Tom Sullivan
Extinguishing any hope that maybe, just maybe, the healthcare realm is somehow more prepared than it appears for HIPAA 5010, at least two vendors publicly stated that they are ready for the EDI mandate in mid-January.
Rockland County, N.Y. legislator Alden Wolfe speaks with Government Health IT about the effort to save a public health system via HHS grant money, bipartisan efforts at the local level and what the prospect of an administration change might mean to his constituency.
Physician and blogger Kevin Pho, MD, who practices medicine in Nashua, N.H., discusses the healthcare issues that matter most to Granite State voters, and explains how politics shape ballot casters' views of health reform during the primary process.
Kevin Pho, MD, speaks with Government Health IT about the facets of healthcare that matter most to New Hampshire primary voters, how politics shape citizens' health reform views and whether a Republican really could repeal the healthcare law if elected.
The healthcare industry lags when it comes to protecting sensitive personal information, even as medical records are worth orders of magnitude more than other types data. A wake-up call could be in the offing.
After a political impasse, in which Republicans effectively blocked his Senate confirmation, Donald Berwick, MD, will step down next week as administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. President Obama has nominated CMS principal deputy Marilynn Tavenner as Berwick's replacement.
Three questions with...Wendy Whittington, MD, MMM and chief medical officer of Anthelio Healthcare Solutions, on why "the assumption that hospitals even want to administer an ACO" may be missing the point.
The vendor's client base now has 5010-compliant software, which means they can start testing the EDI transactions -- if external partners are ready to do so.
NextGen vice president of EDI Ana Croxton explains software vendors' role in the HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 conversions, and reveals intentions to create a "sandbox" for ICD-10 codes.
George Roman of the AMGA shares his initial impressions of the final regs. While it’s too early to make any final conclusions, he says, it seems CMS has made some critical changes.