Value-based care programs rely on financial risk adjustment to reward providers who successfully care for complex, high-risk patients. Risk adjustment is a statistical method used to offset the cost of providing healthcare to individuals, especially those suffering...
Suicide is one of the ten leading causes of death in the United States, taking the lives of more than 44,000 Americans every year. With increasing suicide rates, suicide prevention needs to be a top priority in healthcare. While prevention measures have increased,...
Working in a physician's office for over 12 years, I heard a lot of patients express concerns about electronic health records. Many patients wanted to know if their data was secure, and what would happen if the computer system crashed. Of course, providers and office...
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) places new expectations and requirements on practices and their implementation of patient portal systems. The goal of MACRA is to improve the quality of health care for Medicare patients, and this is...
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) have been touted as a solution for providing more efficient, high-quality, and cost-effective care. For many reasons, EHRs have not always lived up to that promise. A recent article in Fortune magazine detailed the trials and...
What is the Care Management Model? As the health care industry moves toward a value-based reimbursement model, care management is increasingly being deployed to drive improvements in care coordination, patient education, and social determinants of health. Care...
Technology is constantly changing. Especially within the healthcare industry. While you wouldn’t think twice about upgrading your Android or iPhone to take advantage of new features, you would be much more hesitant to change or consolidate your EHR systems (Electronic...
The shortage of behavioral health providers is a major public health concern in our country. According to a report from the Health Resources and Services Administration, the supply of workers in selected behavioral health professions will be about 250,000 workers...
After several years of losing money based on aging accounts receivables, Dr. Nuzhat Ali, owner of a single provider pediatric practice, was ready for a new revenue cycle management solution. “I had gone through three billing companies all with poor customer service...
As the health care industry moves toward value-based care, we are all experiencing an influx of articles and presentations on the latest and greatest methods for practice transformation. Health plans and other payers want to incentivize physician practices to...
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