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Increasing Health Data Interoperability, BigData, Cloud, Exchange, ICD-10 Lay Foundation for Accountable Care

Post author:Michael F. Arrigo
Post published:August 1, 2013
Post category:Accountable Care Accountable Care Organiztion BigData EHR electronic health care records electronic health records electronic medical records Health Care Analytics health care reform health information exchange HIE ICD-10
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These are important foundations that enable ubiquitous digital health data in a standard interchange, enabling in-depth analysis and increasingly, Cloud and Software as a Service methods to deploy, store and use the information to improve healthcare. These in turn are important foundations to enable Accountable Care. ICD-10 is the new data standard that will express the condition of the patient and how providers get reimbursed.

5 Experts at San Diego Healthcare Innovation Summit April 17th at Scripps La Jolla

Post author:Michael F. Arrigo
Post published:April 1, 2013
Post category:Accountable Care Accountable Care Organiztion Affordable Care Act health care reform health information exchange Health Information Technology Standards HIE HIPAA ICD-10 mHealth
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Experts to Review Electronic Health Care Innovation, Regulations and Mobile Health at Scripps, April 17th A group of companies will participate in a comprehensive discussion on the current and future…

PPACA Supreme Court Hearings Coverage in Social Media Need Holistic View

Post author:Michael F. Arrigo
Post published:March 26, 2012
Post category:Accountable Care Accountable Care Organiztion CMS Value Based Purchasing electronic health care records electronic health records electronic medical records EMRs health care reform health information exchange health insurance HIE HIPAA ICD-10 ICD-10 Assessment Meaningful Use Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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If The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is repealed it will be interesting to see if it is repealed in whole or in part. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) may excise the individual mandate requiring health insurance coverage, or it could strike it down entirely.

Stage 2 Meaningful Use, Interoperability of EMRs and ICD-10. What is CMS, ONC and HIPAA Impact on Accountable Care Organizations?

Post author:Michael F. Arrigo
Post published:February 29, 2012
Post category:Accountable Care Accountable Care Organiztion Affordable Care Act EHR electronic health records electronic medical records EMRs evidence based medicine health care health care reform health information exchange HIE HIPAA ICD-10
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One of the key questions will be how the EMR provides a foundation with the Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) for comparative effectiveness data over the life span of a patient (sometimes called the continuum of care) and whether CDA standards currently proposed will accomplish that. Informatics people call this "longitudinal clinical data."

Health Insurance Exchange in Idaho and Rhode Island Move Closer to Reality

Post author:Michael F. Arrigo
Post published:September 27, 2011
Post category:HIE
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The Idaho Department of Insurance and the Department of Health and Welfare drafted legislation to establish a health insurance exchange. In Rhode Island, Governor Lincoln Chafee issued an executive order establishing an Exchange. Financing of the Idaho exchange is not included in the draft. Carriers are not required to participate in the exchange, nor does it dicate whether carriers must offer insurance inside or outside the exchange.

EHR Interoperability Standards

Post author:Michael F. Arrigo
Post published:June 13, 2011
Post category:E.H.R.electronic health care records electronic health records electronic medical records EMRs HIE HL7 ICD-10
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Electronic Health Records (EHR) or Electronic Medical Records (EMR) integration approaches depend on the strategy and priority in exchanging patient information between various healthcare applications, and the standards available:

Health Care Reform is a Journey Not an Event

Post author:Michael F. Arrigo
Post published:July 26, 2010
Post category:5010 ARRA CORE Operating Rules E.H.R.EDI electronic health care records electronic health records EMRs health care reform Health Information Technology Standards health insurance HIE HIPAA 5010 ICD-10 process improvement WEDI x12 5010
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The recent passage of national health care reform legislation is an important milestone in the process of moving toward providing millions of Americans with access to health insurance. However, significant…

The Health Care Payer Role in HIEs

Post author:Michael F. Arrigo
Post published:June 15, 2009
Post category:5010 health care health information exchange HIE ICD-10 x12 5010
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Health Data Management had an interesting article in the June 2009 issue on the payer role in HIEs. The core philosophy of health information exchanges (HIEs) is to bring together…

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