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HEDIS® Public Comment is Open

NCQA

HEDIS measures do not constitute clinical practice guidelines and should not be used to determine insurance or coverage. HEDIS ® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). CAHPS ® is a registered trademark of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

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Home-Based Care Software: Why Partnerships are Key to Success

HIT Consultant

Integrating clinical experience into product development can offer deeper insights into the impact the software has on patient care workflows and identify areas for improvement specific to clinical practices.

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HEDIS® Public Comment Period Is Now Open

NCQA

HEDIS measures do not constitute clinical practice guidelines, and should not be used to determine insurance or coverage. HEDIS ® is a registered trademark of the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). An important part of developing and updating HEDIS is hearing from the public. ET) on March 13.

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AI-Powered Pop Health and SDOH – The Good, The Bad and The Best Practices

HIT Consultant

Code is written by humans who have unconscious biases, and those biases can creep into the algorithms of AI when Quality Assurance functions are not properly sensitized to detect them. Bias remains a big concern in AI development and use.

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Personalized Screening is Key to Breast Imaging AI Market Reaching $205M by 2025

HIT Consultant

A combination of a demonstrable ROI with breast imaging AI solutions through a reduction in reading times, a reduction in unnecessary biopsies, and improvement in clinical performance and reduced recall rates, are all factors facilitating the uptake of breast imaging AI. However, in some instances (e.g., The future outlook.

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Sustainability and Value: State Palliative Care Reimbursement Strategies

NASHP

States that use existing billing codes may want to provide guidance to providers and explain how to use these codes to better track uptake of these services and support best clinical practices. California provided an example of billing codes associated with specified palliative care services in its December 2017 guidance.