Accountable care organizations might create a paradigm shift for healthcare--but questions remain over implementation costs, provider enthusiasm, and performance measurement. Loreen Brown, Vice President of Access and Reimbursement for Xcenda, joins "In The Know" to discuss how providers are responding to the cost and practicality of ACO participation, as well as how ACOs might change the way manufacturers interact with prescribers.
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Case Study: Ahead of the Game with Computer-Assisted Coding
In this video, John Kemper, RHIA from St. Elizabeth Healthcare discusses their partnership with 3M for computer assisted coding tools and the numerous benefits including: Decreased discharge not final billed30% coding productivity increaseRevenue cycle and cash flow improvementICD-10 preparation
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KLAS Report: Providers Prefer Interoperability Interface Solutions
KLAS Report: Providers Prefer Interoperability Interface Solutions based on recent KLAS report
The ever-expanding number of technology applications, combined with meaningful use and other initiatives, results in the increasing demand for application interoperability in healthcare organizations. This in turn places greater pressure and incentive on those organizations to find better and easier ways to facilitate interfacing. Providers want all the horsepower of a robust, scalable, and flexible
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Toolkits: eHI Releases Updated Health Information Exchange Toolkit
The eHealth Initiative recently released the second phase of the third generation of its Health Information Exchange (HIE) Toolkit, an online resource to empower health care leaders managing the challenges associated with developing, adopting, operating, and sustaining a health information exchange.Phase II of the new eHI Toolkit is now online and available to the public. This "primer" addresses the next steps needed for starting an HIE - creating a sustainable model, technical aspects of
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ICD-10 Survey Shows Urgent Need for Education
J.A. Thomas and Associates (JATA) has announced results from an ICD-10 survey sent to its U.S. hospital client base. The ICD-10 Final Rule sets out a specific date, Oct. 1, 2013, by which all entities impacted by HIPAA must convert to and begin using new ICD-10 code sets. ICD-10 conversion means major changes in coding rules, terminology and structure and an eight-fold increase in the number of codes. Providers face both the prospect of productivity losses, and possibly,
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Webinar: ICD-10 PlayBook: New Tools for Successful Transformation
Date: 5/25/2011 Time:12:00:00 PM-1:30:00 PMCost: Free for HIMSS members Free for non-membersRegistration InformationDescription:Abstract: The ICD-10 implementation is one of the most complex and challenging federal mandates facing the US healthcare industry today. The HIMSS ICD-10 Playbook is a free, web-based guide to industry-best resources for providers. Maintained by leading ICD-10 experts, the Playbook addresses the gamut of ICD-10 challenges
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Chicago To Develop Nation’s Largest Metro Health Information Exchange
The Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council (MCHC) is pleased to announce its decision to develop the MetroChicago Health Information Exchange (HIE), which is expected to be the largest metropolitan HIE in the nation, serving more than 9.4 million people. The new exchange will use Microsoft Corp., CSC and HealthUnity Corp. technologies to drive quality care improvements and cost efficiencies for Chicago healthcare consumers. The MCHC recognizes the potential for HIEs to improve individual care
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Meaningful Use and the HITECH Act: More Things You Need to Know.
Last August we brought you the Meaningful Use and the HITECH Act: Top 5 Things You Need to Know podcast. This follow-up presentation digs deeper with updated information for eligible providers about how to receive the incentive payments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). We discuss the latest details about payment timelines, review what you need to know about choosing an ONC-ATCB certified system to entitle you to payments, and review what is expected from
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David Blumenthal addresses HIMSS Interoperability Showcase
After Blumenthal: A To-Do List
The successor to David Blumenthal, M.D., who has announced he'll resign as National Coordinator for Health Information Technology this spring, will have a lot of work to do when it comes to protecting the privacy and security of healthcare information.
One top priority for his successor will be to work with other agencies to build a consistent approach to protecting patient information, says Deven McGraw, co-chair of the Privacy and Security Tiger Team that's been advising Blumenthal's
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