Category: ACO

The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) has notified approximately 90,000 patients that one of the medical organization’s former employees inappropriately accessed their protected health information (PHI). The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) has notified approximately 90,000 patients that one of the medical organization’s former employees inappropriately accessed their protected…

Partners for Kids, a physician hospital organization that manages care for at-risk children in Ohio, originally began as a contracting strategy. It’s since evolved into something that may be looked at as a model for future pediatric care endeavors. Partners for Kids (PFK), a physician hospital organization that manages care for at-risk children in Ohio,…

John Halamka, M.D., vice chair of the Health IT Standards Committee (HITSC), and CIO of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, led off the May 20 HITSC meeting with some biting comments about some bills currently in Congress, including the 21st Century Cures Act and the Burgess Bill. John Halamka, M.D., vice chair…

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center CIO John Halamka, speaking out against a bill included in the 21st Century Cures Act that would result in the dissolution of the Health IT Standards Committee, offers up several ways to accelerate the interoperability of electronic health records in a recent blog post. read more …read more Source:: http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/john-halamka-charter-organization-ensure-interoperability-doesnt-make-sense/2015-05-20?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=rss…

MedVantx, Inc., a leading provider of point-of-care medication access, adherence and direct-to-patient consumer engagement programs, today announced the Company’s MedStart Formulary Connect program. This innovative program equips leading health systems and ACOs with new formulary management tools that are designed to build greater alignment and advance the traditional medication formulary program upstream in the value…

In the upstate westernmost region of South Carolina lies Greenville Health System (GHS), among the largest healthcare networks in the Southeast. GHS has recently deployed various health IT solutions to support its population health management initiatives and new accountable care model. In the upstate westernmost region of South Carolina lies Greenville County, home of Greenville…

Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researchers recently conducted a study that found low-income and uninsured women in states that are not expanding their Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid coverage are less likely to receive breast and cervical cancer screenings compared to states that are implementing expansions. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150514/Uninsured-low-income-women-in-non-expansion-states-less-likely-to-receive-breast-cervical-cancer-screenings.aspx       

By John Halamka I’m in Riga, Latvia today at the request of the Office of the National Coordinator, explaining the HITECH act and the US national HIT strategy to experts in the European Union 2015 EU-US eHealth/Health IT Cooperation Assembly. My mother was born in Latvia and left in the 1940’s, so 2015 seemed like…

Zynx Health™, the market leader in providing evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement and mobile care coordination solutions, proudly congratulates Meritage Accountable Care Organization for being named a winner in the 6th Annual Dorland Health Case In Point Platinum Awards Program. …read more Source:: http://www.news-medical.net/news/20150512/Meritage-ACO-named-winner-of-Dorland-Health-Case-In-Point-Platinum-Award.aspx       

On Monday, the New York City-based KPMG announced that it had completed the acquisition of the Massachusetts-based Beacon Partners On May 11, the New York City-based KPMG LLP announced that it had “completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the Weymouth, Mass.-based Beacon Partners, Inc., a healthcare consulting firm that offers strategic…