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HealthcareDive – A recap of the National Business Group on Health’s 2017 Business Health Agenda conference

“If you didn’t attend the National Business Group on...

Forbes – Tech News

“The key difference is that digital therapeutics implement treatment programs tailored to specific ailments, especially major chronic diseases like...

HealthcareDive Feature

“Providers are struggling to keep up with requests to verify network directory data as health plans comply with increasing mandates. Concerned about widespread inaccuracies in network directories for health plans, lawmakers across the country are seeking stricter data collection requirements. A mix of new state and federal regulations require payers to provide consumers with up-to-date network directories of available healthcare professionals.” Read the full article.

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Cybersecurity experts lay out the facts, and misperceptions, about securing data in the cloud. The answer is not so simple.

“Cloud computing is still fairly new to...

FierceHealthcare Exclusive

“The holy grail of data-sharing is integrated clinical and claims data. But there are plenty of barriers, from cost to interoperability challenges to lingering distrust between payers and providers. But when we gathered a group of more than 20 executives to discuss payer-provider collaboration, they all agreed that health information technology and data play an integral role.” Read the full article.

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Healthcare Industry News

“The health care industry now has its own domain name on the internet, just like universities have .edu and not-for-profits have .org. Several...

HIMSS News

“Last month, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released two new Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM).”  Read the full article.

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Reducing Healthcare Costs

“More healthcare organizations are partnering in hopes of reducing healthcare costs, improving quality of care and achieving better outcomes. The move from volume to value is prevalent both with private payers and the CMS.” Read the full article.

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Claims Management News from HealthPayer Intelligence

“Effective member engagement strategies for payers should focus on locating member pain points and simplicity of communication for plan” Read the full article.

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Healthcare IT News on Meaningful Use Payments

“The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General will review the accuracy of $14.6 billion in meaningful use payments made to hospitals by Medicare between 2011 and 2016. Earlier this year, the OIG estimated physicians were wrongfully paid $729 million under meaningful use.” Read the full article.

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