Payment And Finance

Gotham Rumble: What Does the New York Public Hospital Debate Over P4P Say about Value and Incentives Right Now?

August 5, 2013     Mark Hagland
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A sometimes-heated discussion taking place in New York City around introducing a physician pay-for-performance program into that city’s immense public hospital system speaks to the broader debate around how best to transform U.S. healthcare

House Energy and Commerce Committee Passes Bill to Repeal SGR

August 1, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 51-0 to approve bipartisan legislation that would replace the current Medicare payment model— known as the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR)—with a stable system of payments to reimburse U.S. doctors.

The Mobility Narrative: All the Usual Challenges, with High-Level Clarity

July 31, 2013     Mark Hagland
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Though every healthcare IT leader and industry expert I interviewed for our July/August cover story package shared with me how complex their movement towards mobility has been so far, one very positive element in that overall movement is this: a strong clarity with regard to what the future holds, at least with regard to the big picture

Leapfrog Group Launches Tool to Calculate Hospital Error Costs

July 29, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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The Leapfrog Group, a Washington, D.C.-based healthcare-purchaser organization focused on patient safety and value, has launched a new online tool that allows purchasers to calculate how much they spend annually on unnecessary costs due to medical errors that occur within general acute care hospitals.

The Doctor Is In (and Wants to Get Online)

July 29, 2013     Mark Hagland
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Compared with some industries, mobile computing came late to healthcare. But now, the revolution is accelerating—both on the clinician end-user side, and in the arena of clinician-patient communications and care management. How are IT leaders engaging clinicians and helping clinicians engage patients, in the emerging healthcare? CIOs and CMIOs are figuring out how to help their organizations survive--and thrive--in the emerging world of mobility.

As Healthcare Leaders Bring Forward their MU Stage 2 Concerns, What Might the Feds Do?

July 25, 2013     Mark Hagland
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In late July, healthcare leaders brought forward concerns around the rigorous requirements of Stage 2 of meaningful use to federal officials at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Department of Health and Human Services. How might federal officials respond—and what kinds of concerns must they balance?

MGMA Asks HHS Secretary Sebelius to Reverse Course and Reinstate External ICD-10 Testing

July 25, 2013     Mark Hagland
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On July 23, the leaders of the Englewood, Colo.-based Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) sent a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, asking her to reverse a newly announced policy regarding testing for the implementation of the ICD-10 coding system later this year.

CIOs Beef Up Their RCM Operations in the Post-Reform World

July 25, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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With a perfect storm of lower Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements and the specter additional budgetary cuts from Congress, even automated RCM systems are not up to snuff. How are hospitals, medical groups and integrated health systems preparing for new models of care delivery and reimbursement?

Climb Every Mountain: Are Medical Group Leaders Moving Forward on Automation, Despite All the Challenges?

July 23, 2013     Mark Hagland
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If recent surveys are any indication, the leaders of physician groups nationwide are making the decision to move forward on absolutely needed clinical information technology implementation, despite the challenges inherent in a shifting reimbursement landscape.

Advancing Mobile Computing: How One New Jersey Group Has Moved Forward

July 21, 2013     Mark Hagland
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The number of patient care organizations across the U.S. in which physician mobility is moving forward is growing daily. Among that throng is the 15-physician Vanguard Medical Group in northeastern New Jersey. In the case of Vanguard, participation in a statewide patient-centered medical home program, and creating its own visiting nurse program, spurred development of a mobile computing strategy.

Where the Rubber Meets the Road in MD Documentation: An Emergency Physician Perspective

July 20, 2013     Mark Hagland
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Reid Conant, M.D. of the Tri-City Emergency Medical Group, a 23-doctor emergency physician practice in Oceanside, California, shares his perspectives on the role of speech recognition solutions in optimizing physician documentation processes in the emergency medicine sphere. One key point: it’s not about typing ability.

EHRs May Slow the Rise of Outpatient Healthcare Costs, Study Says

July 18, 2013     Rajiv Leventhal
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The use of electronic health records (EHRs) can reduce the costs of outpatient care by roughly three percent, compared to relying on traditional paper records, according to a new study from the University of Michigan that examined more than four years of healthcare cost data in nine communities.
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