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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...

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.

A recent survey by Mimecast and HIMSS Analytics states that providers overwhelmingly rank email as the No. 1 source of potential data breaches 

“Of physicians who...

Healthcare organizations can protect themselves from internal healthcare data breaches.

“Healthcare organizations are a prime target for internal breaches caused by...

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...

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...

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...

In the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CMS said it is working incrementally to “identify gaps in appropriate coding and payment for care.”

“A new Robert Wood...

Many major health systems plan to invest in improved cybersecurity technologies next year.

“Cybersecurity improvements are top of mind for health IT executives this...