Government & Policy
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services awards contract for software applications to process Medicare Part B claims.
Health IT panel endorses recommendations for developing standards and common services to support health insurance exchange project.
ONC must decide whether to incorporate the privacy recommendations as part of the rules for the first stage of the meaningful use plan.
Homeland Security Department wants electronic health record system to manage the growing number of illegal aliens in custody at U.S. borders.
Mississippi and Shared Health offer electronic health record and e-prescribing for half million Medicaid beneficiaries.
Common data elements, standards are needed to share eligibility and enrollment info across insurance programs.
Letter to state Medicaid directors lays out requirements for receiving matching funds, pushes integration with MMIS and technology framework.
Health information exchanges cannot share patient health information beyond simple directed exchange without a patient's consent, privacy panel says.
Federal and state officials say IT projects are key to putting Medicaid services on par with 'doing business with Amazon.'