Analytics Trends
An Organization-Wide Approach in Avoiding “Data Dumpsters” – Part 1 of 2
This blog is first installment of a two-part series and will explore the best ways for individuals to stay focused as a way to avoid creating a “data dumpster.” The second post will examine the data needs of key stakeholders within a provider organization, including executive leadership, research and industry experts, analysts, front-line staff and […]
Read MoreArdent Health Services Uses ICD-10 Code Benchmarking to Improve Training and Claims Specificity
The anticipation for the ICD-10 mandate created stress throughout the healthcare industry as it prepared to learn how to maximize revenue with thousands of new codes. Tackling ICD-10 is a constant educational process – one that needs to be fueled with data to ensure proper clinical documentation improvement (CDI). Ardent Health Services, which has three […]
Read MoreTips & Tricks to Identify Bottlenecks & Manage Reimbursement in Your Business Office
The healthcare financial landscape is constantly in a state of flux— with ICD-10, fee-for-value reimbursement, and shared accountability payment models contributing to the significant change – but one thing remains the same: uncompensated care is at an all-time high. To help providers navigate their financial health, MedeAnalytics Business Office provides insight into revenue and cost […]
Read MoreHow to Start the Value-Based Care Conversation with Clinical Leadership
Value-based payments are changing the healthcare financial landscape. In fact, by 2020, value-based reimbursement is projected to represent 83% of your revenue, up from just 14% in 2010. There’s no denying that clinical operations will become crucial to your hospital’s bottom line. Now more than ever, it’s important to engage with clinical leaders, arming them […]
Read MoreMeasuring Quality in Patient Access
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 […]
Read More3 Ways Healthcare Organizations Can Foster More Mindful Documentation
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 […]
Read MoreMississippi Division of Medicaid to Become First Medicaid Agency to Exchange Clinical Data
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 […]
Read MoreJersey City Medical Center Wins the Vision of Performance Excellence Award
As the healthcare industry increasingly focuses on patient outcomes and care quality, hospitals across the nation are required to deliver superior clinical outcomes, a safe environment and excellent service in an efficient way. This necessitates a strategic focus on streamlining processes to exceed patient expectations, provide great care and include patients, physicians and employees in […]
Read MoreHIMSS16: Revenue Cycle Improvement, Performance Management & Clinical Data Infrastructure, Oh My!
This week, 43,000 healthcare industry experts, from CEOs to clinicians and IT professionals, will descend into Las Vegas for the HIMSS Conference & Exhibition, the largest event in the health information technology field in the U.S. From meeting and networking with health IT expects to keynotes from Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of Health & Human […]
Read More6 Ways Mid-Cycle Insight Improves Your Revenue
The healthcare industry is in the midst of a major transition from fee-for-service reimbursement to a value-based model. By 2020, fee-for-value reimbursement is expected to represent 83% of hospital revenue, up from just 14% in 2010. Becker’s Hospital Review says that 86% of hospitals are already participating in some sort of value-based reimbursement program. Improving […]
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