Responses were mixed, which probably isn't that big of a deal, given that Acting CMS Administrator Andy Slavitt said Friday that MACRA was a "living, breathing rule" intended to change over time.
CHIME and the National Patient Safety Foundation want to hear private-sector ideas for 100 percent accurate, secure patient matching that can reduce medical errors caused by duplicate or incomplete records while also safeguarding patient privacy.
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Five years in the making, the new MLK Community Hospital is spending upwards of $70 million on IT and is trying to instill a culture of accountability and safety.
Whatever is being said about "information blocking" at the federal level isn't fazing Cerner President Zane Burke.
Medicare payments for claims submitted since the switch to ICD-10 should hit any day now.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives conference, taking place next week in Orlando, is somewhat under-covered in the industry. This week we will take a look at what issues probably will be discussed (or maybe should be) at CHIME, as well as other subjects in healthcare innovation from this week.
This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.
Rep. Renee Elmers (R-N.C.) on Thursday introduced legislation that would prevent the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services from even writing the final Stage 3 Meaningful Use rules until at least 2017. It also would permanently shorten the annual attestation period to 90 days, rather than the full year, and institute a "linear scale" next year for compliance to replace the current all-or-nothing nature of the EHR incentive program.
Richard A. Correll, who helped establish and promote the job of the healthcare CIO and who later co-founded the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) will retire June 30 after 42 years in the health IT industry.
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives, better known as CHIME, is launching a $1 million challenge effort to help spur the creation of a national patient ID, which it says will help with online security and accuracy. “There is a growing consensus among payers and providers that a unique patient ID would radically reduce […]