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• The State Of Value-Based Care: Improving Care Quality While Reducing Medical Costs

  8/14/2018

  Results from the third biennial study “Finding the Value: The State of Value-Based Care in 2018” conducted by ORC International show value-based care models are doing what they were designed to do: improve care quality while reducing medical costs. Yet, these results also show payers and providers still have work to do in order to optimize these programs. Included below are the study’s top 10 findings along with related insights on how to push the industry forward.

• 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.

• Matching Patients With The Right Provider

  9/30/2016

  To arrive in Chicago in time for a 1 p.m. meeting on Tuesday, planning your trip is simple. Check your preferred airline’s website and book the flight that best suits your travel needs. By Sanju Pratap, Senior Director, Product at MyHealthDirect

• Could RFID Help Support Electronic Health Records?

  11/10/2010

  Electronic health records EHRs would provide healthcare professionals with electronic access to an individual’s medical history, even when that history has been recorded by multiple providers. Therefore, the EHR system necessitates inter-operable communication of standardized data between hospitals and physicians. In our view, RFID could play a potential role in the development of these health records, particularly given the tight timeframe that needs to be followed. The Department of Health and Human Services needs to issue its Interim Final Rule by December 31, 2009 and legislative incentives begin in 2011. By Reik Read, Robert W. Baird & Co.
• The Who, What, Why, When, And How Of Patient Communication During COVID-19

  4/27/2020

  COVID-19 has been on everyone’s mind for weeks—and it has been a frightening and confusing time, to say the least. According to recent studies, 81 percent of adults say that this is a true “national emergency.” Three out of four report feeling stressed about outbreaks in their communities while nearly 70 percent say they are afraid that they, or a member of their family, will catch the virus. These fears are only exacerbated by a lack of information or confusion about what is true or not.

• Unravelling The Mysteries Of Medical Billing With Artificial Intelligence

  10/12/2016

  When you go to the grocery store and make a purchase, the receipt you receive at the end of your visit is fairly self-explanatory. By David Bayer, Vice President, Compreno Group at ABBYY