Government & Policy
The Scorecard provides the first state-by-state comparison of the healthcare experiences of the 39 percent of Americans with incomes less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level, or $47,000 a year for a family of four and $23,000 for an individual.
The ONC's contest was designed to compel developers to increase the number of patient-facing apps that can receive and move clinical data via Blue Button Direct, which takes that data and puts it in a machine-readable format for easier integration and use.
Covered California is hoping a combination of accessibility (applications and assistance in one of 12 languages) and simplicity will ensure a smooth financial experience for consumers.
With the deadline for the HIPAA Omnibus Rule less than a week away, the Office of the National Coordinator and the HHS Office for Civil Rights are giving a hand to providers and payers, issuing examples of the notices of privacy practices that must be furnished to patients and plan members under the law.
Johnson + Johnson and the mHealth Alliance are partnering to serve developing nations where mobile healthcare tools are catching on but held back by limited resources.
Will the omnibus HIPAA final rule arrive on September 23 as the scary new face of healthcare privacy and security, or a countenance of incremental change?
Because an unprecedented amount of sensitive personal data will flow through health insurance exchanges, consumers and healthcare organizations must demand that robust security be driven into the operational fabric of the HIX, alongside proactive risk management that is pervasive at all levels of the ecosystem.
A bill introduced in Congress this week would enable healthcare providers to treat Medicare patients in other states via telemedicine without needing different licenses for each state.
Oregon is providing a functional telecom infrastructure to support healthcare statewide. Yet barriers to the expansion of telemedicine for care delivery persist.
Often seen as a black box, RAT-STATS is more akin to a simple calculator. And when the government comes to investigate healthcare providers for abuse or fraud, it pays to understand the software's intricacies and weaknesses to build a sound defense.