Stanley Nachimson is principal of Nachimson Advisors, a health IT consulting firm dedicated to finding innovative uses for health information technology and encouraging its adoption.
The firm serves a number of clients, including, the Cooperative Exchange, EHNAC, and InstaMed, Stanley is focusing on assisting health care providers, vendors, and plans with understanding the regulatory environment, assisting in implementation of regulation requirements, and providing advice on HIT industry status and trends. Stanley is the author of the authoritative paper on the cost of ICD-10 for physician practices, and is an active member of HIMSS, WEDI, and X12.
Stanley served for over 30 years in the US Department of Health and Human Services in a variety of statistical, management, and health technology positions. His last ten years prior to his 2007 retirement were spent in developing HIPAA policy, regulations, and implementation planning and monitoring, beginning CMS’s work on Personal Health Records, and serving as the CMS liaison with several industry organizations, including WEDI and HITSP. He brings a wealth of experience and information regarding the use of data, standards and technology in the health care industry.
A risk assessment is the first step for any organization to take in developing their plan to protect their health card data and systems.
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System was created in Medicare to measure the performance of physicians and others serving Medicare payments in several areas, and adjust payments to those providers based on how they score in the program.
In March 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services issued proposed rules to give providers and patients access to the electronic data stored in EHRs and health plans.
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System was created in Medicare to measure the performance of physicians and others serving Medicare payments in several areas, and adjust payments to those providers based on how they score in the program.