{"id":19448,"date":"2019-09-23T09:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T09:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=19448"},"modified":"2025-11-04T12:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T12:01:53","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/health-data-news-roundup-38\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: Social Determinants and Payers; Proposed Interoperability and Health Plans; and VA Launches VITAL"},"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

GAO: Staff Shortages, Social Factors Barriers to Treating High-Cost Medicaid Beneficiaries<\/a><\/strong>
\nSocial determinants of health such as a lack of stable transportation or housing are making it difficult for states and managed care organizations to treat the most expensive Medicaid beneficiaries, according<\/a> to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).<\/p>\n

CMS Official Notes Proposed Interoperability Rule Will Impact Health Plans<\/a><\/strong>
\nAt AHIMA19, a CMS official stated that the proposed interoperability rule requires<\/a> payers to build patient APIs, which would be expected to function similar to the government\u2019s Blue Button initiative.<\/p>\n

AHA: Proposed CMS Rule Hinders Medicaid Reimbursements<\/a><\/strong>
\nAmerican Hospital Association (AHA) is concerned<\/a> that the recent CMS proposal to relax the 2015 mandatory Medicaid access monitoring review plans will limit providers\u2019 ability to confront Medicaid reimbursement failures and remove needed oversight of states\u2019 access to care.<\/p>\n

Payer Industry Consolidation Threatens Independent Providers, Premiums<\/a><\/strong>
\nSeventy-five percent of the payer industry is made up of highly concentrated markets, a number that has been rising since 2014, an American Medical Association (AMA) study found.<\/a><\/p>\n

Most Providers Don’t Screen for Social Determinants of Health<\/a><\/strong>
\nMost U.S. physician practices and hospitals are screening patients for at least one social need, but only a small percentage are screening for all five social needs recommended by the federal government, according<\/a> to a new study.<\/p>\n

VA Launches VITAL Training Program for New EHR System<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has launched<\/a> a new training program, VA Innovative Technology Advancement Lab (VITAL) to support its brand-new electronic health record (EHR) modernization system.<\/p>\n

Pew: Congress Should Adopt ONC Guidelines for Cures API Mandates<\/a><\/strong>
\nCongress should adopt the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT\u2019s (ONC\u2019s) guidelines for adopting application programming interfaces (APIs) into health data and EHR use, according<\/a> to Pew Charitable Trusts.<\/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. GAO: Staff Shortages, Social Factors Barriers to Treating High-Cost…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":18812,"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\/19448"}],"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=19448"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82772,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19448\/revisions\/82772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}