How an HIE Can Facilitate Care Coordination
Demand for health information exchanges (HIEs) is growing with the drive toward interoperability and the need to maintain compliance with standards for value-based care. An HIE allows providers to better…
A Guide for Shifting to a Patient-Centric Business Model
Patient-centric care is a healthcare model that emphasizes the patient experience. It requires a multifaceted approach that redesigns care plans that focuses on patients as individuals and their success and…
Risk Adjustment and the Renewed Importance of HCC Coding
The financial health of many risk-bearing providers hinges on compliance with risk adjustment and hierarchical condition category (HCC) coding directives associated with Medicare Advantage plans and certain Medicaid plans. Yet…
How Value-Based Care Has Changed Revenue Cycle Management
As the transition from fee-for-service to fee-for-value gains momentum, its impacts on revenue cycle management are seen with greater clarity. Value-based care wields significant potential advantages for patients, providers and…
The Triple Aim & Value-Based Care – Improving Quality, Decreasing Costs, and Improving the Patient Experience
While the US healthcare system continues to make extraordinary advancements in medical innovations, such as new treatments, devices, and therapies – when it comes to the operational side of things,…