Author: Matt Langan

14 Jul Congress Gives MSSP ACOs More Time. Here’s How to Use It.

Top Takeaways • The U.S. House of Representatives has passed bipartisan legislation that would extend quality reporting flexibility for MSSP ACOs through performance year 2029, recognizing that many organizations are not yet ready for fully electronic clinical quality measure (eCQM) reporting. • The extension reflects ongoing challenges with EHR readiness, data quality, and interoperability rather than a delay in the industry's move toward digital quality measurement. • Organizations that use this time to strengthen data quality, standardize clinical...

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13 Jul Health Data News Roundup: Health AI Accountability; Health Data More Than Technical Asset; and IMAT Partners with Firely

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. This week's healthcare data news highlights how healthcare organizations are strengthening governance, accountability, and collaboration as digital transformation continues to accelerate. From AI oversight and data governance to interoperability, consent management, and digital quality measurement, healthcare leaders are increasingly focused on ensuring that healthcare data is trusted, secure, and ready to support better decisions and better outcomes. AI Accountability is Now Healthcare's Next Big Challenge As...

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06 Jul Health Data News Roundup: Health AI Needs Meaningful Outcomes; HHS Strengthens TEFCA; and Florida HIE Expansion

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. This week's healthcare data news highlights how healthcare organizations are strengthening the foundations needed to support AI, interoperability, and data-driven decision making. From expanded oversight of TEFCA and statewide health information exchange to data standardization and meaningful AI outcomes, healthcare leaders continue to focus on building trusted data ecosystems that improve performance, care delivery, and operational efficiency. Meaningful Outcomes Determine the Winners of the Health...

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02 Jul Healthcare Has Achieved Interoperability. Now Comes the Hard Part: Data Standardization

Top Takeaways • Healthcare interoperability has reached an important milestone, but exchanging data is only the first step toward improving care and operational performance.• TEFCA and the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem are accelerating secure health information exchange across the industry.• Health plans are moving from experimentation to operationalization as AI becomes embedded into workflows such as risk adjustment, claims, and utilization management. • The next challenge is ensuring exchanged data is standardized, trusted, and ready to support...

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29 Jun Health Data News Roundup: TEFCA and Data Standardization; dQM Readiness Costs; and AI Needs Human Connection

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. This week's healthcare data news highlights how healthcare organizations are preparing for the next phase of digital transformation through stronger interoperability, data standardization, responsible AI adoption, and digital quality measurement. As new technologies and reporting requirements continue to evolve, organizations are increasingly focused on building trusted data foundations that support better decision making, operational efficiency, and improved patient outcomes. Data Standardization Key to Health Tech...

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23 Jun Health IT Answers: Why Delaying dQM Readiness Could Cost More Than Preparing

Top Takeaways • The costs associated with fragmented data environments and manual reporting workflows are already affecting healthcare organizations today. • dQM readiness is not just about future compliance requirements. It is about improving operational efficiency, data quality, and decision making now.• Investments in interoperability, data standardization, and reporting infrastructure can support multiple strategic initiatives beyond quality reporting.• Delaying data modernization efforts may increase administrative burden and make future transitions more disruptive. • Organizations that strengthen their data...

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22 Jun Health Data News Roundup: Healthcare Needs to Curb AI Spending; Data and Payer Member Satisfaction; and Payers Blamed for High Costs

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. This week's healthcare data news highlights growing efforts to balance AI innovation with measurable outcomes, strengthen healthcare interoperability, improve member experiences, and address rising healthcare costs. Across the healthcare ecosystem, organizations continue to focus on building trusted data foundations that support better decision making, operational efficiency, and patient and member outcomes. As Patients Rely on AI for Medical Advice, Will Bots Replace Care? Two surveys show...

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18 Jun Why Improving Member Satisfaction Starts with Better Healthcare Data

Top Takeaways • Member satisfaction and trust remain significant challenges for health plans despite ongoing efforts to improve member experiences. • Rising healthcare costs are increasing pressure on payer organizations to strengthen member engagement and deliver greater value.  • Health plans are moving from experimentation to operationalization as AI becomes embedded into workflows such as risk adjustment, claims, and utilization management. • Improving member experiences requires more than simplifying processes and communications. It requires trusted, actionable healthcare data. •...

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15 Jun Health Data News Roundup: Payer Satisfaction Low; MA Star Ratings Court Case; and Payers Shift to Data Intelligence

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. This week's healthcare data news highlights growing pressure on health plans to improve member satisfaction, maximize the value of healthcare data investments, and support quality and care delivery initiatives. From Medicare Advantage trends and Star Ratings scrutiny to digital health records and data intelligence strategies, organizations across the healthcare ecosystem continue to focus on turning healthcare data into meaningful business and clinical outcomes. JD Power:...

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11 Jun Why Health Plans Are Shifting Focus from Data Exchange to Data Intelligence

Top Takeaways • Health plans are increasingly focused on maximizing the value of existing health IT investments. • Interoperability remains important, but organizations now need data that is trusted, usable, and actionable. • Health plans are moving from experimentation to operationalization as AI becomes embedded into workflows such as risk adjustment, claims, and utilization management. • Provider data quality challenges continue to impact operational efficiency, member experience, and reporting accuracy. • Quality, Stars, HEDIS, CAHPS, risk adjustment, and care management...

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