Technology’s role in the migration to integrated care in Washington. Healthcare is dynamic: the needs of the industry evolve over time, medical research inspires new methods of care, and new regulatory measures are introduced in an attempt to produce the…

Technology, the quadruple aim, and the ambitious goals of the “lab state”. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is preparing to ask the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval of an ambitious plan to…

The growing complexity of health care and the age-old strategies we’re still electing to use. Last year, the state of New York awarded a five-year, $564.9m contract to the Xerox corporation for the modernization of its state Medicaid claims processing…

What went wrong for Medi-Cal and how to avoid “copying” the calamity. Nearly 10 years and $9 million later, Medi-Cal (California’s Medicaid) pulled the plug on their Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) modernization project with the Xerox Corporation. The project…

Four reasons why the modular approach taken by traditional EHRs can’t support Integrated Care. In truth, there is no such thing as an Integrated Care module, and though Integrated Care is generating a lot of interest among healthcare providers and…

Selecting the right EHR is an important decision for your practice, but with so many options out there, it may seem overwhelming! In our EHR Buyer’s Guide for Private Behavioral Health Practices, we explain: The benefits of an EHR The…

What the 90% federal match of funds might mean for you or your organization The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a guidance memo in February 2016 revising the scope of federal incentives under the Meaningful Use…

National Autism Awareness Month provides a great opportunity to promote awareness of an issue that affects millions of individuals and families each year and shed a little light on the challenges that have grown over time. Today an estimated 3.5…

What the clamor toward cloud-architected technology means for behavioral health. Technology is always in a state of transition, and the latest offerings in cloud technology are just another example. A combination of frustration over the limitations of web-hosted legacy systems…