ATLANTA (May 7, 2019)—Brightree announced plans for its home health and hospice customers to access more than 50,000 provider locations and health systems nationwide via the CommonWell Health Alliance, a nonprofit national trade association of health IT companies, and through CommonWell to Carequality, a national consensus-built common interoperability framework.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 11, 2019)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released CMS-9115-P, the Interoperability and Patient Access Proposed Rule. The new rule outlines proposed policy changes to the MyHealthEData initiative to improve patient access to and advance electronic data exchange and care coordination throughout the health care system. CMS is also releasing two requests for information (RFIs) for feedback from providers in post-acute care settings.
Technology eases communication across care settings
In patient-centered homecare systems, creating seamless communication begins with the business case
Program updates aim to empower patients through better access while promoting interoperability.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 24, 2018)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed changes to empower patients through better access to hospital price information, improve patients’ access to their electronic health records, and make it easier for providers to spend time with their patients.
Connected care is a risky business, but Carequality smooths the way
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (October 2, 2017)—VirtuOx, Inc. a health care IT company providing diagnostic tools and services to enable health care organizations and professionals diagnose and treat a variety of disease states, announced today the acquisition of ProFox Associates, Inc. and NPF, Inc. The transaction was facilitated by VERTESS, a health care M+A advisory firm.
Ensuring a seamless transition within a patient's care network is increasingly important
HME Audit Key data for first quarter 2017 will help with reform efforts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 1, 2017)—Home medical equipment (HME) suppliers who use Brightree software now have access to a new tool that will make it easier to participate in industry efforts to collect data on Medicare audits. This tool pulls together much of the data sought for the quarterly HME Audit Key Survey, an initiative supporting industry efforts to advocate on Capitol Hill and at CMS for much-needed audit reform.
Failing to communicate harms both the organization and the individual patient
ATLANTA (February 20, 2017)—During this week’s HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition in Orlando, Florida, Brightree, a leading provider of cloud-based software to improve clinical and business performance of post-acute care companies, will join CommonWell Health Alliance, a not-for-profit trade association focused on fostering nationwide health data exchange, and Cer
ATLANTA (September 21, 2016)—Brightree, a provider of cloud-based software to improve clinical and business performance of post-acute care companies, announced it will host the Brightree Summit on October 31 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
6 ways interoperability can benefit you in the rapidly changing homecare market