Government & Policy

The American Medical Association’s latest guidelines clarify doctors responsibilities when tapping into telemedicine technologies and services.

Vows to lobby Congress for comprehensive action on the issue, calls for lift of 20-year ban on CDC research on gun violence.

The consensus that EHR vendors and profit-hungry hospitals are intentionally making it hard for patients and outside providers to access information is based on evidence – much of it put forth by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT – that is primarily anecdotal. 

The newly formed company aims to help providers navigate from fee-for-service to value-based care and offer revenue cycle and analytics tools to make the transformation more effective.    

Universities are key incubators of "early-stage, high-risk, high-yield research that transfers to the private sector."

U.S. Federal Trade Commission said that the cloud-based electronic health record vendor misled patients into sharing sensitive medical without knowing it could be posted in a public-facing provider directory.  

The analytics startup’s research also found that less than one quarter will reach the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services goal by 2019, a year after CMS anticipates half of payments to be value-based.

The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs formally removed three senior officials on Wednesday and said doing so sets the stage for moving forward. 

The first rebid for durable medical equipment such as orthotics and prosthetics reduced the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services budget by $580 million. The second phase cut it by $3.6 billion. 

The White House event on June 14 convened to gauge the state of gender equality around the world with a look into the range of issues including economic empowerment, health and wellness, the Affordable Care Act and changing care delivery.