Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
The news comes less than three weeks after the consultant and IT vendor fended off a takeover by Elliott Management Corp.
The new Leading Wisely tool combines data analytics from IT systems enterprise-wide to help hospital leaders develop more informed strategies.
Bardis, who served for 15 years as CEO of the revenue cycle and supply chain management technology developer, will be assistant secretary for administration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Tennessee-based health system said it is replacing Meditech and NextGen with Cerner’s hosted Millennium electronic health record, revenue cycle management and transaction services.
CIO Dan Waltz said that moving to a new electronic health record platform gives the health system an opportunity to transform patient care.
American Medical Association and many other groups also suggested that Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Seema Verma loosen PQRS and value-based payment requirements.
Electronic Health Records
The tools analyze relevant patient notes using deep learning and natural language processing technologies.
Healthcare leaders are zeroing in on population health, patient engagement and analytics, according to a new Premier study.
The health system transformed itself to tap into timely information to make care services more attractive to its own employees and as a result positively impact patient outcomes.
The consultant, a close ally of Vice President Mike Pence from their days in Indiana, replaces former CMS chief Andy Slavitt, who has been an outspoken opponent of Republican proposals to replace the Affordable Care Act.