The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released a mobile app that shows whether fee-for-service Medicare covers a specific medical item or service. The agency said consumers and others can use the “What’s Covered” app to get coverage information from the doctor’s
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The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) has released a consensus-based guide to developing, deploying and supporting cyber-secure medical devices and health information technology across the product lifecycle and improving information sharing between manufacturers and health care organizations. A public-private partnership
Read more →The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) recently released an updated agenda for the nation’s EMS system. Developed with stakeholder and public input, the EMS Agenda 2050 targets a “people-centered” EMS system that is “inherently safe and effective, integrated and
Read more →Hospital-acquired conditions declined by 13 percent between 2014 and 2017, preventing an estimated 20,500 deaths and $7.7 billion in healthcare costs, according to preliminary data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. HACs decreased by an estimated 910,000 over the period, including a 37
Read more →For-profit insurers are more likely than not-for-profit insurers to exercise market power when they have it, according to a new study by Harvard Business School professor Leemore Dafney. The author looked at Blue Cross and Blue Shield affiliates that converted to for-profit status in 11
Read more →The North Carolina Hospital Foundation (NCHF) Disaster Relief Fund has been distributing checks to support the North Carolina healthcare workers who suffered significant property loss to their homes during Hurricane Florence and the subsequent flooding. More than 160 organizations and individuals in North Carolina and
Read more →There’s still time to register for NCHA’s 2019 Winter Membership Meeting, “Leadership in an Era of Disruption,” on Feb. 20-21 at the Raleigh Marriott Crabtree Valley. Paul Keckley, of The Keckley Report, will be presenting “Megatrends Impacting the US Healthcare Industry,” on Thursday, Feb. 21. A recent issue of
Read more →NCHA Strategic Partners is pleased to announce that Navigant has joined our portfolio of value-added services. Navigant, a global professional services firm, offers comprehensive revenue cycle management (RCM) and outsourcing for all phases of the revenue cycle, including: patient access, health information management, revenue integrity, and patient financial
Read more →Thank you to the attached businesses that have joined NCHA’s Corporate Sponsorship Program as of Jan. 31, 2019. Their generous support of NCHA helps keep meeting fees and membership dues low.
Read more →North Carolina’s healthcare providers are advocating for a new approach to the State Health Plan using a value-based care model. But what does value-based care look like in practice? And how can it reduce cost? Our state has numerous examples that show how
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