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It is no secret that healthcare in the United States is the most expensive in the world. Spending on medical services topped $4 trillion, more than the economies of all but a handful of countries. One of the main factors seen as being responsible for this is the existing fee-for-service model of reimbursements.    Under the fee-for-service model, providers are paid for every service they offer. Needless to point out, this incentivizes many of them to provide too many services like tests, scans, etc. Amid the growing costs, the people and policymakers have been pushing for a change to a value-based model of reimbursements.   Under the value-based model, providers will be reimbursed based on the clinical outcomes they achieve for their patients. However, this will require changes to existing healthcare RCM practices. The existing workflows require verifying health plans, coding clinical encounters, preparing claims, and processing payments. But this process would have ...

There’s no doubt that healthcare mobile app development has become an industry by itself. With increasing smartphone penetration every year, mhealth solutions are seen to address many challenges in healthcare inequity across the United States and the world. Although these are exciting times for healthcare app developers, the industry is not without its own set of challenges.   a. Patient Data Security   Many experts concur that personal data has become one of the most valuable commodities on earth. Cyberattacks have increasingly begun targeting people’s personal and financial information. Health information is no different. A person’s medical records contain all of their health information and are used by physicians to diagnose and recommend treatment.    If patient medical data is lost or changed in any way, it could directly affect the clinical outcome for the patient. So, a healthcare app development company creating a medical app must adhere to HIPAA (...