Cantata Health Solutions Blog
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The All-In-One EHR Solution
In today’s health ecosystem, healthcare organizations must rely on modern technology to coordinate data from multiple sources to ensure the highest possible quality of coordinated care. Enterprise Health Management (EHM) is the perfect solution for providers of any size or specialty.
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...
Futureproofing: The Key to LTACHs and Coordinated Care
In my previous blog, I discussed how LTACHs have been slow to improve care coordination and reduce readmissions. I said that only aggressive action towards in-house care coordination could ensure the long-term survival of your business while significantly improving...
How LTACHs Can Survive and Thrive After Medicare Reform
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...
Best of Breed vs. Single-vendor Solution for Your EHR & RCM
Sure, it sounds easier, maybe even cheaper, to purchase clinical (EHR) and revenue cycle management (RCM) applications from a single vendor. Most vendors will even require you to do so, holding your practice hostage to an EHR developed either in-house or by a...