You my friend are a savvy Healthcare Executive. You may be an experienced Compliance Officer, or a leading Director of Quality Management. You might work for […]
If you read our post "Healthcare Top 5 Trends," you know know that healthcare trends from specialty pharmacy to accreditation have been gaining traction this year. We have been keeping an eye on three additional healthcare trends that we expect to hugely impact the healthcare industry through the end of the year and continuing on to 2016. From ICD-10 to telehealth, let's explore these important trends and what they mean for healthcare!
You may have heard of NCQA's HEDIS measurements, but maybe you're not quite sure what all they entail. Today we'll walk through what they are, why they're important, and how they relate to accreditation.
About six months remain in 2015, so now is a good time to reflect on what ways you can optimize your revenue cycle to finish out the year strong. Billing is one of the main areas we'll focus on today, as it is often one of the main areas revenue cycles get plugged up.
Gwen Roberts, Senior Vice President of BHM Healthcare Solutions, Inc. was recently interviewed by PracticeSuite as part of their […]
A recent study released by The American Journal of Emergency Medicine suggests that large numbers of emergency rooms will have difficulty implementing ICD-10 when it is officially introduced in October. These problems could have drastic impacts on workflow and cost, and affect payers and providers alike.
According to a 2015 report, more than 24% of users of EHR systems say that their current systems are "too faulty or cumbersome." This trend in EHR dissatisfaction seems to be on the rise, too. So what's causing the exodus from traditional systems?
If you read our blog post 5 Top Telemed Trends of 2015, you know that telehealth is slowly revolutionizing the healthcare world for the better. From remote patient monitoring to distance education, telehealth practices and services are benefiting not only healthcare providers and organization but also patients. With telehealth becoming a topic being discussed constantly in current healthcare news, We thought it would be helpful to compile a list of the most commonly used terms in telehealth.
It might still be early in the year, but it looks like 2015 is already shaping up to be a big year for value-based purchasing initiatives. In large part thanks to the announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services last week outlining the year’s worth of expectations for hospitals and healthcare providers. HHS’ goal is that by 2016, 85% of Medicare’s payments to providers will be under the VBP model, rather than fee-for-service. The shift to VBP from fee-for-service has been ongoing, but the pressure is on for providers and healthcare systems who have been lagging behind in embracing alternative payment models.
Preparedness is the name of the game within the hospital environment in 2015. If you’re not always on your toes, you can get broadsided by a shift that turns […]