The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule to strengthen the performance measurements for Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) participating in the … Read More ›
Category: Patient Care & Quality
A shortage of psychiatric beds across the state was cited as a key concern in the American College of Emergency Physicians’ National Report Card on … Read More ›
In most states, including Pennsylvania, the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute (HCI3) has determined that consumers (buyers of health care) have little or no information … Read More ›
Experts at the recent National Accountable Care Organizations Summit said that physicians learning how to improve their communication with patients will, in turn, help accountable … Read More ›
Many practices have asked us ‘when is the best time to launch a patient portal?’ The best time to implement a patient portal to meet … Read More ›
The Medical Assistance for Workers’ with Disabilities (MAWD) program, which provides health coverage to more than 34,000 working Pennsylvanians with disabilities who don’t qualify for … Read More ›
State and federal regulations ensure that copying medical records remains affordable for patients while reimbursing medical practices for copying costs. Physicians have not traditionally sought … Read More ›
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on June 26, 2014, said that it is now recommending HIV combinations tests that can detect infection … Read More ›