Pushback around prior authorization trends continues to make headlines, from a federal push to shorten prior authorization response times to a controversial attempt to require authorizations for gastroenterology procedures, a policy that has since been altered. But amid calls for meaningful change, there’s a way health systems can ease this process now, and it involves […]
Healthcare is one of the most highly regulated industries in this country, and rightly so, since people’s lives are the focus of healthcare. Over the past couple of decades, healthcare technology has taken center stage, to help providers ensure they are delivering the best level of care. Let’s look back at how healthcare technology became […]
You can’t secure the entire internet By partnering with eFax to transmit documents containing your clients’ or patients’ personally identifiable information, you’re already well ahead of your competitors in terms of data security and regulatory compliance. But what happens if the other party with whom your business needs to exchange sensitive documents doesn’t have eFax’s […]
You don’t need to keep using a zillion data exchange tools If your healthcare organization is anything like the thousands that we’ve worked with over the years, your staff hasn’t been able to optimize or centralize their communication processes. That’s because the providers, payers, and other organizations that your hospital needs to exchange data with […]
Like many of you, I’m just back from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Chicago and still filled with excitement. According to HIMSS, more than 35,000 attended the annual event, a 25% increase over the previous year. The entire show floor was on fire with energy and the feeling that we’ve […]
