Diana Manos
Act now on stimulus, say IT experts: Only small percentage of hospitals qualify to receive bonuses …
President Obama signed the $787 billion economic stimulus package into law Feb. 18, which includes $20 billion for healthcare IT advancement. Medicare and Medicaid providers who adopt healthcare IT can cash in on an expected $30 billion in net bonuses over the next 10 years.
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology will accelerate its development of advanced technology certification programs to include clinical decision support, interoperability, quality and security in the upcoming 2009-2010 development cycle.
As federal lawmakers prepare to increase the use of performance measures to improve quality of care, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program has recognized Mayo Clinic's Rochester Methodist and Saint Mary's hospitals as having exemplary outcomes for surgical patient care.
The chairmen of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology and Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel have weighed in on the future of their organizations under the new stimulus package.
The economic stimulus package has allotted $17.2 billion to reward Medicare and Medicaid providers who can prove they are using certified healthcare IT "in a meaningful way."
President Barack Obama added two key leaders to his push for healthcare reform on Tuesday, with support from across party lines. He nominated Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius to head the Department of Health and Human Services and Nancy-Ann DeParle to be his point person on healthcare in the White House.
President Barack Obama announced Monday he has tapped Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Department of Health and Human Services secretary and Nancy-Ann Min DeParle for Director of the White House Office for Health Reform.
President Barack Obama asked Congress for $76.8 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services Thursday in a fiscal year 2010 federal budget outline.
President Barack Obama told Congress Tuesday night that healthcare reform must be addressed this year. In his first speech to a joint session of Congress, he called for a three-pronged approach to saving the economy that includes healthcare reform and investments in energy and education.
With the stimulus package passed, President Barack Obama plans to put healthcare and the promotion of healthcare IT among his top priorities, according to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.