30 Jul Health Data News Roundup: Helping HIEs Share EHR Data; CMS and Risk Adjustment Payments; and MiHIN and Health Data Exchange

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today’s care organizations need to be on the forefront of all news and trends to help ensure that their data analytics efforts deliver accountable and informed care. Each week, we will provide you with the actionable news you need to meet these goals.

Verma: Many Providers Are Holding Patient Medical Records Hostage
Many healthcare providers are holding medical records hostage by denying patients access to their own health data, according to CMS Administrator Seema Verma.

Eight Crucial Factors in Charting a Direction for Health Info Exchange
The National Rural Health Resource Center is offering these eight points to help HIEs best share data contained in EHRs.

CMS Offers Plan to Restore Risk Adjustment Program Payments
The Trump administration is taking steps to resume paying billions of dollars to health insurers under Obamacare.

CMS Proposes Site-Neutral Payments, Drug Price Negotiation
CMS has proposed a rule that would expand the use of site-neutral payments and improve the drug price negotiation process with manufacturers in order to reduce Medicare’s overall spending.

4 Natural Language Processing Use Cases for Healthcare Orgs
The rise of big data in the healthcare industry is setting the stage for natural language processing (NLP) and other artificial intelligence tools to assist with improving the delivery of care.

DirectTrust Appoints New CEO to Head Health Data Exchange Alliance
DirectTrust recently appointed Scott Stuewe as the its new President and CEO to advance health data exchange among member organizations.

PODCAST: Dr. Tim Pletcher, the Executive Director of MiHIN, Discusses Data Blocking and the Future of Health Data Exchange
In this RosettaHealth podcast interview, Dr. Tim Pletcher, the Executive Director of Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN), discusses the current state and future of health data exchange, and provides an update on vendor data blocking.