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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.

Internal Interoperability vs External Interoperability

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...

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What Should Clinicians Look for When Evaluating an EHR?

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...

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3 Ways to Improve Your RCM Practices

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...

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Why Doctors Should Build Relationships With Data Analysts

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...

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Futureproofing: The Key to LTACHs and Coordinated Care

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...

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How LTACHs Can Survive and Thrive After Medicare Reform

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...

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