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    "title" : "Open Payments Apps Help Healthcare Professionals Track Reporting On The Go |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"Open Payments Apps Help Healthcare Professionals Track Reporting On The Go","summary" : "The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is bringing lots of change to the traditional healthcare landscape as practitioners and healthcare companies gear up for an influx of patient demand. There are also changes to the way healthcare companies and doctors will track and report reimbursements. And not only is the healthcare changing but also are the","date" : "2014-03-06T10:30:22-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-06-open-payments-apps-help-healthcare-professionals-track-reporting-on-the-go.md","slug" : "open-payments-apps-help-healthcare-professionals-track-reporting-on-the-go","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/06/open-payments-apps-help-healthcare-professionals-track-reporting-on-the-go/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/rights/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAffordable Care Act\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e (ACA) is bringing lots of change to the traditional healthcare landscape as practitioners and healthcare companies gear up for an influx of patient demand. There are also changes to the way healthcare companies and doctors will track and report reimbursements.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd not only is the healthcare changing but also are the mobile habits of healthcare practitioners — especially doctors.  According to \u003cem\u003eInformationWeek\u003c/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/47--of-doctors-use-smartphone-tablet-and-pc/d/d-id/1111170\"\u003e86% of physicians and “mid-level” clinicians now use smartphones in their professional activities\u003c/a\u003e, up from 78% in 2012.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEnter the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/National-Physician-Payment-Transparency-Program/index.html\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen Payments Program\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, launched in 2013 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), that offers two companion mobile apps. This “national disclosure program,” created under an ACA provision, shines a light on the payments reporting process and the business relationships among physicians, teaching hospitals and industry manufacturers, such as medical device-makers. According to CMS.gov, “Open Payments is necessary to:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEncourage transparency of reporting financial ties;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReveal the nature and extent of relationships;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrevent inappropriate influence on research, education, and clinical decision-making;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoid conflicts of interest that can compromise clinical integrity and patient care; and\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinimize risk of increased health care costs.”\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/03/Open-Payments-for-Physicians-Mobile-Apps-Gallery-USA.gov_.png\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/03/Open-Payments-for-Physicians-Mobile-Apps-Gallery-USA.gov_.png\"\n    alt=\"The Open Payments for Physicians app screen.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithout getting too wonky, the \u003ca href=\"http://apps.usa.gov/open-payments-for-physicians.shtml\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOpen Payments Program app for Physicians\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003eenables doctors to ensure that the data reported about them by medical industry is correct and to track payments and transactions in real time. Because the heath care industry and manufacturers are responsible for official reporting of said payments, transactions and business relationships, the \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://apps.usa.gov/open-payments-for-industry.shtml\"\u003eOpen Payments Program app for Industry\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e offers companies a similar real-time payments tracking feature as well as a repository for collecting up-to-date physician profile information, among other features.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/03/Open-Payments-for-Industry-Mobile-Apps-Gallery-USA.gov_.png\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/03/Open-Payments-for-Industry-Mobile-Apps-Gallery-USA.gov_.png\"\n    alt=\" width=\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs all this talk a bit too in the weeds for you? Well, just skip straight to the apps to see how it all comes together. The Open Payments apps for \u003ca href=\"http://apps.usa.gov/open-payments-for-physicians.shtml\"\u003ePhysicians\u003c/a\u003e and for \u003ca href=\"http://apps.usa.gov/open-payments-for-industry.shtml\"\u003eIndustry\u003c/a\u003e are available for iOS and Android devices.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"color: #555555;font-family: Trebuchet, Tahoma, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: 25.600000381469727px;text-align: left;text-indent: 0px;background-color: #ffffff\"\u003eStop searching and save time! You can also download other mobile government apps with just a few clicks from our \u003ca style=\"text-decoration: none;color: #ff5049\" href=\"http://apps.usa.gov/\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUSA.gov Apps Gallery.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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