Quality and Safety
Physician and digital teams, as well as others, have until March 31 to apply for a MIPS EUC waiver, and can have the information reweighed.
Eric Raffin, CIO of the San Francisco Department of Health, will speak on turning data into action at HIMSS22 in Orlando.
Physician burnout is especially costly to public and private payers, who bear most of these excess healthcare costs.
'Cyber shields up,' says Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Hospitals will continue to have mask-wearing policies in place, and the AMA urges Americans to continue wearing masks indoors.
HHS agency warns of cybersecurity risks of EHRs; bipartisan appeal to CMS to keep Medicare Advantage
<p><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This week's top stories include the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center reporting that <span style="color:black">Protected Health Information in EHRs is prized by bad actors, and 60 U.S. senators sent a letter urging CMS to protect MA. </span></span></span></span></span></p>
Many cancer patients can build up sufficient immunity against the coronavirus after the third vaccination, or booster shot, data showed.
With a rate announcement expected soon, MedPAC cautions that MA may worsen Medicare's sustainability.
The program touts evidence of higher-quality outcomes at lower costs for patients compared to traditional acute care.
The funding is for organizations working to address the upstream social determinants of health impacting the likelihood of developing diabetes.