The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) posted the final rule on the 2019 Medicare Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment System and Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Prospective Payment System. The final rule modifies the Medicare and Medicai…
The Connected Health Conference, taking place October 17-19 in Boston, will feature expanded programming with special events, an exhibition floor and educational sessions which offer a deep dive into health IT hot topics.
With CMS’s new proposal, they hope to modernize Medicare payment policies, promoting access to virtual care, saving Medicare beneficiaries time and money while improving access to high-quality services no matter where they live.
On July 12, 2018, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released their proposed changes to the Physician Fee Schedule which include their proposed updated to the Quality Payment Program in the Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fe…
Nominations are now being accepted for open positions on the HIMSS North America Board of Directors.
Nominations are now being accepted for open positions on the HIMSS North America Nominating Committee.
HIMSS and AMDIS share the belief that much of the work that clinicians face today is unnecessarily burdensome, where burden is defined as clinician activity that does not serve patient interests, does not improve quality or safety, or regardless of int…
In this June 25 letter to Seema Verma, HIMSS leverages its members’ expertise to offer feedback on feedback on the Promoting Interoperability Programs, as well as Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) quality measurement initiatives.
Congress has been hard at work over the past two weeks reviewing and advancing numerous pieces of legislation to address the opioid crisis. Here is a rundown of key activity and specific legislation endorsed by HIMSS.
The study touches on topics of usability and functionality of health information technology such as EHRs for generating electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) reports and how the data from these reports could be used to support quality improvement.
