Policy

ACO Leaders Explain: Healthcare First, Then Savings

February 15, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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In an NCQA webinar, managing partner and CEO of Crystal Run Healthcare, Hal Teitelbaum, M.D., talked about the mentality his organization has in being an ACO. It’s clear being an ACO, and getting accreditation from the NCQA, is not something that can be done with negligence.

EXCLUSIVE: Russ Branzell, CHIME’s Incoming CEO, Speaks First to Healthcare Informatics

February 14, 2013     Mark Hagland
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One day after the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based CHIME named Russell P. Branzell its incoming chief executive officer, Branzell spoke with HCI Editor-in-Chief Mark Hagland regarding his acceptance of the CHIME CEO position, and his aspirations for CHIME as an organization going forward.

Slower Healthcare Inflation Seen Easing the Federal Budget Deficit

February 14, 2013     Mark Hagland
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A Congressional Budget Office report finds that the growth in healthcare cost inflation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs has slowed in the short term, with healthcare reform-driven reimbursement changes a possible factor in the trend

President Obama Gives a Shout-Out to Value-Based Purchasing in his State of the Union Address

February 13, 2013     Mark Hagland
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In his first State of the Union address of his second term, President Barack Obama on Feb. 12 directly addressed some of the challenges and opportunities facing the federal Medicare program in the coming years, citing value-based purchasing in particular as an important change to the U.S. healthcare system, as well as proposing changes in pharmaceutical policy and in Medicare rules for wealthy seniors.

BREAKING NEWS: Russell Branzell Selected as CHIME CEO

February 12, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) has selected Russell P. Branzell as CEO, the organization announced this week. Branzell, currently the CEO of Colorado Health Medical Group, a division of University of Colorado Health, will begin his new role in April.

In New England, Moving Forward in Medical Groups

February 9, 2013     Mark Hagland
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Jeff Loughlin, project director at the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative and executive director of the Regional Extension Center of New Hampshire, shares his perspectives on the current state of EHR adoption among medical groups-and the lessons that have been learned by leaders of the regional extension centers.

President Obama Re-Nominates Marilyn Tavenner To Be Permanent CMS Administrator

February 8, 2013     Mark Hagland
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As President Barack Obama re-nominates Marilyn Tavenner, R.N., acting administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, to be permanent CMS administrator, industry reaction is uniformly positive; but Republicans on Capitol Hill may or may not help the nomination to move forward to hearings and confirmation

CMS, AHRQ Announce EHR Format for Children

February 7, 2013     Gabriel Perna
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are proposing changes to the format ofchildren’s electronic health records (EHRs), the two agencies jointly announced.

A Tough Act to Follow: Carolyn Clancy Exits AHRQ

February 6, 2013     Mark Hagland
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When Carolyn Clancy, M.D., announced on Jan. 31 that she was leaving the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), which she had headed for almost exactly 10 years (she became that agency’s director on Feb. 5, 2003, after previously working at the agency as director of its Center for Outcomes and Effectiveness Research), it signaled the end of an era.

Washington Debrief: Carolyn Clancy Leaving AHRQ, Exploring the Barriers to HIE

February 5, 2013     Jeff Smith, Assistant Director of Advocacy at CHIME
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AHRQ Director Carolyn Clancy announced that she will be leaving the Agency after ten years on the job. Meanwhile, several healthcare IT practitioners, academics and policymakers met in Washington this week during a joint meeting of the Health IT Policy Committee and Health IT Standards Committee.

Got Transparency? Mainstream Media Coverage Is Moving to the Healthcare Operational Level

February 5, 2013     Mark Hagland
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I was fascinated last month by a New York Times article I read about an initiative tying physician pay in New York City’s public hospitals to the outcomes measures those hospitals will be paid against under healthcare reform.

Guest Blog: Six Healthcare IT Predictions for 2013

February 5, 2013     Ted Reynolds and Chris Miller, CTG Health Solutions
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The meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs), healthcare reform and ongoing pressure to improve clinical and financial performance will drive six trends that we expect will impact providers in 2013, say two executives at CTG Health Solutions
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