With the transition to “value-based care” well underway and healthcare’s shift from volume-based to value-based payment (VBP), significant barriers still...
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What You Need to Know about the Final MACRA Rule for 2018
Earlier this month, CMS delivered its final rule on the Quality Payment Program, starting January 1st, 2018. The following are...
The Prevalence of Sharing Passwords
Data breaches and ransomware attacks are among some of the top challenges that healthcare organizations face today. These issues can...
Kidde Recalls Fire Extinguishers
The US Consumer Product and Safety Commission is recalling nearly 40 million Kidde-brand fire extinguishers because they may not work...
How Health Literacy Affects Patient Safety
More than 77 million individuals in the United States have limited health literacy skills and will likely encounter challenges interpreting...
Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns in 2017
Providing safe and efficient care is a priority for most healthcare organizations. One key component to successfully doing so involves...
New Proposed Rule for Quality Payment Program 2018
As the Quality Payment Program approaches its second year in 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are...
10 Best Practices for HIPAA Compliance
A failure to understand HIPAA requirements can be a very costly mistake, as CardioNet learned just a couple months ago....
The Importance of Healthcare Compliance Programs
Compliance and ethics are not just legal requirements in healthcare; they are also critical components to safe, quality patient care. ...
Is Nursing Engagement the Key to Reducing Medical Errors?
Medical errors are now the third highest cause of death, accounting for more than 250,000 deaths per year in the...
World’s Largest Cyber-Attack
Recently the world’s largest cyber-attack unleashed its havoc across 150 countries crippling more than 300,000 victims and hundreds of organizations...
Tips for MACRA Success
Despite the change in administration, experts say The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) is here to stay and...