Care Coordination and Chronic Care Management: The New Reality
By Dr. Steve Phillips There is a great deal of activity around acute case management, post-acute care coordination without an apparent consistent mod...
How The Private Sector Will Drive The Future Of Health IT
Original article from federaltimes.com The exhibition area of the 2016 HIMSS conference in Las Vegas is as much a carnival bazaar as it is a gather...
HHS reaches goal of tying 30 percent of Medicare payments to quality ahead of schedule
Original article found on hhs.gov A major milestone in the effort to improve quality and pay providers for what works Thanks to tools provided by th...
Final unified post-acute care pay system is coming
Original article from modernhealthcare.com The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is wrapping up a report that outlines a unified payment system...
Risk Adjustment and Hierarchical Condition Category Coding
Original article found on securityhealth.org Risk Adjustment and Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) coding is a payment model mandated by the Ce...
Epic, Cerner, MEDITECH & dozens more make interoperability pledge at HIMSS16: 5 things to know
Original article from beckershospitalreview.com HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell made a big announcement about interoperability during HIMSS16: theInte...