Technology

Trendsetter: Embracing New Technologies to Reimagine the Revenue Cycle

By partnering with all stakeholders, exploring and advancing new technologies, and fostering collaboration, Change Healthcare helps providers and payers navigate the transforming healthcare marketplace—aiming to enable a new paradigm in which health care is more efficient, effective, and patient-centric.

HFMA December 29, 2017

The Next Frontier in Consumerism

Over the years, healthcare interoperability—or the lack thereof—has not been an issue for consumers. Those days are coming to an end.

Joseph J. Fifer, FHFMA, CPA December 20, 2017

Preparing for Post-Live Optimization for an EHR Conversion

Although electronic health record system conversions are complex, mapping a timeline for optimization can help health systems meet their short- and long-term goals for the new system. 

Andrew Hancock December 20, 2017

The Digital Front Door: Why Total Cost of Care Risk Is Not Inevitable

Rapid technological advancements have savvy health plans and provider organizations considering how to succeed in a value-based system.

Paul Spencer December 20, 2017

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Support High-Value Care

Leading health systems are using PROMs to support shared decision-making and reduce wasteful treatments.

Lola Butcher December 18, 2017

Carolinas Healthcare System Saved $1.5M Annually by Using Remote Interpreter Technology

The health system increased patient interpreter services from 370,211 minutes in 2015 to 915,466 in 2016, but still experienced a systemwide language access expense reduction of $203,360. 

TECHNOLOGY: Danilo Formolo December 1, 2017

Building Machine-Learning Algorithms that Reduce Hospitalizations and Costs

Researchers have developed software that reduces readmissions and hospitalizations by flagging patients for increased risk of medical emergencies based on EHR data.

HFMA November 27, 2017

Healthcare Challenge Roundtable: In Pursuit of Interoperability

Healthcare leaders say that even after making a great deal of progress, the industry must do a lot more work to get interoperability to where it needs to be.

Nick Hut November 21, 2017

On the (Bumpy) Road to Interoperability

Provider-to-provider interoperability is becoming more widespread, but some say true interoperability should entail secure, automatic data exchange among providers, health plans, and patients.

Karen Wagner November 21, 2017

A Partnership Approach to a More Powerful Coding Compliance Program

Growing evidence suggests that traditional audit practices used during the ICD-9 era are no longer useful. Instead, the focus should shift to ongoing coder performance audits and reviews. 

Sam Champagnie November 21, 2017
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