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HIStalk Interviews Jason Brown, CEO, MRO
MRO's CEO Jason Brown is interviewed by HIStalk, healthcare IT news and opinion. Tell me about yourself and the company. I have been in the healthcare technology space for almost 20 years. I have been working at the intersection of providers, payers, rev cycle,...
Navigating the Interoperability Maze: 3 Key Challenges for Healthcare Providers and Payers
In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the quest for interoperability has become paramount. While the vision of seamless data exchange promises improved patient care and streamlined operations, the journey is not without its hurdles. Here we explore the three...
MRO’s Dedication to Interoperability Meets CareFirst for Healthcare Interoperability
Today Sandy Vance talks with Mo Weitnauer, the chief product officer for MRO Corporation. MRO’s partnership with CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield unlocks the potential of payer-provider data exchange for organizations to improve financial performance and healthcare...
Bridging the Trust Gap Between Providers and Payers, One Record at a Time
MRO wants to make the exchange of data between providers and payers more frictionless. They have developed a new solution that caters to this payer-provider interface. By bridging this data gap, MRO aims to enhance trust between providers and payers.[dnxte_button...
6 steps to prepare now for looming information-blocking requirements
The 21st Century Cures Act includes provisions aimed at identifying and stopping information-blocking practices that interfere with reasonable seamless sharing of electric health information. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology...
How a payer-provider collaboration around quality reporting can reduce costs and improve patient outcomes
Too often today, relations between provider and payer organizations can become contentious around issues related to payment and quality of care. Yet such conflict does not serve patients well, because it deflects these organizations’ attention from their underlying...
Six HI Questions to Ask Your EHR Vendor for High-Volume Payer Requests
Health information (HI) professionals nationwide anticipate a looming tsunami of payer requests for medical records. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Medicare Advantage Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) audit season peaks from March through...
Release of Information: The Digitization of ROI
The health care industry has undergone a significant transformation with the widespread adoption of EHRs and the electronic exchange of patient information. In the wake of digitization, the release of information (ROI) process has also changed and will continue to...
Value-Based Care and Its Potential for HI Professional Growth
The US healthcare system spends more per citizen on healthcare than any other nation yet renders some of the worst patient health outcomes as reiterated by a January 2023 Issue Brief published by The Commonwealth Fund. As medicine and technology advanced in the US,...