Government & Policy
Regulation
Expressing concerns about risks related to cost and implementation delays, three Republican senators pressed the agencies for assurances the new platforms will be interoperable.
Legislation
Republicans are short on votes needed for bill to pass due to five Senators who will not give their support, including Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.
Compliance
Per agreement, lawyer fees will soak up a third of the $115 million fund, boiling down to less than a dollar each for the 78.8 million breach victims.
Legislation
New grants aim to help community health centers fund new employees, technology investments to integrate care for substance abuse, mental health.mike
New polls reveal Americans warming up to idea of single-payer health plan citing costs their main c…
57 percent of Republicans support the idea of government-sponsored Medicare and Medicaid.
EHR
While the group’s CTO Wayne Kubick supports the move from an outdated, custom platform to a commercial EHR, organizations don’t need to be on the same platform to be interoperable, he said.
Cost-sharing reduction payments continue through 2019 in bill that stabilizes health insurance market, says Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
EHR
But Senators are worried that he is underfunding the commercial electronic health record that will replace VistA.
EHR
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT makes it easier to access the information currently in its Certified Health IT Product List, including the latest corrective action involving eClinicalWorks.
Privacy & Security
OCR’s updated rules make it pretty clear: The burden of proof is on the healthcare provider.