How predictive analytics helped reduce readmissions at UnityPoint Health
Engaging with different stakeholders and coaching care teams has helped the health system realize a 40 percent improvement in 30-day readmissions.
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CMS targets providers that have high error rates in new claims...
CMS will focus only on providers and suppliers that have high claim error rates or billing practices that vary significantly from their peers.
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Providers weigh CMS special status details as MACRA reporting draws closer
The five categories of special statuses ultimately determine the requirements you will have to comply with when you participate in MIPS, expert says.
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Cleveland Clinic cancels fundraising gala at Mar-a-Lago
Health system says it made the decision after "careful consideration."
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Medical devices pose increasingly serious cyber vulnerability to medical systems, due...
Roughly 30 percent said pinpointing and mitigating the risks associated with medical devices is the industry's greatest cybersecurity challenge.
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Q&A with Rucker: Giving patients modern access to their health data
Rucker spoke with Modern Healthcare information technology reporter Rachel Z. Arndt about how the ONC is responding to the act and about giving patients...
CMS launches hospice comparison tool with ‘limited value’
The new consumer-focused website compares hospice agencies with self-reported quality reporting which some experts say has limited utility.
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Plug Revenue Leaks Caused by Uncompensated Care
Roughly 1-5% of all uncompensated care accounts have billable third-party coverage unknown to the hospital or its vendors. Understanding where that coverage exists, and...
CMS to waive restrictions to reimburse for telemedicine in the joint...
However, new research shows e-visits trigger an increase in office visits and phone consults, reduce the number of new patients and offer no noticeable...
CMS cancels mandatory episode payment models, cuts participation in joint replacement...
The episode payment models and the cardiac rehab incentive models were designed as mandatory payment models to test the effects of bundling cardiac and...
