Category: Healthcare News

2020 MIPS Changes

What You Need to Know About 2020 MIPS Changes

In November 2019, CMS published the 2020 Quality Payment Program Final Rule (the “2020 MIPS Final Rule Changes”). Below is a summary of some of the most notable changes to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment Program (MIPS). For a complete list of changes, please review the 2020 MIPS Final Rule or CMS’ Quality Payment Program Resource […]
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Predictive Analytics in Healthcare

Will Predictive Analytics Find Solution for Healthcare’s Big Data Problem

Improving data analytics in healthcare has potential includes cost savings and improved patient health and wellness. Here are the two ways through which this improvement can be accomplished: Adopt a business analytics strategy that process huge amounts of healthcare data, rather partnering different analytics tools that results in high IT expense and reduced user adoption. […]
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Coronovirus Outbreak

Coronavirus: How Can Hospitals Prepare?

Last week, the coronavirus that originated in the Chinese city Wuhan continued to spread. The World Health Organization declared a global emergency, and the first case of person-to-person virus transmission was recorded in the United States. The coronavirus outbreak is reminiscent of other viral outbreaks in recent memory, including Ebola in 2014, and SARS in 2003. When viral […]
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2020 Healthcare Changes

How Healthcare Will Change in 2020

With an election year just about upon us, there are a number of changes coming from the current administration that are going to impact healthcare in 2020. Changes in allowable benefits, home health, hospice carve-ins, and new CPT codes for remote home monitoring are just a sample of these. There are an additional set of fundamental […]
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Human Trafficking Codes

How Healthcare Professionals Are Working To End Human Trafficking

Physicians, paramedics and other healthcare professionals are accustomed to treating medical conditions. But they are also increasingly part of efforts to end human trafficking, according to The Washington Post. According to the United Nations’ International Labor Organization, an estimated 40.3 million people worldwide were being forced to work against their will under threat or living in a forced marriage in 2016. […]
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Physicians Stark Law

More New Rules from CMS for FY 2020

Among the proposed new rules is one intended to clarify the contentious “Stark Law” On Oct. 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to modernize and clarify the regulations that interpret the Medicare physician self-referral law (often called the “Stark Law”). The law prohibits physicians from making referrals for […]
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Artificial Intelligence in EHR

How Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) Improve Clinician EHR Use?

The implementation of artificial intelligence into healthcare is becoming more widespread by the day. EHRs may have worked to improve data use among medical providers, but these tools are still far from perfect. Digital medical records have introduced a host of problems, including disrupting clinician workflows, limited interoperability, and creating data overload. But with the […]
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MIPS 2020

Exploring MIPS 2020: Keys for Physicians To Know

In August, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced proposed modifications to the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). As physician practices work to understand what’s changed, there are certain aspects of which they need to be aware. The following sections provide key takeaways and offer strategies for meeting the coming year’s requirements. Threshold […]
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clinical document improvement

Providers Ready for AI Clinical Documentation Improvement Tools

88% of providers are eager to implement clinical document improvement technology that leverages AI, and 93% believe the systems can streamline document creation. Forty-four percent of healthcare organizations already use artificial intelligence (AI) in one form or another, and more hospitals are looking to apply the technology to coding and clinical documentation improvement, a recent […]
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