On June 18, 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) released an advance preview of version 11 of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) so countries can review the updates and start planning how to implement the new version when it goes into effect. [...]

On June 18 the World Health Organization (WHO) released the 11th edition of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), which is completely electronic for the first time and now can be well integrated with electronic health applications and information systems. It will be [...]

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it will be overhauling the EHR Incentive Programs to improve flexibility, reduce physician burdens and advance health-information exchange and patient access measures. Some of the proposed changes include continuous 90-day electronic health record (EHR) [...]

Two recent developments signify a growing emphasis on value-based care in the U.S. health care system:  establishment of a new flexibility within the Quality Payment Program (QPP) and creation of the Health Care Innovation Caucus. Beginning in performance year 2019, the “All-Payer Combination Option” [...]

As part of its Working Hours, Sleep, and Fatigue series, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is hosting the webinar, “Managing fatigue in safety-critical workforces: Primary risk factors and practical approaches,” on Wednesday, March 28, 2018 from 2 p.m. 3:30 p.m. [...]

On Mar. 15 the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), an independent congressional agency charged with advising Congress on issues affecting Medicare, released to Congress its Medicare Payment Policy report, which calls for the replacement of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) with a new [...]

The deadline to submit data for the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) via MIPSwizard is March 26, 2018. MIPSwizard helps guide clinicians through a few easy steps to rapidly collect, validate and submit performance results to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). [...]

Private insurance claims with a diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea grew 850 percent in the U.S. from 2014 to 2017, according to a press release from FAIR Health, a national, independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing transparency to health care costs and health insurance [...]