Could Dentist Participation in HIE Unlock Patient-Centered Care?

April 28, 2022acoFHIR, Interoperability, Interoperability and Patient Access Rule, SDOH, social determinants of health

For Morgan Honea, CEO of CORHIO (a Contexture organization), the value of interoperability between healthcare and dental settings revealed itself during his earlier career running federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). “I’ve spent most of my career integrating primary, oral, and behavioral healthcare in a service delivery setting,” Honea told EHRIntelligence in an interview. “There are so many medical…

Data Standards, Community Stewardship Key for SDOH Data Exchange

April 21, 2022acoFHIR, Interoperability, Interoperability and Patient Access Rule, SDOH, social determinants of health

Data standards and community stewardship are critical elements for social determinants of health (SDOH) data exchange, according to Greg Bloom, strategic advisor on community resources and engagement for the Gravity Project, a community-led HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Accelerator. The Gravity Project worked with healthcare stakeholders such as health IT vendors, payers, providers, philanthropies,…

Greater Medical Device Data Standards Needed for Interoperability

January 20, 2022acoFHIR, Interoperability, Interoperability and Patient Access Rule

Researchers called for the creation of a medical device data standards development organization to support healthcare interoperability. The healthcare industry needs better data standards to support medical device interoperability, according to an article published in JAMA Health Forum. The authors noted that much of the existing infrastructure for healthcare interoperability has focused on EHRs. ONC mandated the adoption…

What Providers Should Know for CMS Interoperability Rule Compliance

June 28, 2021Garrett SchmittNo Comments21st Century Cures Act, ADT messaging, APIs, CAH, CMS, CMS Interoperability and Patient Access, digital health, EHR, FHIR, Interoperability, NPPES, patient access, PHI

As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, the federal government will require that all healthcare providers grant patients access to their personal health information starting July 1. The CMS Interoperability and Patient Access final rule requires payers and providers to remove the industry siloes that prevent seamless patient data exchange across the care continuum….

RECORDED WEBINAR: Medicare ACOs Need to Get the Right Benchmarks to be Successful in Risk Pathways

May 9, 2019Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACOs, Blue Button Data, FHIR, Interoperability, Webinar, webinars

 Download Enjoin Slides / Download Health Endeavors Slides Learning Objectives for this session: – How risk score and financial benchmark calculated – Strategies for achieving the correct benchmark   Visit Enjoin / Visit Health Endeavors

RECORDED WEBINAR: What I need to know to launch a Medicare ACO Part 3: Quality Metrics, Tracking Provider Performance, ACO structure & expansion

April 19, 2019Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACOs, Blue Button Data, FHIR, Interoperability, Webinar, webinars

 Download Slides Covered in this session: Central data repository (HE Repository) for Medicare claims and clinical data. This process requires a clinical data integration plan for each clinic. Decide from the outset of the ACO start date if specialists will complete and/or report the quality measures. Assign every attributed patient to a provider using…

RECORDED WEBINAR: What I need to know to launch/re-launch Medicare ACO Part 2: Actionable Data at Point of Care & Analytics

April 12, 2019Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACOs, Blue Button Data, FHIR, Interoperability, Webinar, webinars

 Download Slides Learning Objectives for this session: Connect consolidated 3-year health history to provider EHRs Create actionable data for providers in their EHRs Use text message notifications to bring actionable data to consumers Visit Health Endeavors

RECORDED WEBINAR: What I need to know to launch/re-launch Medicare ACO Part 1: HCC Coding, Benchmarks & Spend

April 5, 2019Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACOs, Blue Button Data, FHIR, Interoperability, Webinar, webinars

 Download Slides  Learning Objectives for this session: Define ACO, Facility and patient benchmark How HCC Coding impacts the benchmark How to compare current spend to current benchmark at ACO, Facility and patient level Common HCC Coding issuesIn this webinar we will cover the following topics: Visit Health Endeavors

CMS Launches Project to Make ACO Claims Data Accessible

February 13, 2019Garrett SchmittNo CommentsBCDA, CCLF, FHIR, Seema Verma

As part of CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) Administer Seema Verma’s HIMSS19 speech on Feb. 12, she announced a new initiative that will enable MSSP ACOs to retrieve claims data for their beneficiaries. During Verma’s speech, in which she broadly implored the private sector to follow the government’s lead on making health data more accessible,…

RECORDED WEBINAR: Connecting to & Sharing Data: What’s New in ACO Interoperability

January 22, 2019Garrett SchmittNo CommentsACO, ACOs, Blue Button Data, FHIR, Interoperability, Webinar, webinars

Download Slides  In this webinar we will cover the following topics: What is Blue Button data? Using Direct Messaging How EHR Connector and APIs align more effectively with referral providers within the ACO What is FHIR Visit Health Endeavors

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