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• HIPAA Celebrates A Birthday: COVID-19, HIPAA, And Your Rights

  8/6/2020

  As August 21, 2020 marks the 24th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s HIPAA Law, it is not a bad time to reflect on how the law has been doing. As with any big changes in healthcare, whether the advent of Electronic Health Systems (EHRs) in the past decade or a pandemic like COVID-19, nothing stays the same. All laws, rules, and regulations occasionally need some breathing room and this also applies to HIPAA. Here is an update on HIPPA changes and some examples of what not to do.

• Using Technology To Track Value-Based Metrics

  8/7/2018

  The shift toward value-based healthcare means providers are taking a look at their practices and reassessing their priorities. The focus for these providers has shifted to improving the quality of the care they provide and how their care impacts patient outcomes. Most providers already place an emphasis on patient outcomes, but in order to be reimbursed for their Medicare patients, they must also track their efforts and depending on the program they follow, report on metrics such as patient satisfaction, improving care coordination, and other patient behaviors or outcomes.

• Judging The Price Of Medical Billing Services

  6/11/2018

  This article explains the four models for pricing of medical billing services and the things healthcare organizations need to consider in evaluating the price.

• Getting To The Root Of Performance Measurement

  3/11/2016

  The U.S. healthcare system is quickly shifting care focus away from volume and toward value. In this new and challenging environment, the means used to define, deliver, and measure quality will characterize the essential elements that power the collective performance of every stakeholder. By Frank Mazza, Chief Medical Officer, Quantros

• 5 Ways Health IT Shackles Physicians

  7/6/2016

  It seems every week there’s another study documenting the problems physicians have with healthcare IT. The findings invariably are consistent with what the AMA has been saying for the past several years — physicians overwhelmingly dislike EHR systems’ poor usability and interoperability, and resent the extra time they have to spend at the keyboard.

• 3 Keys For Value-Based Care Success

  4/2/2018

  The U.S. healthcare system is today stuck in its awkward teenage phase – pointed in the direction of rewarding value over volume, but nowhere near real and universal value-based reimbursement. Health plans and providers are being pushed to lower costs and improve quality, but the system still primarily operates on the fee-for-service reimbursement model.