EHR and Wearables: The Data Dynamics
The word ‘wearables’ usually brings to the mind, images of fitness devices linked with the smartphone. The birth of these devices accompanied the evolution of mobile devices into significantly more…
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Watch Out for these Anchors Holding you Back from Compliance
The proposed rule is currently titled ‘Reducing provider and patient burden’. However, the proposed rules do not promise any reduction of burden for payers. Payers must make sure their systems…
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The Healthcare Interoperability Roadmap for 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic is still at large, operating in waves and through transmutation. It appears that its effects are destined to linger for many years to come. While most of…
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Should You Outsource HIT Product Engineering?
The healthcare industry is currently undergoing a radical change driven by patient centricity and the quest for the seamless access and exchange of electronic Patient Health Information (ePHI). Healthcare Information…
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Electronic Prior Authorization For Medicare Part D – The Essentials
The new CMS mandate for Electronic Prior Authorization (ePA) requests focuses on the NCPDP SCRIPT version 2017071 standard for four electronic Prior Authorization (ePA) transactions. The PA initiation request/response, PA…
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Here’s How You Can Implement Transparency in Coverage
In the previous blogs, we have defined the Transparency of Coverage rule’s compliance requirements and their corresponding solutions. Now that the expectations from the solution is set, here we are looking at the implementation. Let’s cut straight to it. The implementation approach will depend on various technological factors such as cloud platforms,…
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The Essential Touchpoints for Care Providers in Preventive Care in 2021
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic presented a unique challenge for care providers. They were handed the daunting task of identifying patients who needed medical attention the most. The burdensome…
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Healthcare Data: The Treasure Trove of Success for Healthcare IT Developers
The healthcare industry is currently undergoing a tectonic shift towards a patient-centric care model to pursue Value-Based Care (VBC). To unearth the ‘value’ in care delivery, care providers must tap into incoming…
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Complying with Public Disclosure Requirements
As the dates set for public disclosure requirements, Jan of 2022, draws close with every passing day, it is best for everyone involved if health plans got themselves aligned with…
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Solutions for Transparency in Coverage
The Department’s guidelines on ensuring transparency in coverage are quite elaborate on the context and objective of disclosing information. Our previous blogs outline the disclosure requirements for both the Participants, Beneficiaries, or Enrollees, and the public.…
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Proposals from the CMS to Reduce Burden
Since the past couple of years, the CMS began its journey to instill interoperability into the healthcare ecosystem and trying to bring about a culture of patient-centricity into the picture.…
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Expanding on Previous Rules to Improve Interoperability and Reduce Burden
Back in May 1, 2020, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) introduced the Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule. The rule aimed to improve healthcare quality provided by…
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