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CMS launches voluntary bundled payments model, first since spiking mandatory bundles
The agency’s Innovation Center said the new Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced model is the first APM that would qualify under MACRA.
“The Centers for...
Medical Device Data, UDIs on Claims Impact Costs, Patient Safety
According to recent reports, payers who incorporate medical device data and UDIs into their claims may improve costs and patient safety.
“Adding medical device data and...
Healthcare Data – How to Use it to Your Benefit
In today’s world, information travels at gigabit speeds. For business, this means near limitless opportunities to accumulate data and use it to make operations more efficient and therefore more profitable. One of the issues many businesses encounter when compiling all this data is finding an effective use for so much information. Understanding the data and incorporating it into useful business practices is especially problematic in the medical profession.
Providers: Email is main data breach culprit
A recent survey by Mimecast and HIMSS Analytics states that providers overwhelmingly rank email as the No. 1 source of potential data breachesÂ
“Of physicians who...
OCR: 5 ways to fight internal health data breaches
Healthcare organizations can protect themselves from internal healthcare data breaches.
“Healthcare organizations are a prime target for internal breaches caused by...
Healthcare finance executives see strong IT investment in 2018, but a bubble could be growing
KPMG and Leavitt Partners new survey found that health and life sciences organizations intend to invest in analytics and digital technologies.
“More than half of...
Claims Analytics Help Medicare Identify, Prevent Provider Fraud
The use of a claims analytics platform helped Medicare to identify and prevent millions of dollars in provider fraud.
“Close to a quarter of new Medicare fraud...
Quality Payment Program needs more technical assistance, oversight, OIG finds
A new report by HHS’ Office of Inspector General gives CMS points for making significant efforts to implement the Quality Payment Program (QPP) but says challenges...
