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In the rush to implement EHR and meaningful use, did we forget about interoperability? Congress thinks there should be more to show for the billions of dollars already spent on EHR. Now, they've asked the…
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On this episode, Niam Yaraghi (Brookings Institute) joins me and Shahid Shah to discuss the future of healthcare and Health IT under the Trump administration and the Republican controlled congress. We cover…
Continue Reading →On this episode of The #hcbiz Show! Don Lee and Shahid Shah interview CMS spokesperson Aisling McDonough . We discuss the MACRA final rule and the resources that CMS is making available to help clinicians…
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CMS released the MACRA final rule last week and the industry response seems positive so far. They made good on their promise to consider stakeholder feedback and they addressed many of the concerns that were…
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Mylan CEO Heather Bresch recently testified to congress about the EpiPen price controversy. There's an important sub-text in Bresch's testimony that goes way beyond the resulting headlines and sound-bites that…
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According to AHRQ's Multiple Chronic Condition Chartbook , 86% of U.S. healthcare spending was for patients with one or more chronic conditions in 2010. In an effort to curb this spending at the federal…
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving forward with plans to launch a new 5-star rating system on its Medicare Hospital Compare web site. The new rating system gives a single…
Continue Reading →Two John Halamka posts caught my attention this week: Making a Difference and A Time of Uncertainty . Both posts ponder where the next round of innovations will come from. Given the ever-changing regulatory…
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The deadline for public comment on the MACRA proposed rule is June 27, 2016 at 11:59 PM ET. This is the most comprehensive healthcare legislation enacted since Obamacare (ACA) and it will have a significant…
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On April 27, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a Notice Executive of Proposed Rulemaking to implement key provisions of the Medicare Access and Summary CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015…
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced its largest-ever multi-payer initiative to improve primary care in America. Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) is an advanced…
Continue Reading →According to Jeffrey Brenner of Camden Coalition Hotspotting fame, it is. He told the Freakonomics Podcast that “you better worry if you go to one of those emergency rooms, because the chances of being…
Continue Reading →According to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), America may be short up to 90,000 physicians by 2025 . A lack of Primary Care Physicians could account for as much as 1/3 of that. Some of…
Continue Reading →The term cobra effect stems from an anecdote set at the time of British rule of colonial India. The British government was concerned about the number of venomous cobra snakes in Delhi. The government…
Continue Reading →Medicare was signed into law on July 30, 1965. Its original budget was around $10 billion and 19 million individuals signed up for Medicare during its first year. Today more than 50 million Americans are…
Continue Reading →Check out this exchange from last week’s chat: When #healthcare became a business, we lost our moral compass. We lost touch with the #patient . #hcbiz #HIMSS16 https://t.co/fbCDBpThzK — Bill…
Continue Reading →Administrative complexity gets no respect in Healthcare Reform. Take a look at this chart from a 2012 study : Administrative Complexity accounts for up to $389 Billion in waste. That’s more than…
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