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The revenue cycle is changing as artificial intelligence and machine learning come into the picture and hospitals look to emulate financial services, tech-wise. Here's how to stay on top of what's happening at HIMSS18.
Hospitals cannot simply throw technology at the new payment model. Instead, thriving under MACRA will take leadership and analytical thinking, IT expert says.
Only 51 home health agency received the lowest rating, while over 2,000 received the top ranking in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services new star ratings for home health agencies.
A report issued Nov. 29 by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) calling for more oversight of the meaningful use program has been mostly well-received by stakeholders. Doctors, however, are concerned about the burden of pre-payment audits.
Health IT alone is not the panacea for reducing healthcare costs system-wide, but it's "a very important and credible aspect," according to Justin Barnes, vice president government affairs at Greenway Medical Technologies.
The new proposed regulations on accountable care organizations, released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services, launch one of the first delivery-reform initiatives to be implemented under the Accountable Care Act.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is releasing regulations today on accountable care organizations (ACOs).
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released regulations today on accountable care organizations (ACOs). The rules will guide provider organizations in setting up exchanges of healthcare data to improve care and reduce costs, as mandated under the Affordable Care Act.
On July 13, federal officials issued the final rule on how providers should demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records if they want to qualify for federal incentives in 2011.
Physicians and privacy advocates aren't pleased with the newly proposed "meaningful use" requirements with which providers will likely have to comply to gain bonuses under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
