FEATURED CONTENT

• MACRA And MIPS: Preparing For Changes

  8/2/2017

  The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) was passed with bipartisan support in 2015. By Bhupender Singh, CEO, Intelenet Global Services

• Efficient Cancer Care Through Informatics: 3 Ways The Process Is Broken And A Path Forward

  6/28/2019

  In 2012, within a relatively short period of time, my wife and I lost three close family members to different types of cancer. Back then, I was spending most of my energy on a horse-racing business with two big farms and 350 horses. But after my sister-in-law died from cancer at 40, at the height of our grieving period, my wife asked me why I was wasting all my time and money on horses when I could be doing something about this. She knows I like complex problems. My first thought was – I’m not a physician, how am I going to impact cancer care? But the question nagged at me.

• 5 Medical Procedures Revolutionized By MedTech

  8/26/2019

  Medical technology has undergone a dramatic transformation over the last century. Conditions that were once fatal are now simple to treat with antibiotics, surgery or similar solutions. With innovations in MedTech, the healthcare industry has changed for the better. With that in mind, here are five procedures and technologies that MedTech has revolutionized in recent years.

• May The Good Cause Be With You!

  3/2/2016

  CMS continuously strives to improve the healthcare services standard across organizations offering Medicare/Medicaid coverage plans. As part of the same endeavor, the organization came up with a list of changes for the Medicare Advantage (MA) program (Part C) and Prescription Drug benefit program (Part D) of Medicare for contract year 2016. One of the key changes, part of the CMS mandate (CMS-4159-F2), pertains to Good Cause Reinstatement (GCR) decisions. By Jaydev Rajnikant Doshi, Business Manager, Virtusa

• Patient-First: The State Of Wearables In Healthcare

  8/9/2018

  The trend towards taking a “patient first” approach—coupled with the consolidation of emerging companies in the industry—has increased pressure to bring innovative mobile applications to market more quickly. Wearables are at the top of this list. In fact, SNS Research estimates that by 2020, wearable devices and wearables in Healthcare will represent a market worth $40 Billion with over 240 Million annual unit shipments.

• Private Physician Plaintiff Not “Employee” Of Hospital For Title VII Purposes

  9/3/2019

  A federal appeals court recently rejected a physician’s employment discrimination lawsuit against a hospital that revoked her privileges because it found her not to be an “employee” eligible to bring such a claim. The lessons you can learn from this decision might help your organization defend a similar claim in the future.