July 19, 2013 David Raths
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In August 2013, the California Department of Public Health will launch an immunization-messaging portal that it says will help providers qualify for meaningful use incentive payments. To qualify for meaningful use payments, immunization information will need to be submitted in HL7 format from a certified EHR.
July 17, 2013 Gabriel Perna
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The three year period in which the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) will fund the Beacon Community Program is coming to an end, and one Beacon is preparing for the “after life.” San Diego Regional Health Information Exchange’s Dan Chavez is looking forward to self-sustainability and an organization of trust.
July 17, 2013 Mark Hagland
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The July 16 announcement by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services that nine of the 32 patient care organizations participating in the Pioneer ACO Shared Savings Program were leaving the Pioneer program, with two of them leaving the Medicare Shared Savings Program altogether, was cause for reflective pause. But is the glass half-empty or half-full in this case?
June 18, 2013 Rajiv Leventhal
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At the Healthcare Financial Management Association's (HFMA) annual conference in Orlando, Fla., a case study of CareMore showed that a commitment to patient-centered care and adoption of full risk resulted in dramatically improved health status for chronically ill patients, significantly reduced the cost of patient care, and dramatically improved the financial bottom line.
June 11, 2013 Bob Kelley, Senior Vice President, Analytics, Truven Health Analytics
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On my next birthday I will reach my father’s age when he died of a major heart attack. My dad was, in some ways, like every other World War II veteran. He worked very hard, smoked, and was never sick enough to visit a physician. Upon his death in the hospital, his physician mentioned that my dad had likely suffered several less severe attacks and that men like him typically treated these as heartburn by taking antacids.
June 5, 2013 John DeGaspari
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Commercial payors aren’t offering as many of the upside-only payment structures that are most popular among early accountable care organizations (ACOs), according to an analysis by the Charlotte, N.C.-based Premier healthcare alliance of 85 payor arrangements.
June 3, 2013 Carl Dolezal, Senior Manager, Aspen Advisors
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Did you finish the last year attesting for meaningful use Stage 1? If you did, congratulations! You may be thinking you just made it, you’re aware that Stage 2 is waiting for you, and you’re thankful to have preparation time. Before you rest too much, remember that the Stage 2 clock is ticking. It requires that a patient portal be in place and establishes an active role for patients to meet required thresholds.
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