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Health systems form company to advance patient care through data insights
Fourteen health providers announced they have formed a new company, Truveta, to improve the lives of those they serve through data insights.
Using Lessons from the Pandemic to Reimagine Health Care
Even as we continue to address COVD-19 challenges, let’s consider the experiences of the past year, looking for lessons learned and opportunities for the future. Here are four major areas that changed during the pandemic and are likely to keep transforming health care in the year ahead.
HHS invests in immunization information sharing expansion
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a $20 million investment in several initiatives that will help increase data sharing between health information exchanges and immunization information systems.
Members in Action: Proactive communication tool results in fewer readmissions
Children’s Wisconsin developed a communication tool — Patient Journey — to proactively address families’ expectations and concerns by providing information before, during and after procedures.
Discount on HR Metrics Tool until Dec. 4
ASHHRA, in collaboration with PwC Saratoga, offers the HR Metrics Tool each year. The goal of this collaboration is to enable ASHHRA members to benefit from PwC's expertise in HR analytics and knowledge of the health care field in order to obtain relevant benchmarks for workforce and HR metrics.
HHS issues updated COVID-19 data reporting guidance
The Department of Health and Human Services updated its guidance to hospitals on the reporting of COVID-19-related data.
CMS finalizes rule amending risk adjustment data validation program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a final rule amending the Department of Health and Human Services’ Risk Adjustment Data Validation program, which validates the data that health insurers submit to HHS to determine risk adjustments based on the individuals they enroll.
HHS webinar Nov. 13 on COVID-19 data reporting
The Department of Health and Human Services will host an additional webinar Nov. 13 at 1 p.m. ET on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Oct. 6 guidance on COVID-19 data reporting requirements for hospitals that participate in Medicare.
CMS will not update hospital star ratings, quality data in January
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will not update the overall hospital quality star ratings at Hospital Compare in January to allow time to review public comment and finalize proposed changes to the star ratings methodology, the agency announced.
ONC delays information blocking requirements until April 5
In an interim final rule, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology extended to April 5, 2021, the deadline to comply with the information blocking requirements in its final rule. The original deadline was Nov. 2, 2020.