Editor's Note: J.T. Treadwell is the Managing Director at Symphony Technology Group, a private equity firm where he focuses on analytics and healthcare technology. He has led a variety of Symphony investments, including health care IT companies Evidera, Symphony Performance Health, and Symphony Health Solutions.
The Affordable Care Act is the most far-reaching healthcare legislation in the U.S. since Medicare was introduced fifty years ago. In contrast to previous attempts to adjust our
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CMS Extends EHR Attestation Deadlines for EPs to March 20
On Wednesday, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced it has extended the EHR attestation deadline for eligible professionals (EPs) to attest to meaningful use for the Medicare Electronic Health Record Incentive Program 2014 reporting year from Feb 28 to March 20. The extension will allow providers extra time to submit their meaningful use data.
The extra time also allows EPs who have not already used their one “switch”, to switch programs (from Medicare to
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How to Win with Value-based Care: Developing Your Practice’s EHR Strategy
There’s no denying it, Value-based Care has arrived. In this white paper, you will discover high-level insights about the evolving value-based care environment and how ambulatory practices are shifting to align. Several major trends are driving ambulatory practices to focus on value and maintain a competitive edge. These include:
- Patient-centric, value-based care
- Consumer demand for more engagement through technology
- New payment models and revenue opportunities
The challenges
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Allscripts, Cerner, Epic Among Finalists for $11B DoD EHR Contract
The Department of Defense has narrowed the bids for the $11B DoD EHR Modernization Project to three finalist teams, which include EHR vendors Allscripts, Cerner and Epic. PricewaterhouseCooper's bid with Google, DSS, Inc., MedSphere Open Source EHR and systems integrator General Dynamics Information Technology was eliminated by the DoD, according to Politico. Also, the smaller team Intersystems Trak Care was eliminated from the competition.
A posting to FBO.gov, confirmed the DoD was
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Cerner Offers Voluntary Separation Packages to Employees
Cerner is offering "select associates" voluntary separation packages whose combination of years of service and age total 65, Kansas City Star reports. The eligible associates have one month to meet with their managers and decide whether to continue their employment with Cerner or consider a voluntary departure.
These Cerner associates also include former Siemens employees who became part of Cerner through acquisition earlier this year. Cerner spokesman Dan Smith stresses the one-time
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Surescripts Adds NextGen Healthcare for EPA, Reaches 250k Prescribers Nationwide
Surescripts, the largest health information network, further expanded the reach of its electronic prior authorization (ePA) solution to include NextGen Healthcare, a provider of healthcare information systems, services and connectivity solutions. The addition of NextGen Healthcare, among the nation’s largest electronic health record (EHR) vendors, will afford 250,000 prescribers nationwide the ability to fulfill prior authorization requests faster and more efficiently, using
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Cleveland Clinic, VA Integrates EMRs To Improve Veteran Care
On Monday, Cleveland Clinic and the Veterans Administration (VA) announced they will integrate with each other's EMRs for "seamless access" starting this month, according to Crain's Cleveland Business. The integration will expand Cleveland Clinic's Care Care Everywhere HIE developed by Epic to the VA network allowing physicians to perform care coordination for more than 1,800 veterans.
Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER)
The VA has been making a major push to enroll more
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UCLA’s Dr. David Feinberg Appointed New Geisinger CEO
UCLA president David T. Feinberg, M.D., M.B.A has been named the new president and chief executive officer of Geisinger Health System, effective May 1, 2015. Dr. Feinberg, who is succeeding Glenn Steele, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., will become only the sixth chief executive officer in Geisinger’s 100-year history.
During his tenure at UCLA, Feinberg focused on high quality clinical standards for patient care, safety and satisfaction, and the UCLA Health System hospitals have regularly ranked
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Black Book Rankings Toughens EHR Survey Standards To Avoid Intentional Bias
Black Book Rankings announced on Friday that its EHR survey standards will be rigidly audited to remove ballots cast by provider organizations that serve as the resellers, VARs and/or channel partners. Black Book’s recent survey inspection of the nearly 29,000 EHR user ballots collected from Q3 2014 to Q1 2015 discovered 33 hospital resellers casting EHR satisfaction and loyalty responses for 740 physician practices. This discovery prompted supplementary audits and an extended resurveying phase
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Inside The Secret Life of Your Healthcare Data
There’s a rising tide of healthcare data. It lifts many hopes for better healthcare, but also surfaces one troubling issue: reliability of data. Just how confident are you of the reliability of your data?
As a healthcare provider, you already know that data permeates your office workload. This impacts a critical feature of your operations: your workflow, a process you probably evolved over many years. Suddenly, you’re now doing “refreshes” to accommodate the new data volumes you’re
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