Acquisition, attrition and retention. Those three words might not seem of utmost importance in the financial realm of the healthcare industry compared to terms such as “key performance indicators” or “payer mix.” When physician practices focus on these areas, though,...
It’s been more than 25 years since the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) was enacted. Since the compliance date of HIPAA’s Privacy Rule in April 2003, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has...
The healthcare industry is fraught with a lot of buzzwords and jargon. There are so many acronyms — EMR, ACA, AMA, HHS, HIPAA, etc. — that it can be difficult to remember them all! A term bandied about often in healthcare over the past few years is patient...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released and distributed the first test for COVID-19 diagnosis — the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel — in February 2020. Since then, the United States has conducted more...
In healthcare, providers’ strategy to contain costs and enhance quality, value-based care is an essential component. And, as healthcare shifts from fee-for-service to value-based care, the demand for patient engagement has never been greater. In fact, more than half...
