by dbauza4gmailcom | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog, Care Coordination, Clinical Outcomes, Healthcare IT
The shift in healthcare from the current fee-for-service (FFS) model to value-based care (VBC) has been unfolding over the past decade. Rather than reimburse providers per service rendered, VBC payment models reimburse providers for the overall value of the care they...
by dbauza4gmailcom | Sep 1, 2022 | Blog, Care Coordination
Federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) perform a critical function in the U.S. healthcare ecosystem by providing care to medically underserved communities and offering a affordable care for the uninsured or underinsured. One subset of FQHCs are community health...
by dbauza4gmailcom | Jul 28, 2022 | Blog, Care Coordination, Encounter Notification Service
Admission, discharge, and transfer (ADT) feeds generate data about a patient’s healthcare encounter when they are admitted, discharged, and/or transferred from one care setting to another care setting or back home. This information can be automatically sent to the...
by dbauza4gmailcom | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog, Care Coordination, Healthcare IT
In February 2022 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMS Innovation Center) introduced the ACO REACH Model to promote greater health equity among the beneficiaries receiving care through accountable care organizations (ACOs). In this article, we define...
by dbauza4gmailcom | May 24, 2022 | Blog, Care Coordination, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Healthcare IT, Interoperability
On April 7, 2022, I had the pleasure of speaking with CommonWell Health Alliance to discuss the future of HL7’s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)-based transactions. It was a privilege to discuss how the Audacious Inquiry partnership with FHIR has...
by dbauza4gmailcom | May 19, 2022 | Blog, Care Coordination, Healthcare IT
Most healthcare providers didn’t choose their careers because they were eager to spend time chasing down clinical documents for their patients. However, the current reality is that the process of clinical document retrieval is often time-consuming, burdensome, and too...