May 19, 2017 | Healthcare Data
How Holland Hospital Uses Data to Drive Change With Measurable Results When you’re using data to drive change, “everybody wins, especially the patient.” Nobody knows that better than Kristie Dennett, Orthopedic Service Line Coordinator for Holland Hospital in Holland,... 
May 17, 2017 | Value Based Healthcare
In the News: MIPS Exemptions Grow to More Than 800,000 If there’s one thing that’s certain in healthcare, especially right now, it’s that everything is uncertain. This is evidenced by the fact that CMS has finally sent letters to more than 800,000 clinicians saying... 
May 15, 2017 | Healthcare Data
Can Benchmarking Boost a Physician Referral Program? One measure of a doctor or surgeon’s success could be reflected in the number of referrals they get. Everyone wants a high Net Promoter Score (NPS), right? So let me ask you, how is your physician referral program... 
May 11, 2017 | Patient Reported Outcomes
How ORA Orthopedics Utilizes Benchmarking Reports to Improve its Practice Patient-reported outcome (PRO) data is becoming increasingly important in the new era of value-based care. In fact, PROs are often referred to as the gold standard of outcomes, and CODE... 
May 8, 2017 | Healthcare Data
Does BMI Matter in Total Joint Surgery? The answer might surprise you. A Note from CODE: Welcome to Professor’s Corner, a monthly series brought to you by Steve Wood, Ph.D. Are patient weight and size among the patient-specific factors that impact...