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ONC launches SDOH interoperability pilot

Healthcare It News

" Since HL7 pledged to share the standards free of charge under licensing terms, many partnerships and collaborations with both public and private healthcare entities have bloomed. Andrea Fox is senior editor of Healthcare IT News. Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS publication. Email: afox@himss.org.

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HHS & DOJ FY 2022 Enforcement Targeted Fraud in COVID-19, Telemedicine, Opioid and Prescription Drugs, and Substance Use Treatment Centers, Among Other Initiatives

Sheppard Health Law

HCFAC uses advanced data analytics to monitor and target high-risk public and private healthcare programs, providers, and trends to identify HHS’s most significant risk areas and to better target fraud, abuse, and waste. During fiscal year 2022 (FY 2022), over $1.7 billion was returned through HCFAC’s enforcement actions. for every $1.00

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Why Family Caregivers Need Help from the Healthcare Establishment

HIT Consultant

For this woman, the issue is not simply a matter of not having received what, in her view, was adequate training, but also the anxiety she feels about potentially causing harm to her husband each time she carries out a skilled level of care that she believes would be better left to a qualified healthcare professional. Bad News, Good News.

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Innovaccer Expands into Public Sector to Accelerate Public Health Transformation

HIT Consultant

Although technology has been upgraded in much of the private healthcare industry, public health agencies have lagged behind. Targeted analytics support bundling of payment and reporting to ensure transparency, provider engagement and satisfaction, and overall improvement of Medicaid beneficiary outcomes.