{"id":18876,"date":"2018-11-19T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=18876"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:11:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:11:00","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-ama-simplifying-clinical-documentation-bringing-innovation-medicaid-consumer-healthcare-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/health-data-news-roundup-ama-simplifying-clinical-documentation-bringing-innovation-medicaid-consumer-healthcare-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: AMA and Simplifying Clinical Documentation; Bringing Innovation to Medicaid; and Consumer Healthcare Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s 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.<\/em><\/p>\n

AMA President Calls for End to Electronic Health Record Abuse<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe nation\u2019s largest physician group is calling for<\/a> an end to electronic health record \u201cabuse\u201d which is relegating doctors to the role of data entry clerks and leading to widespread professional burnout<\/p>\n

Simplifying Clinical Documentation to Cut Administrative Burden<\/a><\/strong>
\nHawaii Pacific Health is working to prevent<\/a> physician burnout and reduce administrative burden on providers by cutting out the aspects of clinical documentation and EHR use that clinicians find least useful.<\/p>\n

41 Health Tech CEOs Join Forces to Bring Innovation to Medicaid<\/a><\/strong>
\nMore than 40 health technology CEOs from around the country have joined forces<\/a> to bring technological innovation to the Medicaid program, which provides healthcare to one in five Americans.<\/p>\n

Evidence Supports Continuity of Care Quality Measures in QPP<\/a><\/strong>
\nAdding quality measures related to continuity of care to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) may help lower healthcare costs and reduce hospitalizations, according<\/a> to a new study.<\/p>\n

Addressing Healthcare Literacy Key to Health Plans Reducing Costs<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe inability of consumers to successfully navigate the healthcare system costs employers and health plans billions in administrative costs, but there are ways to address this challenge.<\/a><\/p>\n

Strategies for Designing Consumer-Centric Health Plans<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe Health Care Transformation Task Force recently released<\/a> a new set of guiding principles to help healthcare industry leaders and policymakers better integrate consumer needs into benefit design.<\/p>\n

CMS Proposes to Deregulate, Fast Track Medicaid Managed Care Programs<\/a><\/strong>
\nCMS has proposed<\/a> a new rule to reduce regulation around Medicaid managed care programs and allow states to contract with private payers to deliver managed care at faster rates.<\/p>\n

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Welcome to the Health Data Weekly News Roundup from IMAT Solutions. As the power of data continues to grow in the healthcare arena, today\u2019s 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. AMA President Calls for End to Electronic Health Record…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[265],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18876"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82809,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18876\/revisions\/82809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}