Posts Tagged ‘healthcare reform’

In healthcare, it’s a common occurrence to find your organization having to make an investment, unplanned in many cases, in order to comply with a new regulatory requirement due to Health Reform. When faced with a new compliance need, I have heard many wistfully ponder the question of ROI, yet are already resigned to another […]

As healthcare delivery systems are currently engaged in updates and integration of regulations and standards in adherence with Federal and State guidelines, we can begin to address the core perspective of the required strategy. It is common during all relevant discussions of the modeling of the new healthcare delivery system to focus on core strategy […]

I recently read an article in the NY Times talking about an “unexplainable” sharp and persistent slowdown in the growth of healthcare costs. It has been followed by others, such as this one from USA Today, that have begun attempting to shed light on the reasons why. Contrary to the partisanship rhetoric from our lawmakers, […]

The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]

I have blogged about change a few times already. This is a pretty important topic as it relates to healthcare reform and technology adoption. It can be summed up in a single sentence: Change is coming. Physicians don’t have time for change. Nurses don’t have time for change. Administrators don’t have time. Everyone in the […]

The enhanced efficiency of patient management, developing community partnerships in healthcare delivery services, and tracking and analyzing healthcare information are all essential in reviewing current regulations, while developing proposed guidelines and recommendations. This area of healthcare clearly has numerous channels in addressing quality of care while balancing existing healthcare models with cost efficiency and organizational […]

The continuous and meticulous review of alleviating disparities in healthcare based demographic and socioeconomic factors is a growing segment in healthcare services delivery prioritization. There are many tiers to ascertaining the specificities of defining healthcare disparities and what the innate components are. This includes preliminary analyses of disease specific conditions delineated by healthcare services delivery […]

Malcolm Gladwell, staff writer for the New Yorker magazine and author of “What the Dog Saw,” “Outliers,” “Blink” and “The Tipping Point,” offered an overview of “Cowboys Versus Pit Crews: How to Build a Sustainable Health Care Delivery System” at our start of Day 3. Gladwell was introduced as “gifted” at interpreting new ideas in […]

AHIP CEO Karen Ignagni kicked off Day 2 by addressing the elephant in the room…no Supreme Court ruling today. The fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and “the Mandate” within would have to wait another day. Ignagni went on to remind the conference goers that similar attempts at state-based reform in the mid-90s resulted […]

In Part II of this blog series on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), I will explore the following statement: “Adults with pre-existing conditions became eligible to join a temporary high-risk pool, which will be superseded by the healthcare exchange in 2014.To qualify for coverage, applicants must have a pre-existing health condition and […]

I plan for this blog to be the first in a series of questions I have regarding different aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, in the hope that it will help me not only gather more details that I have yet to uncover through further research but also spark some intelligent […]

These days as you launch your browser, turn on the TV, or pick up a newspaper you are drawn to the national discussion of healthcare in America. In fact, this week the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments on whether the Healthcare Reform Act passed by Congress in 2010 is legally binding. […]