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• Revenue Cycle Management: The Key To Achieving Success Under MACRA

  5/31/2017

  The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) aims to improve physician and other clinician payments by changing the way Medicare incorporates quality measurement into payments. At its core, the Act repeals the sustainable growth rate and authorizes the U.S. Department of Human and Health Services (HHS) to implement value-based incentives. Regardless of MACRA’s original intent to improve healthcare for both patients and physicians, the new legislation can result in negative implications on practices — particularly as it relates to revenue cycle management.

• First Do No Harm — Then Do No Passwords

  4/30/2018

  In light of the recent cybersecurity guidelines issued by the SEC, companies’ policies are under the microscope more than ever. It has called on public companies to be more forthcoming about disclosing cybersecurity risks, even before a breach or attack happens.

• Streamlining The Patient Intake Process With An Automated Mobile-First Contact Strategy

  9/25/2017

  The waiting room is full, there is a line forming in front of the scheduling desk, new patient information has to be collected, patients’ records must be updated, and appointments need to be rescheduled. By Ken Saitow, president and CEO, CareWire

• How To Work With A Tele-ICU Partner: Optimizing Clinical, Operational, And Financial Outcomes

  1/5/2016

  Hospital intensive care units (ICUs) represent a microcosm of the interesting challenges present in today’s healthcare ecosystem — balancing the increasing demand for healthcare services with the increasing costs of those services. As baby boomers age, there is a large and growing population that requires critical care; however, the resources available to treat them — physicians trained in critical care, or intensivists — are increasingly spread thin. While ICUs represent approximately 10 percent of hospital beds, they account for nearly 30 percent of its costs. Consequently, an ICU’s ability to treat patients not only effectively, but efficiently, is intricately tied to the hospital’s overall performance. By Lou Silverman, CEO, Advanced ICU Care

• Provider Information Gaps Threaten Success Of New Narrow Networks

  9/10/2018

  Healthcare today is a world of proliferating value-based arrangements. In addition to accountable care organizations (ACOs) – a flavor of clinically integrated networks (CINs) – “narrow networks” have emerged as a growing trend as the industry shifts to new alternative payment models.

• Protecting Your Network From Hackers

  4/7/2016

  Many healthcare organizations don’t realize just how many privileged accounts are on its network that insiders have access to. Periodically taking inventory of these accounts and getting rid of those that aren’t needed can go a long way toward protecting your organization’s network: think of it as a new type of spring cleaning.