Government & Policy

A hacker gained access to an Oklahoma State Health Sciences network and accessed folders containing Medicaid billing data.

Methodist Hospital chief information officer named the John E. Gall Jr. award for “his dedication and generosity,” advocating inside the Beltway for many rural and small hospitals — not just his own.

The veteran-owned company's virtual care technology is also in use at the White House, VA and Defense Health Agency.

The medical records vendor claimed regulatory changes to HIPAA in 2013 and 2016 threaten to “upend the medical records industry.”

Partnering with AMC Health, the company's telehealth program plans to improve clinical outcomes while reducing hospital readmissions and costs for veterans.

Agency leader will discuss delivering coordinated care in the 21st century and will be joined by Vice Admiral Raquel Bono.

While it was widely-believed that ONC would eliminate the CPO position to shift priorities after the departure of Deven McGraw in the fall, national coordinator Donald Rucker named an agency veteran to the post on Wednesday.

The nonprofit is asking Health IT to define the elements used in application programming interfaces and consider adding information from medical devices, genomic data and social determinants.

While the number of states contributing data was up from 18 to 49, challenges hindered CMS’ ability to effectively manage the program.

An employee of Florida’s healthcare agency fell for a phishing email, which allowed hackers to access Medicaid enrollee data.