Financial/Revenue Cycle Management

The University of Vermont Medical Center filed a certificate of need, or CON application, with the state of Vermont Jan. 3, seeking approval to create a unified electronic health record system across four hospitals in the University of Vermont Health Network.

The agencies have integrated the eCQI Resource Center with the United States Health Information Knowledgebase, enabling users to compare different versions and metadata of electronic clinical quality measures.

The health system said IG enables providers to deliver better care and improve patient engagement while also controlling costs and claims denials. 

Nonprofit hospital aiming to improve collections, pre-registration rates and reduce claims denials, an official said. 

Session ideas should focus on the cornerstones of population health: data and analytics, care coordination, patient engagement and experience and reimbursement.

CMS says it will reduce reimbursements to the providers that don't meet meaningful use by as much as 3 percent.

Delphine Tuot, director of the Center for Innovation in Access and Quality at the University of California, San Francisco, on three different eCR models and lessons learned from implementing and evaluating such systems. 

The former HHS Secretary says, "pretending the law never happened is not an option," but that parts of the Affordable Care Act will be repealed, including the individual mandate.

The company will use the cash to meet the expanding demand for its suite of SaaS-based customer relationship management software.

McKesson Enterprise Information Solutions has teamed with Infor for a go-to-market partnership aimed at helping healthcare organizations reduce costs by better managing their supply chains.