{"id":20756,"date":"2022-12-19T09:00:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/?p=20756"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T17:48:59","slug":"health-data-news-roundup-130","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/health-data-news-roundup-130\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Data News Roundup: Changes to ACA Enrollment; BCBSA Adds Health Equity Standards; and AI to Streamline the Provider-Payer Relationships"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/7-key-changes-to-aca-enrollment-plan-selection-in-2024-proposed-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>7 Key Changes to ACA Enrollment, Plan Selection in 2024 Proposed Rule<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/7-key-changes-to-aca-enrollment-plan-selection-in-2024-proposed-rule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has released<\/a> its 2024 Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters Proposed Rule, which focused on streamlining Affordable Care Act health plan selection, simplifying Affordable Care Act marketplace enrollment, and increasing access to care.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/bcbsa-adds-health-equity-standards-to-maternal-care-ratings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>BCBSA Adds Health Equity Standards to Maternal Care Ratings<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThe Blue Cross Blue Shield Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/bcbsa-adds-health-equity-standards-to-maternal-care-ratings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">is adding<\/a> new health-equity focused standards to its Blue Distinction Centers for Maternity Care designations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/aetna-grants-9.3m-to-support-behavioral-health-for-youth-in-foster-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Aetna Grants $9.3M to Support Behavioral Health for Youth in Foster Care<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nAetna\u2019s Medicaid plan in West Virginia <a href=\"https:\/\/healthpayerintelligence.com\/news\/aetna-grants-9.3m-to-support-behavioral-health-for-youth-in-foster-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has granted $9.3 million<\/a> to 10 community-based organizations to support behavioral health and social care needs for children in foster care.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/hl7-calls-on-ncvhs-to-designate-fhir-as-clinical-attachments-data-standard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HL7 Calls on NCVHS to Designate FHIR as Clinical Attachments Data Standard<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nHealth Level Seven International (HL7) <a href=\"https:\/\/ehrintelligence.com\/news\/hl7-calls-on-ncvhs-to-designate-fhir-as-clinical-attachments-data-standard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently called on<\/a> the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) to include FHIR as a data standard for electronic clinical attachments.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2022\/12\/14\/2573736\/0\/en\/The-Sequoia-Project-s-Data-Usability-Workgroup-Publishes-Final-Implementation-Guide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Sequoia Project\u2019s Data Usability Workgroup Publishes Final Implementation Guide<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nLast week, The Sequoia Project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2022\/12\/14\/2573736\/0\/en\/The-Sequoia-Project-s-Data-Usability-Workgroup-Publishes-Final-Implementation-Guide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced the release<\/a> of the \u201cData Usability Implementation Guide\u201d created by its Interoperability Matters Data Usability Workgroup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/healthitanalytics.com\/features\/using-ai-to-streamline-the-provider-payer-relationship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Using AI to Streamline the Provider-Payer Relationship<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nA provider and payer share how an artificial intelligence-based platform helps them improve their information exchange and streamline utilization management, in this recent <a href=\"https:\/\/healthitanalytics.com\/features\/using-ai-to-streamline-the-provider-payer-relationship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Health IT Analytics <\/em>article.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/payers-teamed-up-with-walmart-amazon-and-more-in-2022-10-partnerships-to-know.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Payers Teamed Up with Walmart, Amazon and More in 2022<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nPayers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckerspayer.com\/payer\/payers-teamed-up-with-walmart-amazon-and-more-in-2022-10-partnerships-to-know.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added partnerships<\/a> with top tech companies, fitness brands and billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban&#8217;s new pharmacy in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/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. 7 Key Changes to ACA Enrollment, Plan Selection in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":20757,"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\/20756"}],"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=20756"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20768,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20756\/revisions\/20768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imatsolutions.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}