Regulatory Compliance

We are at the AHIP Conference this week, which is one of our favorite events of the year. It is good fun to meet with the many tech-savvy professionals that make up the health insurance industry. This year we meet as many regulatory pressures and deadlines are closing in, which is certain to ignite some […]

Opinions and posturing on the Accountable Care model started well before the release of the proposed regs over a month ago. However, since their release those of us working within the healthcare industry have been riding the rollercoaster of public sentiment. The enthusiasm around the regs was immediate upon their release. Blogs, Twitter, and online […]

It’s all the rage. Everyone is talking about it and some have called it the next major healthcare reform to hit the industry over the past 20 years. So what is it you ask? It is the Accountable Care Organization model, more commonly dubbed the ACO. No doubt everyone has been reading, learning and commenting […]

The release by CMS of the draft ACO regulations last week came as no surprise. What was surprising was the number of articles and comments regarding the differing perspectives around ACOs and their purpose versus the business viability and sustainability of this health reform business model. The interesting challenge around ACOs is whether this is […]

During the HIMSS conference last month, we heard many speak on the importance of Accountable Care Organizations, meaningful use, and healthcare analytics in driving healthcare reform. In this interview with John White, Director of Perficient’s Healthcare Practice, the importance of collaborative tools in healthcare reform were discussed. John stated that while discussions around the components […]

Like many IT professionals, I lived through the onslaught of the Y2K “millennium bug”. My current life during the push for ICD-10 compliance in healthcare makes it feel like deja vous all over again. You may ask, what do ICD-10 and Y2K have in common? Good question. Just like during Y2K, we IT professionals are […]

One of my favorite things about the yearly HIMSS conference are the discussions that occur around new ways the healthcare technology community is dealing with the issues that arise as a result of increased innovation. With medical identity theft looming, issues of the transmission of personal healthcare information over the Internet or the desire to […]

There is an ACO belief out there that “if you build it, they will come.” This belief is all based on honorable intentions for the patient and our communities. I just want to know what marketing plan and mobile application was used to contact all the baseball fans to go to Iowa in the movie […]

HIPAA 4010 to 5010 translation is the “fix” for the time crunch for many healthcare payers or providers facing with missing the 5010 testing deadlines in January 1, 2011.

The solution is a Healthcare Information Exchange (HIE) which is an initiative that aligns the areas of technology, interoperability, standards utilization, harmonization, and business information systems necessary to make the elimination of the healthcare clipboard possible.

It seems that there isn’t enough time to get everything done that is currently required by HIPAA, ARRA, and state and regional priorities – not to mention the consumer driven strategies that you were *hoping* to deploy to differentiate your business and gain competitive advantage. Although large and numerous projects are required, it is nearly […]

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) continue at the center of the National debate on improving quality of care and stemming the tide of rising healthcare costs. Providers are heavily invested in EHRs and their investments continue to rise dramatically. However, inspite of the huge investments being made, organizations do not seek regular check ups and ‘second’ […]