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 […]
OCR: 5 ways to fight internal health data breaches
Healthcare organizations can protect themselves from internal healthcare data breaches. “Healthcare organizations are a prime target for internal breaches caused by former […]
Healthcare finance executives see strong IT investment in 2018, but a bubble could be growing
KPMG and Leavitt Partners new survey found that health and life sciences organizations intend to invest in analytics and digital technologies. “More […]
Claims Analytics Help Medicare Identify, Prevent Provider Fraud
The use of a claims analytics platform helped Medicare to identify and prevent millions of dollars in provider fraud. “Close to a […]
Quality Payment Program needs more technical assistance, oversight, OIG finds
A new report by HHS’ Office of Inspector General gives CMS points for making significant efforts to implement the Quality Payment Program […]
More billing codes, demonstrations help bridge physician payment gap
In the 2018 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, CMS said it is working incrementally to “identify gaps in appropriate coding and payment for […]
Health systems’ IT priorities for 2018: Cybersecurity technologies, patient-generated data
Many major health systems plan to invest in improved cybersecurity technologies next year. “Cybersecurity improvements are top of mind for health IT […]