPS Advancing Care Information program is the proposed replacement for MACRA’s Meaningful Use program. [...]