Last week, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced that it would begin reviewing a rule that would streamline prior authorization for managed care plans, including Medicare Advantage.
The rule would put new requirements on MA plans, Medicaid fee-for-service programs, Medicaid managed care plans and exchange...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposal for the 2022 Physician Fee Schedule and Quality Payment Program rules with a focus on addressing health disparities in vulnerable communities.
Significantly, the fee schedule proposes a 3.75% cut in reimbursements to physicians in order to maintain budget...National News
According to a recent article in Lancet, the gross inequalities in health seen within and between countries present a challenge to the world. That there should be a spread of life expectancy of 48 years among countries and 20 years or more within countries is not inevitable.A growing volume of research identifies social factors at the...
A September data brief from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology provides insight into how America's skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are adopting electronic health records (EHRs) as well as their ability to electronically send, receive, find, integrate or use patient health information with other...
5.9 hours of an 11.4 hour work day were consumed by work in the EHR.
The University of Wisconsin study was published in the Annals of Family Medicine. Almost half of their total EHR time per day (44%) was devoted to clerical tasks, and an additional 84 minutes per day (24%) was spent managing the inbox. They also found that...
