Government & Policy
Officials aim to improve the number of processed claims by 300 percent this month and by 600 percent in April as part of Secretary Shulkin’s mission to bolster the VA health system.
Telehealth
The bill gives legislative teeth to the agency’s Anywhere to Anywhere telemedicine program, including a clause that bars states from revoking providers who practice telehealth across state lines.
Revenue Cycle
As data is submitted to the new system, providers can see real-time scoring within each of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System performance categories.
Agency is looking to crackdown on fraud, waste and abuse and plans to create a program to prioritize how money is doled out.
Precision Medicine
The National Institutes of Health’s Genomic Working Group said researchers should build the program in a systemic way before reaching the planned 1 million participants.
Mobile Health IT
The policy outlined now mirrors the current position of the Joint Commission, which underwent its own series of flip-flops on the subject in 2016.
Though the agency said it tried to align with HIPAA as much as possible, the framework blocks info sharing despite care coordination benefits.
Compliance
The legislation will also limit the number of opioids prescribed to patients for acute pain.
Even if the World Health Organization finalizes ICD-11 in May, it will take years for U.S. doctors to start using the next classification system.
Electronic Health Records
Consulting firm found org is not meeting state needs and patients lack confidence so HIE is working on improvement plan.