Government & Policy
Electronic Health Records
A voluntary certification program is already mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act.
MACRA
Physicians transitioning to MIPS and hospitals going for meaningful use can avoid penalty.
Population Health
As an obstetrics and gynecology physician, she has been caring for women for more than 30 years.
Compliance
New criteria for vendors are meant to ease burdens and ultimately pass cost-savings down to the hospitals and systems that buy electronic health record software, Donald Rucker says.
Electronic Health Records
Two big changes: EHR makers are now able to self-declare compliance with specific criteria and ONC will not audit certification bodies’ random surveillance practices.
Revenue Cycle
CMS says it will change direction of CMMI, wants providers to have greater flexibility in payment m…
CMS innovation center programs in limbo as officials say free market approach will encourage competition among healthcare providers.
Privacy & Security
The increase in threats and sophistication have prompted the need to shore up government security policies, according to the agency’s updated 2017 work plan.
Revenue Cycle
Thousands of people in Florida and Texas have made use of remote consults offered by Nemours and others.
Privacy & Security
Last week the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) took the unprecedented step of recalling a biomedical device because of concerns over its lack of cybersecurity.
Privacy & Security
While Kaspersky denied any wrongdoing, Homeland Security is giving agencies 90 days to remove all software from systems.