A Healthy Start to the Plan Year Begins With Quality Medicare Advantage Enrollment Processes
For individuals who have Medicare, they have recently had the opportunity to enroll in a 2018 Medicare Advantage or other Medicare plan, […]
Reducing healthcare costs not one-size-fits-all, report finds
A new Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement (NRHI) report that reviewed healthcare costs for five states found huge differences concerning costs and […]
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 […]
CMS MBI Notification
Client Notification Date: February 15, 2018 Topic: MBI Purpose: The following notification is to inform our Medicare Health Plan clients that HealthAxis Group […]
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 […]