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The two-month reprieve extends through January 2026. While some providers are restarting telehealth services, it remains unclear whether eligible virtual care reimbursements, accrued during the 43-day shutdown, will be approved for retroactive payment.

A top ATA expert says without Medicare telehealth waivers or reimbursement guarantees – while facing increased operational challenges – more providers are issuing advance notices of non-coverage. Next are concerns about e-prescribing flexibilities.

Technology can enable medical education programs to accept more students, even with space or site shortages. It also strengthens compliance and meets accreditation standards – while preparing med students for a digital-first healthcare environment.

Robert Slepin, chief digital officer at SE Health and an emeritus CIO adviser at Epic, describes the key aspects of digital transformation that provider organizations need to understand, the primary technologies involved and how to best organize such a comprehensive effort.

A tour of a lab creating digital health tech to aid brain health – everything from robots to wearables and IOT devices to virtual reality and AI to adaptive robotic pets. Leading the tour: Casey Bennett, health informatics program chair at DePaul University.

Using the HIMSS Digital Health Index, Missouri is taking evidence about public health agency digital maturity statewide to invest in data-driven population health strategies, says Anne Snowdon, who will share more about the initiative at HIMSS25.

Also: New partnership aims to create an artificial intelligence-driven platform combining digital operations and regulatory compliance to bolster healthcare organizations' digital transformations.

Healthcare operates with the understanding that no system is impenetrable, but must improve incident response practices by finding new ways to stay operational after network attacks, says one panelist at the upcoming HIMSS Cybersecurity Forum.

Robert Slepin, who has decades of experience as a health IT leader, offers his considered insights about the art and science of change management – helping health system C-suite and IT execs manage the demands of a fast-changing future.

A week of discussion spearheaded by the patient advocate group aims to highlight the risks of harm from unauthorized access to healthcare information over the internet. There should be "no aggregation without representation," its leaders say.