FEATURED CONTENT

• Using SIEM Technology To Streamline HIPAA Compliance

  3/17/2016

  There are 154 separate requirements underlying the HIPAA security standard, each with defined audit procedures. Addressing and continually monitoring each of these requirements individually can be an enormous task for any security officer. Addressing each of the audit procedures and creating the proper documentation can be a dauntless task. SIEM technology allows most of these risks to be identified, addressed, monitored, and documented.

• Provider Contracting: 6 Key Business Functions To Look For In Selecting The Right Tool

  11/19/2018

  Onboarding, retaining and servicing the providers within a Payer organization is becoming a core focus due to expansion into new markets and strict state and federal regulations around access to care. Providers have taken a back seat to member acquisition and retention, but as Payers move to new payment models and strategies combined with low provider satisfaction rates, there is an immediate need for a complete overhaul of the way providers are contracted.

• Banks And Innovative IT: Healthcare's New Power Couple

  11/29/2016

  Banks have traditionally played a critical role in serving the healthcare industry. They are payment aggregators, digital and paper lockboxes, data normalizers, systems of record, and more. By Deborah Theobald, CEO, Vecna

• Patient Empowerment In A Changing Environment

  8/28/2018

  Health is not just occasional moments throughout a lifespan, but an ongoing journey with unexpected turning points, peaks, and valleys. While the current healthcare system is centered around 15-minute appointments with doctors and specialists, most of what impacts one’s health occurs not during those visits, but in between them. During these long stretches of time, medications change, symptoms fluctuate, additional labs and tests are administered, and visits to other specialists are scheduled. Health-related decisions take place nearly every minute of every day.

• Healthcare Cybersecurity Is In A COVID-19 Tailspin

  10/26/2020

  As if stress levels in the healthcare industry aren’t high enough due to the COVID-19 pandemic, risks to our healthcare system’s already fragile cybersecurity infrastructure are at an all-time high. From increased cyberattacks, to exacerbated vulnerabilities, to costly human errors, our healthcare cybersecurity has been sent into a tailspin due to COVID-19 (if it wasn’t already before).

• What Does It Take To Earn Top Medicare Advantage Ratings?

  6/4/2019

  While healthcare leaders uniformly agree that transitioning to value is the way healthcare is going to be in the coming days, it is unclear to most how they can make the transition without negatively impacting their cost outcomes. In an industry which had primarily been fee-for-service based, healthcare organizations are facing immense pressure to innovate and adapt or risk their long-term viability.