For years, relatively little attention was paid to patient access. However, with today’s consumer-driven healthcare environment, where the focus on patient satisfaction has become a competitive advantage, ensuring positive outcomes in the patient access department is critical. The Advisory Board released a survey recently highlighting hospital executives desire to meet consumer expectations and improve patient […]

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There has been extensive conversation around Meaningful Use (MU) and the passage of Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA). CMS announced earlier in the year a shift from MU to MACRA which streamlines the transition from fee-for-service to value. MACRA highlights three changes in how to pay those who treat Medicare beneficiaries, including: Ending […]

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In March, MedeAnalytics announced that the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) had become the nation’s first Medicaid agency to send and receive clinical data in real-time. The agency worked with MedeAnalytics and Epic to share Medicaid data with the state’s largest provider of care to Medicaid patients, the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). Following […]

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