Government & Policy
Saying "we must not squander this opportunity" to leverage criteria in meaningful use Stage 3 as a means to reducing disparities, the Consumer Partnership for eHealth submitted its ideas to the Health IT Policy Committee.
The agency's state grants are funding surveillance, detection, and outbreak response efforts in zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, food-borne diseases, influenza, and healthcare-associated infections.
Three years after procuring a $16.1 million HHS grant to bolster local health IT initiatives and diabetic care management, the Western New York Beacon Community has chronicled mixed success -- at least in the quantifiable sense. Anecdotally, however, its success becomes much more striking, officials say.
The code set conversion will expose holes that the unscrupulous can reap for fraud and improper payments. Assume this will get worse before the healthcare industry can take advantage of ICD-10 benefits, and prepare today by addressing these matters.
With its second annual meetup around the corner, the open source custodial agent has been undertaking some massive projects, such as unifying the VistA code base. CEO Seong Mun discusses that effort, VistA at the state level, and more.
As the federally-funded Beacon Community Program draws to a close, project leaders look back on their struggles and accomplishments -- and focus on what's ahead.
Edith Ramirez, the Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission laid out the case for strong consumer protections regulating the private industry's use of big data, as the agency asks Congress for the power to level civil fines against businesses for weak consumer data security. Speaking at the Aspen Forum, Ramirez offered "A view from the lifeguard's chair."
Richard Antonelli, MD, a primary care pediatrician and medical director of integrated care at Boston Children's Hospital, has been thinking and working at making a difference in the field of care coordination for more than 20 years. Now, he's in the midst of a project that he's convinced will engage and empower patients and their families.
Citing concern about vendor readiness and that "significant investments" in EHR technology could go for naught, MGMA leadership is calling on HHS for an indefinite moratorium on meaningful use penalties for physicians who have completed Stage 1 meaningful use requirements.
Citing concern about vendor readiness and that "significant investments" in EHR technology could go for naught, MGMA leadership is calling on HHS for an indefinite moratorium on meaningful use penalties for physicians who have completed Stage 1 meaningful use requirements.