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In his first year at the helm of Geisinger Health System, David Feinberg, MD, has continued to hone the longtime population health leader's intense focus on evidence-based care and improved patient experience.

More than 1,000 patients of the Florida Department of Health Clinics in Palm Beach County could be at risk of identity theft after a recent medical records breach, department officials announced Monday.

As part of the Vermont Health Care Innovation Project, the Green Mountain State has tapped Boston-based PatientPing for data exchange among its hospitals.

Some experts are predicting a spike in denials beginning on Oct. 1, 2016 when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will require claims to be more specific. Forward-looking providers are assembling teams to prepare now. 

The industry veteran said he envisions a focus on ‘life experience’ in healthcare that delivers precise treatments that are better suited to patients’ specific needs.

The new model is expected to work hand in hand with data and technologies to boost care, lower cost, and advance the industry toward becoming a learning health system.

Family Medical Specialists in Florida is using care management technology to get paid under CPT code 99490, and the practice has already gotten buy-in from almost every eligible patient.

Lahey Health, which provides care in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, will tap Quartet's technology-enabled model of mental healthcare to support better patient outcomes and lower costs.

Multi-agency collaboration aim to help app developers stay aware of consumer privacy and safety protections, while still enabling innovation, officials say.

Advanced analytics and machine learning technologies are critical to pinpointing problems in large datasets that could be losing providers money. That’s why some organizations are investigating every single denied claim to better understand trends.