Blogs
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If you're one of the thousands expected to attend next week's HIMSS conference in Las Vegas...
Posted in EHR, HIE, PHI, Provider Directories, Health Information Exchange on February 15, 2012 by Michael Nelson
Please stop by the Health Market Science Exhibit Booth #13018 where you can pick up a copy of my new position paper - The Semantics of “Trust” and the Disconnect with the General Public. It’s a particularly relevant topic for... -
Innovation Cooks at Health Market Science
Posted in agile development, innovation, technology on February 2, 2012 by Brian O'Neill
We’ve found a recipe for innovation that fuels ever higher-growth — combine audacious goals with delivery-focused, agile execution. Day one of my first job out of college, I discovered two books on my desk: Art of War by Sun Tzu and... -
The Holidays are Over and it's Back to the Aggregate Spend Grind
Posted in Aggregate Spend, CompleteSpend, Sunshine Act, Pharmaceuticals on January 31, 2012 by Darryl Williams
It’s back to the grind after the long holiday, but before the year was out, CHS left us with some very interesting reading --the Physician Payments Sunshine Provisions proposed rule. Much of the discourse and interpretation about the... -
Pause – CMS Spend Transparency Reporting Proposed Rule Published
Posted in CompleteSpend, Sunshine Act on December 21, 2011 by Darryl Williams
Just when you thought it might all be a bad dream, the Physician Payments Sunshine Provisions proposed rule emerges. Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finally released... -
Physician Payments Sunshine Act data collection takes effect January 1, 2012. Are you prepared?
Posted in CompleteSpend, Sunshine Act, Pharmaceuticals, CompleteSpend on December 14, 2011 by Darryl Williams
While no one is surprised that HHS missed its October 1, 2011 deadline for publishing reporting guidelines to the healthcare industry for Physician Payments Sunshine Act reporting, the bottom line is a lack of performance on CMS’s part to... -
If you are attending next week's ONC Annual Meeting...
Posted in Provider Directories on November 9, 2011 by Michael Nelson
Please contact me to schedule some time to discuss your provider directory strategy. Email:mnelson@healthmarketscience.com. Phone: (610) 533-4654. -
Using Claims Data to “Rosetta Stone” Market Opportunity
Posted in Influence Networks, PxDx, PxDx on November 8, 2011 by Zach Henderson
There’s lots of buzz about using Health Market Science’s solutions to find hidden market opportunities. In fact, I’ve written a few articles for PM360 about our ability to offer actionable insight into physician behavior, particularly in the... -
Key 2012 Call Letter Effective Date Confirmed with Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS)
Posted in CMS, CMS 2012 on October 21, 2011 by Daniel Schofield
At last week’s webinar, The New “Must Haves” for Part D Payers: Valid Prescriber Identifiers and DEA Schedule Registration, attendees wanted to know effective dates for the new DEA Schedule Registration. We confirmed directly with CMS...
