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CIO: 3 Rules for Meeting ONC/CMS Interoperability, While Improving Cybersecurity

by Scott Galbari, CTO & Drew Ivan, Chief Product and Strategy Officer, Lyniate 12/31/2020 Leave a Comment

CIO: 3 Rules for Meeting ONC/CMS Interoperability, While Improving Cybersecurity

Healthcare data security has been a growing concern for CIOs for the last year or so, as hackers are increasingly targeting health information. Now, with a global pandemic forcing a shift to telemedicine and remote work, and new rules from the ONC and CMS introducing more regulatory burden, healthcare CIOs have more to manage than ever. Fortunately, it is possible to roll out new capabilities while simultaneously improving cybersecurity by following these three rules: Rule 1: Think Like an
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Despite COVID-19: Providers Should Not Lose Sight of MIPS Compliance

by Courtney Tesvich VP, Regulatory at Nextech 12/11/2020 Leave a Comment

Despite COVID-19: Providers Should Not Lose Sight of MIPS Compliance

When 2020 began, no one anticipated that complying with the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)—the flagship payment model of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality Payment Program (QPP)—would look so different halfway through the year. Like many other things, the COVID-19 crisis has delayed, diverted, or derailed many organizations’ reporting efforts and capabilities. Lower procedure volumes, new remote work scenarios, and shifting priorities have taken attention
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5 Steps for Interoperability Excellence for Healthcare Providers

by Shanti Wilson, Consultant, Freed Associates 12/07/2020 Leave a Comment

5 Steps for Interoperability Excellence for Healthcare Providers

As if 2020 couldn’t be any more challenging for healthcare providers, new federal rules on interoperability and patient access, granting patients direct access to their healthcare data, begin taking effect in 2021 and will continue into 2022. These rules, while ultimately beneficial to patients, bring an additional level of operational complexity to many revenue-stressed healthcare organizations. If anything, the 2020 pandemic has illustrated the vast potential of interoperability. For
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COTA Lands $34M to Drive Innovation in Oncology Using Real-World Data

by Fred Pennic 11/18/2020 Leave a Comment

COTA Lands $34M to Drive Innovation in Oncology Using Real-World Data

What You Should Know: - COTA, Inc., a healthcare technology company that uses real-world data to bring clarity to cancer care, has secured $34M in funding. - Access to over one million patient data records and additional funding support enhanced real-world data and analytics services in oncology. COTA, Inc., a Boston, MA-based healthcare technology company that uses real-world data to bring clarity to cancer care, today announced it has raised $34 million in Series D funding led by
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HHS Extends Compliance Dates for Information Blocking Requirements

by Fred Pennic 10/29/2020 Leave a Comment

What You Should Know: - HHS released an interim final rule to extend compliance dates and timeframes to meet information blocking beyond those identified in April 21, 2020, enforcement discretion announcement and establishes new future applicability dates for information blocking provisions. - The interim final rule also adopts updated standards and makes technical corrections and clarifications to the ONC Cures Act Final Rule. Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’
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How Low-Code Solutions Reduce Headaches for Healthcare CIOs

by Ruby Raley, VP of Healthcare and Life Sciences at Axway 10/02/2020 Leave a Comment

Low-Code Solutions

Twenty years ago, technology consultants started advising CIOs to build less. That’s when the movement towards Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) began.  Today, there are many shops, especially those in small and medium-sized organizations, with few programmers who build new applications from scratch.   Yes, they have programmers who configure, script, and integrate various applications but very little is built. For the provider community, we have a habit of either sourcing our
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HHS Launches Initiative to Measure Office-Based Physician Use and Burdens of Health IT

by Jasmine Pennic 09/29/2020 Leave a Comment

HHS Launches EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge_HHS Funded Health Care Innovation Award Projects to Watch

What You Should Know: - HHS launches an initiative to measure how office-based physicians use health IT, including key measures on interoperability and burden. - ONC awards a three-year cooperative agreement to the American Board of Family Medicine to develop key measures related to health IT use and the interoperability of health information, etc. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched an initiative to measure health information technology (health
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HHS Announces Investments for STAR HIE Program to Support State and Local Public Health Agencies

by Fred Pennic 08/12/2020 Leave a Comment

HHS Launches EHR Innovations for Improving Hypertension Challenge_HHS Funded Health Care Innovation Award Projects to Watch

What You Should Know: - HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) will award up to five 5 cooperative agreements under the Strengthening the Technical Advancement and Readiness of Public Health Agencies via Health Information Exchange (STAR HIE) Program. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity to expand and accelerate innovative
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HHS Taps Fenway Health as Pilot Site for Precision Medicine Project

by Jasmine Pennic 07/14/2020 Leave a Comment

HHS Taps Fenway Health as Pilot Site for Advancing Standards for Precision Medicine Project

What You Should Know: - Fenway Health has been selected as the pilot site to participate in the Advancing Standards for Precision Medicine (ASPM) project. - The ASPM project is focused on how healthcare providers can systematically identify the socio-economic factors that may impact the health of patients in order to provide more individualized care that reflects patients’ needs.  Fenway Health, a Boston, MA-based Federally Qualified Community Health Center (FQCHC)
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ONC, The Sequoia Project Continue RCE Efforts to Support Nationwide HIE

by Jasmine Pennic 05/27/2020 Leave a Comment

ONC Awards The Sequoia Project to Serve As Recognized Coordinating Entity to Support Interoperability

The Sequoia Project, selected by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) as the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) to support the implementation of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), today celebrated program achievements and ONC’s announcement of the availability of approximately $1.1M of funding to continue the public-private engagement for a second year.Progress to DateIn 2019, ONC chose non-profit The Sequoia Project, to be the RCE following a
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