Legislation

Regulations would keep meaningful use Stage 3 reporting requirements, increase some patient reimbursements and cut drug payments.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT outlined several actionable steps that hospitals and doctors can take today to improve the process of requesting medical data to the benefit of both patients and providers.

As required by the 21st Century Cures Act, FDA Commissioner Gottlieb is working to modernize the drug approval process and innovate drug and device regulation.

National coordinator Donald Rucker said the agency is researching open APIs, such as those used by Facebook and Twitter, to advance health information sharing.

DOJ says court documents show Carolinas upcoded numerous tests, triggering higher payouts from government programs.

Funds earmarked for helping residents experiencing health issues linked to local water supply.

The bipartisan bill would eliminate HITECH Act requirements that HHS make attesting to meaningful use harder to achieve.

But almost half the money went toward research, officials said.

Leveraging the VA’s Tele-ICU equipment, patients in five Air Force facilities will gain electronic access and remote monitoring capabilities to VA doctors and nurses.

GOP bill could hurt veterans by eliminating Medicaid access yet others argue reform of VA could help eliminate that concern.