Payers

Health insurance plans serve as the financial backbone of health care, functioning as the crucial link between employers and providers in the $2.5 trillion industry. Topics include: claims management systems, quality improvement programs and claims processing standards.

New Health I.T. Safety Committee Holds First Meeting

Joseph Goedert | Apr 29

A recently formed workgroup of the HIT Policy Committee to identify ways to improve the safety of health information technology held its introductory meeting on April 29. Among its charges, the group will compile a report on strategies and recommendations for a risk-based regulatory framework for health I.T., including medical mobile applications.

EHR

Data Security

Group Practices

Decision Support

Hospitals

Health Info Exchange

Medication Management

Mobile Technology

Policy & Regulation

Coalition to Feds: Act on Policy Issues to Speed Data Exchange

Joseph Goedert | Apr 29

Several urgent policy issues require resolution to advance interoperability and health information exchange, the eHealth Initiative stakeholder coalition contends in a comment letter sent to federal health policy officials.

Health Info Exchange

Group Practices

EHR

Data Security

Policy & Regulation

HIT Vendor Alliance Comments on Lifting Interoperability Barriers

Joseph Goedert | Apr 26

The CommonWell Health Alliance, announced in March and comprising a handful of health information technology vendors collaborating to cooperate on systems interoperability issues, has responded to a federal request for information on ways to advance interoperability and health information exchange.

Health Info Exchange

Policy & Regulation

Data Security

Vendor News

Systems Integration

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Hospitals

Group Practices

EHR

Consumer Health

Analysis: Most ER Visits from Privately Insured are Avoidable

Joseph Goedert | Apr 25

A Truven Health Analytics study of more than 6.5 million emergency department visits of privately insured patients finds only 29 percent of them required immediate attention.

Consumer Health

Revenue Cycle & Payments

Policy & Regulation

Group Practices

Hospitals

Data Repositories

Updated EHR Meaningful Use FAQs Issued

Joseph Goedert | Apr 25

CMS has issued guidance on EHR meaningful use incentive payments affected by the budget sequestration and attesting when the EHR is switched during the program year.

EHR

Group Practices

Hospitals

Policy & Regulation

Stimulus

Revenue Cycle & Payments