COVID’s Impact on Cancer, from a Patient’s Perspective
Cancer didn’t pause for COVID, but how were patients going to find out they had cancer if these screenings and treatments were getting delayed?
6 Criteria When Selecting a Strategic Health IT Data Partner
When it comes to selecting a healthcare data partner, this marks one of those not-so-simple decisions. Perhaps you’ve determined that it’s time to evaluate health IT data partner options, especially as you start planning for 2022 and beyond.
Top 3 Strategy Priorities in Digital Identity Management
In our recent survey, executives from provider and payer organizations identified their top three priorities for identity verification and authentication management heading into 2022.
The Evolution of SDOH and Health Data Exchange
Let’s talk about the current landscape of Social Determinants of Health and health data exchange, and where it seems to be heading in the future.
Consumer-Facing Health Apps Data – Benefits and Challenges
There is a slew of considerations associated with data collected with consumer health apps. Even though it is moving differently, it is still PHI.
Not Ready, but Getting There: Payers Prepare for Data Exchange
Many health plans are sprinting to meet these requirements as they were laid in the Final Rule in May of this year.
This Time, Interoperability Is Real: Part 3 – Patient Access API
The 21st Century Cures Act is a very broad law with many access, but the most impactful parts of it are the mandates around the new Patient Access API.
3 Steps to Initiate a Pharmacy Program for SDOH
One way for pharmacies to get the insight they need to stay nimble is to have access to non-clinical patient data that helps complete the picture of their patients’ health needs.
This Time, Interoperability Is Real: Part Two
If healthcare data was truly accessible, it would significantly reduce both the medical and administrative cost of care, which in turn would afford better access.
Medication Adherence Programs: Looking at the Whole Patient
Incorporating targeted social determinants of health can uncover opportunities to improve health, patient engagement, and patient retention outcomes that might otherwise be missed.
This Time, Interoperability is Real: Part One
Value-Based Care, MIPS, Meaningful Use, HIE, RHIO, and many other initiatives have promised to do what seemingly cannot be done: enable the flow of healthcare data. Will the Patient Access API be any different?
Beyond Compliance for Payers: A Unique Opportunity
Now is the time for health plans to start to think beyond compliance: How can you use this newly available data to support and improve critical business functions?
Patient Matching Isn’t Just a “Nice to Have”
Managing patient information across care settings and platforms for core business functions, interoperability, and patient safety requires coordination and collaboration.
Our Commitment: High-Quality Data to Meet Your Needs
As the payer market continues to evolve and the complexities grow, so does the demand for accurate credentials and higher quality data on providers.
Healthcare CISOs on Dealing with Cyber Attacks
Cyber attacks on healthcare systems increased in 2020, and the healthcare sector is expected to fall under even greater pressure from cyber criminals in 2021.
New Report Verifies Dramatic Increase in Mental Health Telehealth Visits
May is Mental Health Month, dedicated to educating the public on how to support those struggling with mental health issues and increasing awareness of behavioral healthcare services.
3 Critical Ways SDOH Can Transform Life Sciences
Social determinants of health, combined with clinical data, can transform outcomes for patient engagement, medical research and marketing.
MyChart® Patient Portal Identity Verification for COVID-19 Vaccination
LexisNexis® Risk Solutions Health Care announced an expanded collaboration with Epic, the country’s leading EHR, to offer identity verification and authentication solutions.
Prioritize Better Outcomes with Provider Data Accuracy
The No Surprises Act is going into effect in January 2022. While we wait for the regulation details to materialize, it is important to understand your baseline today to get ahead of what’s to come.
HIStalk Interviews LexisNexis Risk Solutions Health Care CEO
Josh Schoeller, CEO of LexisNexis Risk Solutions Health Care, recently shared industry insights in a candid interview with HIStalk, a healthcare technology industry blog.
The Power of Data to Improve Patient Outcomes
Social determinants of health are discussed as a way to understand more about patients, but data on patients’ social experience varies greatly in its content, collection methods and use.
No Surprises Act: Pushing Health Plans into Action
Though surprise medical billing has long been an issue, Congress passed No Surprises Act to remedy to require that provider directories be updated on a regular basis.
“No Surprises Act” Contains New Provider Directory Verification Regulations
The “No Surprises Act” requires health plans to verify and update provider directory information at least every 90 days. It’s time to implement a plan to meet the requirements.
How Transportable Credentials Contribute to a Post-COVID New Normal
It’s been a year since COVID-19 upended our world and the healthcare industry. As we return to work and life, having transportable credentials will be important.