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Value-Based Care to Require New EHR Selection Tools, Resources

April 19, 2016 - The implementation of value-based care models, notably MACRA, in coming months will bring with it increased demand for certified EHR technology (CEHRT), but a lack of reliable information to compare health IT products and services could undermine the EHR selection process. That's the conclusion the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology ultimately draws in...

GE Healthcare to Sell Ambulatory EHR, Financial Systems for $1.05B

April 02, 2018 by Kate Monica

Private equity investment firm Veritas Capital today announced it will acquire GE Healthcare’s Value-Based Care Division — which includes the Centricity EMR and Centricity Business — for $1.05 billion in cash. Through the deal,...

CMS Shares Plans to Enable Interoperability, Value-Based Care

March 07, 2018 by Kate Monica

In remarks at the HIMSS18 conference in Las Vegas, CMS Administrator Seema Verma detailed several of the federal agency’s plans to improve interoperability and health data exchange in support of the value-based care system. CMS primarily...

EHR Problem Lists Not Accurate Enough for Risk Adjustment

January 30, 2018 by Kate Monica

Comorbidity data derived from EHR problem lists is not accurate enough for risk adjustment, according to a study published in The American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC). EHR problem lists comprise patient diagnoses entered into EHR systems by...

EHR Use, Administrative Burden Accelerating Physician Burnout

January 16, 2018 by Kate Monica

In response to a new study about high levels of physician burnout among family physicians, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center family physician Donald O. Mack, MD, suggested the recent transition to a value-based care system and increased...

AHA Simplifies MACRA Reporting Requirements for PAC Providers

December 14, 2017 by Kate Monica

The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently released a suite of resources geared toward helping post-acute care (PAC) providers fulfill MACRA reporting requirements under the value-based care system. “MACRA represents a major shift...

ONC Chief Keen on Moving Health IT Innovation Beyond the EHR

December 07, 2017 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Healthcare interoperability and health IT usability were front and center at the 2017 ONC Annual Meeting in the nation’s capital and indicative on a change that took hold within the federal agency in recent years following its successful...

Trump Administration Nominates Alex Azar for HHS Secretary

November 15, 2017 by Kate Monica

The Trump Administration recently announced it has selected former Eli Lilly American Division President and former Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) General Counsel Alex Azar to serve as the new HHS Secretary. The nomination...

Consolidating to Simplify Health Data Exchange, Interoperability

November 06, 2017 by Kate Monica

True interoperability for improved health data exchange persists as a top healthcare industry priority among stakeholders in both the public and private sector as 2017 comes to a close. Health IT developers, health information exchanges (HIEs),...

CMS Issues Quality Payment Program Year 2 Final Rule

November 02, 2017 by Kate Monica

CMS today issued the final rule with comment period for the Quality Payment Program (QPP), which includes policies to reduce administrative burden on providers and better support clinicians in small and rural practices in meeting program requirements....

Specialist Physicians Counter Call for Eliminating MIPS

October 27, 2017 by Kate Monica

Members of the Alliance of Specialty Medicine recently submitted a letter to Medicare Payment Advisory Committee (MedPAC) Chairman Francis J. Crosson, MD, arguing CMS should improve the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) rather than...

Most Providers Report Lack of Health IT Interoperability

October 23, 2017 by Kate Monica

A new eHealth Initiative survey found 68 percent of providers believe current interoperability solutions fail to help meet the goals of value-based care. Researchers in 2017 Survey on Access to Patient Information gathered responses from 107...

Developing Quality Measures to Succeed in Value-Based Care

October 18, 2017 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The ability for care quality measures to paint an accurate picture of the patient care experience depends on the availability of reliable data, yet the latter remains a persistent challenge for providers participating in value-based care models....

Team-Based Model Key to Achieving the Quadruple Aim at Reliant

October 06, 2017 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

The key to success in value-based care is sharing the workload, claims the head of Reliant Medical Group. “One of the things we know need to solve for and we have by no means have is getting away from one person needs to shoulder...

5 Strategies Driving SHIN-NY Roadmap for Health Data Exchange

October 04, 2017 by Kate Monica

The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) and the New York State Department of Health released a health data exchange roadmap outlining the projected evolution for the Statewide Health Information Network for New-York (SHIN-NY) under value-based...

NQF Promotes Use of Quality Measures to Improve Health Equity

September 28, 2017 by Kate Monica

The National Quality Forum (NQF) released a roadmap outlining ways to use care quality measures to improve health equity nationwide. “The health equity roadmap gives the nation a blueprint to eliminate healthcare disparities,” said...

Why Are Physicians Hesitant to Invest in Value-Based Care?

September 26, 2017 by Kyle Murphy, PhD

Federal quality reporting programs aim to improve the patient experience and health of populations and reduce the cost of care, goals their participants are clearly in favor. However, the latter take umbrage with the expense required of physicians,...

Keys to Successful EHR Selection in a Value-Based Care System

September 01, 2017 by Kate Monica

While most providers understand the goals of the value-based care system, many still approach EHR selection through a volume-based lens. According to a post by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka, MD, health IT vendors...

EHR Use Cases, Not Certification, Should Drive EHR Selection

July 11, 2017 by Kate Monica

EHR certification is useful in signaling when certain technology meets industry standards in a test environment. In particular, 2015 edition ONC health IT certification informs providers when a certain technology can be used to earn payments...

CMS Releases Proposed Quality Payment Program Rule Summary

July 10, 2017 by Kate Monica

CMS recently released an extensive 26-page summary of the Quality Payment Program (QPP) proposed rule detailing the most significant potential changes providers can expect should the rule go into effect. QPP was designed primarily to improve...

Value-Based Care Fueling Provider Demands on Health IT Companies

June 27, 2017 by Kate Monica

Expectations for health IT companies are rising as a result of the transition to value-based care. Providers are increasingly experiencing pressure to improve information exchange at their practices and demanding clean, comprehensive, and actionable...

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