Susan Morse
The news could affect the economy, health system's financial wellbeing and throw upcoming presidential debates into question.
This is the last open investigation related to the 2015 cyberattack that breached the PHI of close to 79 million people.
Communication technology should be viewed as part of personal protection equipment, says Vocera president and CEO Brent Lang.
The majority of health plans say they do not feel ready to meet the new FHIR interoperability standards mandated by CMS.
They are also launching a co-branded commercial insurance plan called the Aetna Whole Health-Cleveland Clinic plan.
Eligible hospitals will receive 2.5% of their net revenue from patient care starting next week.
A team from the VA visited MedSign and talked about the company becoming a vendor of the U.S. government, CEO says.
Rural providers can pursue care transformation, such as expanding telehealth to allow the beneficiary's place of residence to be an originating site.
The agency has yet to say whether parity will remain between an in-person and a telehealth visit.
Once its insurance claim is resolved, HIMSS intends to come forward with additional remedies for the cancelled HIMSS20, says CEO Hal Wolf.