Net Health Announces CEO Anthony Sanzo is an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 Award Finalist in the East Central Program

Net Health Announces CEO Anthony Sanzo is an EY Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 Award Finalist in the East Central Program

Pittsburgh, PA June 25, 2018 – On May 4, EY announced that Anthony Sanzo, CEO, of Pittsburgh-based Net Health was named a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 Award in the East Central region of the US. The distinguished awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment…

Bipartisan Budget Act 2018: What Changes Affect Wound Care?

Bipartisan Budget Act 2018: What Changes Affect Wound Care?

The signing of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 ended the United States’ governmental shutdown on February 9th. Most of the resolution’s focus was around the spending limits for national defense and lifting the national debt ceiling. There were certain less-publicized elements that directly affected the wound care industry. Wound Care professionals in various care models…

Here’s What the Numbers Say: IBM Watson Top 100 Hospitals

Here’s What the Numbers Say: IBM Watson Top 100 Hospitals

IBM Watson released its Top 100 Hospitals of 2018 in May, evaluating 2,785 hospitals across the United States. The annual study looks for top-performing hospitals in the U.S. based on a balanced scorecard evaluating ‘publicly available clinical, operational, and patient satisfaction metrics and data’. The metrics include analysis of key performance measures including better survival…

Benefits of Modular Certification

Benefits of Modular Certification

Heard of MIPS? The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) is one of two tracks under the Quality Payment Program, which seeks to combine and streamline existing compliance programs with a goal of easing clinical burden while promoting quality care. In most cases, providers serving in Employee Health and Occupational Medicine don’t qualify to participate (click…

Survey Says: PDPM Is an Improvement Over RCS-1
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Survey Says: PDPM Is an Improvement Over RCS-1

When CMS replaced RCS-1 with the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) in April, we analyzed the proposed new payment model for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and concluded the following: PDPM offers important revisions and advantages over RCS-1, but the essence of the system is very much the same. In fact, PDPM could be aptly named RCS-1.1…