Posts by Dave Anderson

Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health March 6, 2017 Stakeholders weigh in on the confirmation and the future of Obamacare. Georgia Representative Tom Price has been confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a Senate…

Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health February 22, 2017 February 22, 2017 – ORLANDO – Prior authorization reform has recently been a hot topic for many healthcare industry groups and it was no different at HIMSS17. To find out more about…

Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health February 22, 2017 ORLANDO — The healthcare industry hasn’t eliminated the hassles for providers that prior authorization often entails, but they’re getting closer, several speakers said here at Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)…

Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health February 15, 2017 WEDI LIKES PRICE AS HHS SECRETARY: The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange, a health IT adviser to HHS created the last time a physician ran the department, on Tuesday praised Price’s knowledge…

Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health February 14, 2017 Today’s Senate confirmation of Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-Ga.) to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services is generating positive reactions from healthcare information technology groups. While Senate…

Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health January 13, 2017 Healthcare providers face many challenges in launching and sustaining a telehealth program – including finding the right CPT codes, if they exist, for reimbursement. In many cases, a telehealth or…

Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health January 12, 2017 WEDI publishes a brief introducing physicians to codes for telemedicine services. The challenges related to coding for telemedicine include the creation of codes for universal use that are still capable of capturing…

Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health January 11, 2017 WEDI, the nation’s leading authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the release of an educational issue brief on an Introduction to…