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HHS Releases Proposed Rule for Information Blocking Disincentives

by Hannah Nelson

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a proposed rule for public comment that would establish disincentives for healthcare providers found by the HHS Office of Inspector...

Physicians in ACOs More Likely to Use HIE to Share Patient Data

by Hannah Nelson

Physicians in emerging care models, such as accountable care organizations (ACOs), were significantly more likely to use health information exchange (HIE) to share patient data than physicians in...

NAACOS Launches ACO Digital Quality Measurement Task Force

by Hannah Nelson

The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) has launched a new task force to develop recommendations for ACO digital quality measurement.   The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims...

How Health IT Can Support ACO Healthcare Quality Improvement

by Hannah Nelson

An EHR-agnostic health IT tool is helping an accountable care organization (ACO) in Nevada enhance healthcare quality across its network of providers. In fact, just two weeks after the implementation of the Gaps App from health IT vendor...

3 Keys to a Successful Value-Based Care Implementation

by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The goals of value-based care are clear — improved population health, increased patient satisfaction, and reduced cost — but the means of getting there aren’t. Healthcare organizations are grappling with the transition...