According to The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services (CMS), by the start of 2019, hospitals will be required to…
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Medicare Home Health Conditions of Participation (CoPs) – A quick look
Blog_Hospital What are the changes for home health EHRs following the new Conditions of Participation (CoPs)? A home health agency…

PCMH – To be certified or not?
Primary care practices have been given the added responsibility of coordinating advanced patient care with physicians, to ensure quality care…

Value-Based Reimbursement Is a Top Expectation of Patients
Value-based reimbursement has reached its tipping point and is here to stay. Of the payers and providers surveyed in the…

Value-Based Healthcare is Forcing EHR Innovation
Modern electronic health records (EHR) has come to represent an umbrella term for health information technology (IT). Basically, all the…

Part 3 – FHIR: Why every EHR should follow the FHIR path
Here as we wrap up our 3 part series on FHIR, we will discuss the business implications which FHIR brings…

Part 2: FHIR – The Holy Grail
In the previous week, we have the Part 1: From HL7 to FHIR, where we discussed about HL7 and the…

Part 1: From HL7 to FHIR
In this digital era, every individual wants to see updated health data as he/she moves around the healthcare ecosystem i.e.…

Is your EHR ready for CCM workflows?
Chronic care management (CCM) is a recent service eligible for a modest monthly reimbursement from Medicare. While the additional revenue…

Overcoming the Technical Challenges of Chronic Care Management
The new payment model for chronic care management (CCM) offered by Medicare is a positive step toward value-based reimbursement. CPT…

Understanding Software as a Medical Device
This article explores the benefits of software as a medical device and potential drawbacks. Read more from our blog.

How Technology Has Changed Healthcare
Understanding how technology has changed healthcare is essential to stimulating future innovation. Read more from our blog.