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Mental Health Awareness: 20 Tips To Positive Well-Being
Throughout Mental Health Awareness Month, Cantata Health Solutions has been sharing mood-boosting and spirit-lifting activities that our team members engage in, hoping to inspire others to practice self-care. Although this month is coming to a close, mental health matters all year round.
The Difference Between The Polar Vortex and PDPM?
This weather phenomenon that has made parts of the Midwest colder than Antarctica has gotten us thinking… it’s a lot like the upcoming Patient Driven Payment Model, most commonly referred to PDPM.
PDPM: Get Ready Today
PDPM will be a big shift and staff will need to shift mindset and have the proper training to ensure your facility is compliant.
Shifting Generations of Decision Makers and How to Prepare
Healthcare facilities will need to find new and innovative ways to engage families with the shifting of generations.
Should your LTACH transition from paper to digital?
How much are paper records costing your organization? Healthcare spending in the US continues to grow, reaching nearly $3 trillion in 2014 alone. While many organizations – public, private, and federal – are exploring strategies to address this growth on a national...
Internal Interoperability vs External Interoperability
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a new approach to the familiar “meaningful use” EHR incentive program. Now termed “Promoting Interoperability,” these updated criteria seek to address pricing transparency, facilitate the...
Interoperability: Why Physicians Need Easy Communication
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last month that it was rebranding its familiar electronic health record (EHR) Incentive Programs from “meaningful use” to “Promoting Interoperability.” Among the proposed changes are welcome...
What Should Clinicians Look for When Evaluating an EHR?
Medicare accounts for an increasingly large portion of all long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) discharges, with current estimates indicating that approximately two thirds of all LTACH discharges are Medicare discharges. Between 2004 and 2013, Medicare spending on...
3 Ways to Improve Your RCM Practices
I’ve already discussed the wealth of information to be found in medicine’s oft-forgotten business offices, but today I want to focus on the RCM team specifically. I’d like to go out on a limb and assert that your revenue cycle team may even be the key to improving...
Why Doctors Should Build Relationships With Data Analysts
A doctor’s job isn’t easy. And with the ongoing shift towards value-based care, it’s only getting harder. Doctors are rigorously trained to treat individuals, committing decades of their life – not to mention hundreds of thousands of dollars – to their education and...