Government & Policy
Stephen Lieber interviews former Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner (R) and former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) at HIMSS17 on the evolution of the Affordable Care Act. Boehner provides a behind-the-scenes perspective on how Obamacare was passed and the prospects for repeal and replace under the Trump administration.
Results of two polls published in the past week, from the Kaiser Family Foundation and Pew Research Center, demonstrate growing support for the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.
The engine provides an automated scored assessment that enables IT to understand how network changes may impact compliance with HIPAA and PCI standards.
By integrating Nuance's AI with Epic's EHR, they aim to make it a cinch for nation's veterans to make medical appointments using voice-driven interactions.
In an appearance with former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, Boehner says he's skeptical about the prospect of repeal-and-replace, because Republicans "will never, ever agree what the bill should be."
At HIMSS17, clinicians get a primer on details of two of the more IT-focused components.
Congress and President Trump will pass a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act but it will not institute major changes immediately, the former HHS Secretary said.
During a packed ONC Town Hall, officials report progress on EHR safety, precision medicine, interoperability, 21st Century Cures and more.
Former CMS administrators agree: Health IT needs more private development, less regulatory interfer…
Slavitt and McClellan say software is still not meeting the needs of clinicians and patients.
Pierre Yong and Monica Kay explain how to handle payment reform under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act and the law’s mandate to rid Medicare cards of Social Security numbers.