Comments for LighthouseView http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:32:36 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Date Changes Could Be Coming For A Number of Federal HIT Initiatives by HankMayers http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=125&cpage=1#comment-52 HankMayers Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:32:36 +0000 http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=125#comment-52 Fear not, they are indeed serious. And there are many payers who have invested considerable amounts of time and money to be ready. So a total tun back would be politically suicidal. Beyond the politics of it all, the data that the new coding will provide is essential to improved outcomes research and quality management by the providers and the payers. Having said all of that, I am certain there will be some kind of deadline extension. Fear not, they are indeed serious. And there are many payers who have invested considerable amounts of time and money to be ready. So a total tun back would be politically suicidal. Beyond the politics of it all, the data that the new coding will provide is essential to improved outcomes research and quality management by the providers and the payers.

Having said all of that, I am certain there will be some kind of deadline extension.

]]> Comment on Date Changes Could Be Coming For A Number of Federal HIT Initiatives by Wilmer http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=125&cpage=1#comment-51 Wilmer Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:57:43 +0000 http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=125#comment-51 Thank you Grassi for your post At my company Medical Account Solutions we are aarhopcping the new ICD-10 regulations as serious matter What do you think is the major reason at only 10% of healthcare is prepared? Do you think they will exend the deadline? Thank you Grassi for your post At my company Medical Account Solutions we are aarhopcping the new ICD-10 regulations as serious matter What do you think is the major reason at only 10% of healthcare is prepared? Do you think they will exend the deadline?

]]> Comment on Meaningful Use is Hip? by Sarah L. http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=96&cpage=1#comment-31 Sarah L. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:38:05 +0000 http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=96#comment-31 WOW! Amazing, did you share this with the HIT students? WOW! Amazing, did you share this with the HIT students?

]]> Comment on Why I Am Passionate About Healthcare Information Technology by Sarah L. http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=102&cpage=1#comment-30 Sarah L. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:34:54 +0000 http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=102#comment-30 Thanks so much for sharing Hank, I stumbled upon your blog from Linkedin. When my mother was hospitalized last year there were at least 2 occassions (when I happened to be there) when they were unable to find her chart. Another time she was being discharged from a clinic and transferred to a hospital. When her discharge paperwork was faxed, only half of her medication list went through. When a nurse was going over her meds, my mother was with it enough to catch the error, but I'm sure many patients would not! That all made the importance of EHRs hit home for me. Glad to be a part of it. Thanks so much for sharing Hank, I stumbled upon your blog from Linkedin. When my mother was hospitalized last year there were at least 2 occassions (when I happened to be there) when they were unable to find her chart. Another time she was being discharged from a clinic and transferred to a hospital. When her discharge paperwork was faxed, only half of her medication list went through. When a nurse was going over her meds, my mother was with it enough to catch the error, but I’m sure many patients would not! That all made the importance of EHRs hit home for me. Glad to be a part of it.

]]> Comment on Why I Am Passionate About Healthcare Information Technology by Margart Senn, MS, RN http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=102&cpage=1#comment-29 Margart Senn, MS, RN Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:49:30 +0000 http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=102#comment-29 Thanks Hank for sharing. We need to be ever watchful of the medications our family have ordered and are taking. Hand written medication orders should never have abbreviations that could be misinterprted. Thanks Hank for sharing. We need to be ever watchful of the medications our family have ordered and are taking. Hand written medication orders should never have abbreviations that could be misinterprted.

]]> Comment on CMS Recognizes That a 30% Medicaid Encounter Rate is a Rarity? by Ernie Yoder http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=54&cpage=1#comment-20 Ernie Yoder Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:30:58 +0000 http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=54#comment-20 Hank, I think your analysis is on target. Seems our friends in the federal government are attemting to use coercion to force physicians to accept Medicaid patients...that hammer being "unless you hit our threshold target as a Medicaid provider (patient numbers) no HIT support." Given that a practice loses at least $30 on every medicaid patient visit, this becomes a non-starter. Now, if payment for Medicaid becomes equal to Medicare, this becomes a different discussion. Just my thoughts. Ernie Hank, I think your analysis is on target. Seems our friends in the federal government are attemting to use coercion to force physicians to accept Medicaid patients…that hammer being “unless you hit our threshold target as a Medicaid provider (patient numbers) no HIT support.” Given that a practice loses at least $30 on every medicaid patient visit, this becomes a non-starter. Now, if payment for Medicaid becomes equal to Medicare, this becomes a different discussion. Just my thoughts. Ernie

]]> Comment on Next Phase for the EMR in the Ambulatory Sector? by A.B. Barber http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=41&cpage=1#comment-8 A.B. Barber Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:44:54 +0000 http://www.reliatechconsulting.com/lighthouseview/?p=41#comment-8 Good point. It's an issue no one is really talking about yet. I agree that integration with practitioner clinical systems is essential. Good point. It’s an issue no one is really talking about yet. I agree that integration with practitioner clinical systems is essential.

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