{"id":20026,"date":"2020-05-26T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=20026"},"modified":"2025-11-04T11:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T11:53:47","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-68","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/health-data-news-roundup-68\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: Payer Can Support Providers in COVID-19; Rise of Virtual Health Records; and Care Quality Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>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<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/8-ways-payers-can-support-provider-partners-during-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8 Ways Payers Can Support Provider Partners During Coronavirus<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nBy supporting providers, payers can meet their provider partners\u2019 financial, professional, and personal needs during coronavirus, according to this recent <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/8-ways-payers-can-support-provider-partners-during-coronavirus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Health Payer Intelligence <\/em>article.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/how-payers-make-wellness-programming-available-despite-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Payers Make Wellness Programming Available Despite COVID-19<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nBlue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island and other payers are <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/how-payers-make-wellness-programming-available-despite-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">relying more heavily<\/a> on digital solutions for wellness programming during COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/most-payers-cover-member-costs-for-covid-19-testing-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Most Payers Cover Member Costs for COVID-19 Testing, Treatment<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nA majority of health payers are fully covering COVID-19 testing and treatment for their members, <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/most-payers-cover-member-costs-for-covid-19-testing-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to a new report from Insights by Xtelligent Healthcare Media.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/covid-19-pandemic-creating-demand-for-virtual-health-records\/\">COVID-19 Pandemic Creating Demand for Virtual Health Records<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nWhile the COVID-19 pandemic has created care challenges for health organizations, <a href=\"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/covid-19-pandemic-creating-demand-for-virtual-health-records\/\">there has been a rise<\/a> in the use of virtual health records as a viable solution.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlight.com\/2020\/05\/insurance-giant-rolls-out-new-preventive-program-adjusted-for-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insurance Giant Rolls Out New Preventive Program, Adjusted for COVID-19<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nHorizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, New Jersey\u2019s largest health insurer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.njspotlight.com\/2020\/05\/insurance-giant-rolls-out-new-preventive-program-adjusted-for-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has launched<\/a> its Horizon Neighbors in Health, utilizing telemedicine and other \u201cremote care\u201d options.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/ehr-technology-collecting-provider-reviews-yields-good-feedback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EHR Technology Collecting Provider Reviews Yields Good Feedback<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nNinety-three percent of surgeons responded positively to EHR technology that served as a resident surgical evaluation tool, <a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/ehr-technology-collecting-provider-reviews-yields-good-feedback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to a study published in JAMA Surgery.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/unitedhealth-group-offers-remote-low-cost-access-to-eyewear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UnitedHealth Group Offers Remote, Low Cost Access to Eyewear<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nUnitedHealth Group is <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/unitedhealth-group-offers-remote-low-cost-access-to-eyewear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expanding access<\/a> to vision care by enabling members to purchase eyewear remotely at low cost.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/carequality-hits-over-1-billion-clinical-document-exchanges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carequality Hits Over 1 Billion Clinical Document Exchanges<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nOver 1 billion clinical document exchanges have been <a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/carequality-hits-over-1-billion-clinical-document-exchanges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sent and received<\/a> on the Carequality interoperability network since the company\u2019s first document exchange in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/how-the-interoperability-rule-apis-could-reduce-clinician-burden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How the Interoperability Rule, APIs Could Reduce Clinician Burden<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThe ONC final interoperability rule has the potential to transform EHR systems by improving interoperability and addressing clinician burden, <a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/how-the-interoperability-rule-apis-could-reduce-clinician-burden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Pew Charitable Trusts and American Medical Association.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on the opportunity to maximize your data for the best performance outcomes!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/HealthDataConfidence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take the DCI Survey<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 8 Ways Payers Can Support Provider Partners During Coronavirus&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20030,"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\/20026"}],"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=20026"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20029,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20026\/revisions\/20029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}