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E-Newsletter • February 2024 |
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Editor's E-Note
The Risks and Benefits of AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) expands into virtually every aspect of health care, concerns multiply about safety and management. Now, the Biden-Harris Administration has issued an executive order outlining steps toward ensuring both the promise and the safety of AI.
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— Kate Jackson, editor |
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Administration Announces Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
Since taking office, President Biden has moved with urgency to seize the tremendous promise and manage the risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI). President Biden’s Executive Order 14110 outlined dozens of actions, including many that Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for, to ensure the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.”
The Biden-Harris Administration is announcing the latest part of a broader commitment to ensure AI is deployed safely and responsibly in health care—voluntary commitments from a group of 28 health care provider and payer organizations to help move toward safe, secure, and trustworthy purchasing and use of AI technology.
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Claims Resolution Strategies
As the ripple effects on staffing shortages continue into 2024, technology is increasingly important in claims resolution. Medical Economics reports on the need to leverage technology to optimize health data.
Is Hospital Billing Erratic?
To personalize the issue of arbitrary medical billing, Renee Y. Hsia, a professor of emergency medicine and health policy at UC San Francisco, shares the story of a friend whose daughter had the same injury twice in one day. Her opinion piece, first reported in the Los Angeles Times, appears in Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
Patient Access and Privacy
A report on Medriva.com looks at a topic highlighted at the ONC2023 event—the importance of advancing interoperability and transparency in patient privacy and access and of combatting information blocking.
New HHS Data Strategy
MeriTalk highlights a new data strategy released by Health and Human Services featuring an expansion of the role of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and five data priorities. |
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Service Provider Workflow
MDaudit, a provider of technologies and analytic tools that enable health care organizations to minimize billing risks and maximize revenues, has released Service Provider Workflow, the latest enhancement to its industry-leading billing compliance and revenue integrity platform. It supports billing when rendering providers differ from service providers, reducing audit risks related to billing of split/shared services. Learn more »
Coding Webinars
Coding webinars from Haugen Consulting Group include The What, When, Who, and How of Physician Coding Queries; ICD-10-CM Stroke Coding; Vascular Interventional Radiology Coding: A Practical Approach; Radiation Oncology: The Next Level; and many more. Learn more »
Fathom Partners With Google Cloud
Fathom, the leader in medical coding automation, announces its autonomous coding solution has been added to Google Cloud Marketplace. The partnership will make Fathom's ground-breaking solution accessible to more health systems and physician practices while enhancing the suite of partner health technology solutions on Google Cloud Marketplace. Learn more » |
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COVER STORY
Data Usability Taking Root
The Sequoia Project has teamed with AHIMA in an initiative to help make data more useful.
FEATURE
Game On
Here are eight ways for providers to guard against the new era of payer denials.
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