Even though majority of the healthcare providers and organizations are working to find ways to restructure physician productivity strategies, payers are pushing for better value-based reimbursement adoption. As healthcare...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has requested officials to test pilot a tool, called C-CDA Scorecard. Reports say that the tool is designed to grade...
The Congress established Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) as a self-governing agency for advices on Medical reimbursement policy issues. Doing its part, MedPAC sent a report to Congress last...
CMS invited comments on the proposed Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) last month, and received hundreds and thousands of remarks on the same. Most noted comment, however,...
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) plans to clear all backlogs under their new rules. HHS estimates that the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on proposed changes...
CMS recently released a final interim rule that eases some restrictions laid on CO-OP health insurers. Experts believe that it is an attempt by CMS to keep CO-OPs from...
Expressing concern on the surge in cyber threats in the country, the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) Board Chair, Marc Probst said in a recent interview that...
Last month, CMS brought out a new payment model for primary care. It is scheduled for testing starting next January, and will be placed as a voluntary option during...
There is no doubt that the challenges associated with patient collecting are becoming more serious day by day. Patients and their healthcare providers are always encouraged to adopt and...
UnitedHealth’s earnings report reveals it has been losing significant money on the HIEs established under the Affordable Care Act. Consequently, the insurance provider is considering withdrawing from the Exchanges...