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Insights a leader can act on this week: what happened, the one move to make, and the roles it falls to.
01Regulatory·3 sources·For patients and employees
Chief AI OfficerCFOComplianceCNO
CMS is delaying the end of Medicare payments for third-party remote patient monitoring services until 2029, after outcry from the virtual care industry, Healthcare Dive reports. Physicians Practice reports the 2027 fee schedule also carries pay cuts that groups say need congressional action, and speech-language therapy billing changes Jan. 1. Medical Economics reports medical groups want a permanent Medicare pay fix.
Do this week. Review third-party remote monitoring contracts and model 2027 revenue with the payment delay and the fee schedule pay cuts included. Run this
- The claim.
- Medical group and internal medicine leaders say the pay cuts require a permanent congressional fix, per Medical Economics and Physicians Practice.
- The evidence.
- The delay to 2029 is reported by Healthcare Dive and Physicians Practice from the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
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Sources:Healthcare DivePhysicians PracticeMedical Economics
02Announced·2 sources·For employees and patients
Chief AI OfficerCISOCIO and CTOCompliance
Clear has launched two integrations with Epic, making its CLEAR1 identity platform available through Epic Toolbox for EpicCare Link and electronic prescribing of controlled substances, Becker's Hospital Review reports. The integrations let health systems verify outside providers accessing patient records and clinicians prescribing controlled substances. HIT Consultant reports it includes self-service onboarding for community providers in EpicCare Link.
Do this week. Audit how outside users of your EpicCare Link instance are identity-proofed today and decide whether in-workflow verification closes a gap. Run this
- The claim.
- Clear says the integrations eliminate manual administrative steps by embedding identity proofing in Epic workflows, per HIT Consultant.
- The evidence.
- No independent evidence on security or time outcomes exists yet; the information comes from the company's Nov. 9 release.
For the Chief AI Officer. Add identity verification of external and AI-adjacent users to the governance checklist for Epic-connected tools.
For the CISO and security. Inventory community provider accounts in EpicCare Link and their proofing method to size the outside-access risk.
Disclosure: Ecofy orchestrates Epic for clients and says so on every item that names it. The item was selected and checked by the same rules as every other.
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Sources:Becker's Hospital ReviewHIT Consultant
03Announced·2 sources·For patients
Chief AI OfficerCEOCFO
Amazon Web Services will distribute $100M as credits rather than cash to organizations working on care access, women's and children's health and food insecurity, Healthcare Dive reports. HIT Consultant reports it builds on the 2021 AWS Health Equity Initiative, which distributed $60 million in cloud technology to more than 400 awardees.
Do this week. Identify one access or community health project that could qualify and assign someone to check AWS application terms. Run this
- The claim.
- AWS says the initiative scales agentic and cloud technology in underserved care, per HIT Consultant.
- The evidence.
- No outcome evidence exists yet; the figures come from AWS as reported by two outlets.
Disclosure: Ecofy orchestrates Amazon (AWS) for clients and says so on every item that names it. The item was selected and checked by the same rules as every other.
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Sources:Healthcare DiveHIT Consultant
