Biggest Health IT wins for new spending bill
HIMSS Senior Director of Congressional Affairs broke down how the massive spending bill will boost telehealth, Medicaid and other crucial health IT […]
5 trends in Healthcare Analytics for 2018
In a recent white paper, Tableau outlines significant trends in healthcare analytics for 2018. “Leaders of The demand for higher quality care […]
Payers, Providers Pledge to Improve Prior Authorizations
AHIP, BCBSA, AHA, and other organizations have agreed to improve the efficiency of prior authorizations. “Leaders of organizations participating in the pledge […]
AI funding exceeds $1B in 2017
Report confirms what industry watchers have already been noticing: Artificial intelligence in healthcare is hot. “The quality and reliability of the data […]
All-Payer Claims Databases Offer Insights into Healthcare Spending
The data from an all-payer claims database can reduce wasteful healthcare spending by supporting population health and analytics-driven healthcare decision making. “All-payer […]
FDA lays out digital health goals in 2018 strategic roadmap
Leveraging innovation and competition to better healthcare is one of the four cornerstones of the Food and Drug Administration’s 2018 policy roadmap […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]