Digital Checkup (587)

TEMPO and ACCESS are two new models that signal a large change in how the federal government intends to govern cost, quality and accountability in Medicare. Bill Charnetski, government affairs pro at PointClickCare, offers a deep dive.

Mary Beth Seaman, president of the HIMSS Southern California Chapter, highlights the upcoming annual CXO Summit on May 12th at the Richard Nixon Library, featuring healthcare stakeholders discussing how policies are impacting care delivery.

But continuity, confidentiality and compliance aren't the only imperatives hospitals and health systems need to manage when IT systems are down and workflows are suddenly paper-based, says Rebecca Romine, health law shareholder at Polsinelli.

Marcus Perez, president of Altera Digital Health, discusses the highly concentrated electronic health records arena and explains how it might hurt innovation and patient outcomes over the next decade.

AI plays a role in patient engagement because it’s critical for clinical efficiency, but it doesn’t replace functions, says Matt Fisher, VP of operations at Curae.

Provider frustration over prior authorization is real but doesn't tell the whole story of the patient journey, says Brian Smith, chief pharmacy officer at Shields Health Solutions.

Physicians have access to evidence-based guidance in the room as the conversation unfolds through a new partnership between Abridge and NEJM and JAMA, says Abridge Clinical Strategy Director Matt Troup, PA.

There's a back and forth between providers and payers due to misaligned incentives, says Lalithya Yerramilli, SVP of Payment Solutions for Cohere Health.

Karie Ryan, chief nursing officer at Artisight, discusses the company's AI ambient intelligence offerings that combine audio and video, sensors and computer vision to create a smart hospital room for patient safety and workflow efficiency.

Josh Wilda, University of Iowa Health Care's AVP for information systems and CIDO, says that healthcare organizations can maximize TEFCA access to streamline and improve data exchange costs.

Matching financial incentives to patient outcomes is necessary to getting away from fee-for-service, says Brian Overstreet, CEO of Arbital Health.

Brian Mazanec, deputy assistant secretary at HHS Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response and Jeff Butler, owner and consultant at HPH Preparedness Consultants, discuss RISC Toolkit 2.0, which helps with cyber resilience and much more.