Read “New Perspectives in Value-Based Care: Improving Risk Adjustment Accuracy for High-Risk Members” to gain insights on value-based care and improved risk adjustment accuracy for high-risk members. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 6 in 10 adults in the United States had a chronic condition and 90% of the nation’s
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Following a checklist improves data capture, enhances patient engagement, and increases access to care. In the wake of revenue loss related to COVID-19, smaller hospitals, public hospitals and rural hospitals are among those most likely to face financial challenges and may be at risk of closing or merging. If patients
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Population health management (PHM) is a strategy that healthcare organizations use to improve the health outcomes of a defined group of people based on a hospital population, geographic area or specific disease. PHM relies on data to identify gaps in care and develop care plans that aim to close gaps
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DataLink Software (DataLink) is thrilled to have earned two distinctions for being an exceptional place to work—a testament to our efforts to earn employee trust and create a great workplace environment. For the second consecutive year, we have been named a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company for December 2020-December 2021
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Download “New Perspectives in Value-Based Care & Interoperability Rules for 2021: Creating Long-term Sustainability, Building Strategies Post-pandemic and Leveraging Opportunities with New Government Leaders” After struggling through 2020, the U.S. healthcare system now faces an uphill climb in 2021. Based upon his record and past performance, President Joe
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Don’t miss “The Data Lag Problem and How to Overcome It,” at RISE National 2021, Tues. March 30, 2021, 2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. (ET). During the COVID-19 pandemic, primary care visits dropped 60% with many Americans temporarily putting off going to the doctor. Experts speculate that this will lead
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The healthcare system in 2020 faced extraordinary challenges and 2021 is expected to bring even more changes with the transition of the U.S. presidency and ongoing struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on past statements, President Joe Biden is likely to carry on federal efforts to remove interoperability roadblocks and
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As Americans wait anxiously for the COVID-19 vaccines to become available, many of us have questions about how and when it will reach communities. Operation Warp Speed—a partnership among components of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National
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Now that the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource (FHIR®) data-exchange standard has been included in recently finalized Interoperability and Patient Access rules, payers and providers are seeking ways to comply with a key provision requiring the use of FHIR version 4 as the technical standard. This provision reinforces the application program
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Health plans and providers need innovative ways to optimize high-value care through the use of aligned measures in key quality areas that are essential to value-based programs. While electronic claims data transmission from provider’s offices to payers supports a consolidated view of the individual patient, supplemental data, such as a
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