Susan Morse
The Georgia Representative needed no Democrats to get confirmation because the Republicans hold a majority of votes in the Senate.
AHIMA: information governance should span IT, patient care, human resources, finance to be successf…
As more and more hospitals implement IG initiatives, the biggest upside is proving to be the money they save, according to AHIMA director of information governance Ann Meehan.
The provider’s engagement success also enabled it to collect payments more quickly, streamline scheduling and improve patient satisfaction, CIO Paul Shenenberger said.
Burwell will become the first woman to be president of the university.
The provider shares the four key principles it has instituted during two decades of clinical and financial success with capitation arrangements.
In the new world of shared-risk, some situations call for creative ways to treat patients that hospitals cannot code for but still yield cost-savings.
The Next Generation ACO Model tests whether financial incentives are working to improve outcomes. The 45 participants are up from 17 last year.
The hacker who targeted Anthem in early 2015, exposing more than 78 million customer records in one of the largest healthcare breaches ever, was acting on behalf of a foreign government.
Nonprofit hospital aiming to improve collections, pre-registration rates and reduce claims denials, an official said.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Dec. 20 unveiled a new final rule it said would offer a simpler path for physicians to join alternative payment models to satisfy the requirements of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015.