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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Amid the enormous effects of the COVID-19 pandemic—and the potential upheaval of the presidential election—stakeholders in the provider and payer communities will still want to take time to examine these key points and trends which DataLink has identified for their material impact upon business and financial performance. Please review the
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To learn more about how to improve operational performance, care delivery and patient outcomes, download DataLink’s latest white paper, “New Perspectives in Value-Based Care: Improving Quality Measurement and Reporting in the Age of Pandemics.” In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals and private physician practices are struggling financially
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) recently announced adjustments to 40 Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS®) measures to support the use of video telehealth, telephonic telehealth and e-visits that occur virtually over a portal during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The adjustments were published in the HEDIS
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Drives data interoperability from electronic health records (EHRs), electronic health information exchanges (HIEs), claims, labs and pharmacy data during COVID-19 pandemic Hospitals, health systems and payers have faced a number of key technical challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the inability to send and receive patient data, issues related
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The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the critical need for seamless patient health data exchange, interoperability, and analytics to fully understand the impact of this unprecedented health crisis. A key factor contributing to the lack of consistent information in this current environment is linked to the healthcare industry’s reliance upon data
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The recent Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s June report to Congress shines a spotlight on the need for better aligned incentives and improved quality assessment, especially when it comes to integrating care for dually eligible beneficiaries, who often experience fragmented care and poor health outcomes due to lack of coordination across the
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The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a growing number of healthcare organizations and individuals turn to telehealth as a critical solution to improve access to quality care that protects both providers and patients from transmitting the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization have advocated for
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