{"id":19973,"date":"2020-04-20T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=19973"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:55:07","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-63","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/health-data-news-roundup-63\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: COVID-19 Spending and Payers; HIEs Boosting Interoperability; and IMAT Referenced in Gartner Payer Report"},"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

COVID-19 Healthcare Spending Forces Difficult Choices for Payers<\/a><\/strong>
\nCoronavirus will affect payers\u2019 healthcare spending in a variety of ways, which leaves Medicaid, Medicare, and private payers with challenging decisions<\/a> to make.<\/p>\n

Medicare Advantage Plans Target Social Isolation In New Programs<\/a><\/strong>
\nCigna and SCAN Health Plan\u2019s Medicare Advantage programs are focused on<\/a> decreasing senior social isolation during the coronavirus pandemic through new programs and funding, relying on volunteers and community partnerships.<\/p>\n

Health Information Exchanges Boost Interoperability in COVID-19<\/a><\/strong>
\nHealth information exchanges (HIEs) across the country are making changes<\/a> to improve patient data exchange amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

An Overview of the FFCRA, CARES Act Coronavirus Testing Rules<\/a><\/strong>
\nCMS has issued guidance<\/a> for private health plans regarding coverage for coronavirus diagnostic testing and relevant products and procedures.<\/p>\n

Michigan HIE Expands Coverage Area Amid COVID-19 Pandemic<\/a><\/strong>
\nMichigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) Shared Services is aiming to widen<\/a> its digital footprint by working hand-in-hand with Michigan Department of Health & Human Services (MDHHS) as part of its COVID-19 pandemic response.<\/p>\n

Centene Program Helps Providers with Grant Writing, Business Loans<\/a><\/strong>
\nCentene has created a support program<\/a> to assist its network providers with grant writing, small business loan applications, and other key activities.<\/p>\n

Human Scribes Still Trump Digital Scribes in EHR Documentation<\/a><\/strong>
\nAlthough a well-designed EHR scribe eases clinician burnout, developers are facing issues that make it tough to completely abolish the use of a human scribe, according<\/a> to a study published in the Journal of Informatics in Health and Biomedicine<\/p>\n

IMAT Solutions Named in Gartner\u2019s Healthcare Payer CIOs, Leverage Vendor Partners to Succeed at Clinical Data Integration Report<\/strong>
\nLast week, we announced that IMAT Solutions was named in a refresh of the Gartner report: \u201cHealthcare Payer CIOs, Leverage Vendor Partners to Succeed at Clinical Data Integration Report.\u201d<\/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. COVID-19 Healthcare Spending Forces Difficult Choices for Payers Coronavirus…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":19977,"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\/19973"}],"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=19973"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82228,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19973\/revisions\/82228"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}