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• Trump's Proposed Medicaid Cuts To Worsen Chasm In Care Access: Telehealth Can Bridge The Gap

  10/13/2017

  While health policy decisions seem to be routinely made at the federal level without regard to their impact on patient care or population health, payers and providers don’t have that luxury. By Kathleen Myers, MD, FACEP, and CMIO, AristaMD

• HIT: Finding The Right Cloud-Based IT Solution To Overcome Compliance And Security Concerns

  8/2/2018

  Technology-driven healthcare innovations are emerging at a rapid pace to address quality initiatives and to support reimbursement models using EHR (electronic healthcare records). The complexity of these changes and new requirements can often appear overwhelming from an IT perspective. The need to consider workflow and clinical outcomes at every step of the way further complicates IT planning in the ambulatory environment. We look at top concerns for compliance and security and how cloud-based models can provide an excellent solution.

• The Risk Of Virtual Viruses In The Race To Modernize Healthcare

  5/2/2016

  A viral outbreak of epidemic proportions is disrupting medical services across the country, most recently stalling procedures and causing delays at MedStar, a community-based health system in Washington, D.C. Similarly disrupted was a hospital in Kentucky, declaring an “internal state of emergency” due to a virus, while a Southern California hospital paid $17,000 to cure a virus earlier this year.

• White Paper: How The New PQRI Will Affect Emergency Department Provider Documentation

  9/23/2009

  The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) program instituted by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has received changes for the 2008 calendar year. The PQRI program replaces the Physician Voluntary Reporting Program (PVRP) and involves all emergency care providers (i.e., physician assistants and nurse practitioners), not just physicians. CMS began collecting the PQRI data on July 1, 2007. Data reporting utilizes the CMS coding and billing infrastructure through the use of CPT Category II codes or in some instances G-codes. By T-System Inc.
• Telepsychiatry: Advancing Connected Community Models

  9/22/2017

  The concept of “connected community” holds great potential for elevating and improving behavioral health outcomes for all patients. By Dr. James Varrell

• Hometown Heroes: How Hutchinson Clinic Saved Their Patients And Their Bottom Line

  3/16/2022

  Amid the sights and sounds of the annual Kansas State Fair, the buzz of the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center and the fanfare surrounding Hutchinson Community College basketball games, you’ll find the 40,000 locals who call Hutchinson home. “Hutch” as it’s affectionately known, is the largest city and county seat in Reno County, Kansas.