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In 2015, President Obama signed the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) into law. The legislative support for the bill’s passing was overwhelmingly bipartisan, indicating its significance in the effort to reform health care in the United States. Changes…

While shopping for a new computer, what if you asked for the same features you wanted 20 years ago? “Does it take floppy disks or CDs?” “Where do I hook it up to my modem?”Instead of getting the best of…

The impact of changing requirements and how to maximize business efficiency through them The governance of health care is an ongoing process. Newly elected officials may bring widespread change, lawmakers revise existing regulation, and new knowledge and technology challenge us…

Buying or upgrading software usually involves hearing terms or buzzwords that are (according to a sales rep) “exactly what you need.” But how do you know? For instance, one EHR boasts of being customizable, and another is configurable. Aren’t they…

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Suicide is commonly the result of mental health conditions that impact people when they are most vulnerable, and can affect anybody regardless of age, gender, or background. Friends and families are obviously affected…

We work with people who are on the front lines of mental health, those who help fight the stigma, and help people feel better. But what many outside our industry might not understand is how prevalent mental health illness really…

Technology’s role in the migration to integrated care in Washington. Healthcare is dynamic: the needs of the industry evolve over time, medical research inspires new methods of care, and new regulatory measures are introduced in an attempt to produce the…

Technology, the quadruple aim, and the ambitious goals of the “lab state”. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is preparing to ask the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval of an ambitious plan to…

The growing complexity of health care and the age-old strategies we’re still electing to use. Last year, the state of New York awarded a five-year, $564.9m contract to the Xerox corporation for the modernization of its state Medicaid claims processing…

What went wrong for Medi-Cal and how to avoid “copying” the calamity. Nearly 10 years and $9 million later, Medi-Cal (California’s Medicaid) pulled the plug on their Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) modernization project with the Xerox Corporation. The project…