HealthTech Solutions has been working closely with the Urban Institute under a contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) in order to study what would make the most effective comparison criteria for certified health IT products. After having worked closely with stakeholders […]
For the past two years, we have been working closely with the Urban Institute and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) in order to study what would make the most effective comparison criteria for certified health IT products. This effort is referred to as […]
HealthTech Solutions has earned the distinction of being a Project Management Institute (PMI)® Registered Education Provider (REP). We are proud to be one of five sites in Kentucky. REPs are organizations approved by PMI to offer curriculum-based project management training. The REP designation validates that an organization meets or exceeds PMI’s rigorous quality standards […]
On January 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released their “2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan.” The plan describes the biggest challenges in federal healthcare, followed by the best opportunities, and includes four goals and strategies to address each goal. Comments […]
While the federal health policy space is unlikely to see any major upheavals in an election year, there are still some key issues we will be watching in 2020. Release of the final rules from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Specifically, we are watching for: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]
The opioid health crisis may have already peaked. However, substance use disorder (SUD) related deaths are on the rise for other controlled and illicit substances. Opioid addiction and treatment have different clinical and technical protocols, so solutions put in place to address the opioid addiction and death crisis may not necessarily scale to address other […]
HealthTech Solutions sent a large delegation to the 2019 Medicaid Enterprise Systems Conference (MESC) in Chicago. We fanned out for client meetings and sessions, but here were our key takeaways: The pre-conference workshops was a very useful format for digging into specific topics. One of these sessions, hosted by the federal government’s General Services […]
On June 24, 2019, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order (EO) on increasing transparency in healthcare prices for patients and families. Pricing data is often hidden, as this is a private negotiation in provider contracts. For example, a health plan may pay hospitals, laboratories, equipment providers, or care providers differently based on quality of […]
Today the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) shared a new Request for Information (RFI) as part of their efforts to reduce patient and provider reporting burden. The RFI has not yet been published in the Federal Register, but the pre-publication version of the RFI can be found here. CMS will accept comments for […]
Senate HELP leaders propose new, bipartisan legislation to address the high costs of healthcare. Comments are due by June 5, 2019 at 5:00 PM Eastern Time to LowerHealthCareCosts@help.senate.gov. On May 23, 2019, leaders of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Democrat Patty Murray (Washington) and Republican Lamar Alexander (Tennessee) announced the […]
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