Government & Policy

Hillary Clinton won a slim victory over Bernie Sanders in the Iowa caucus on Monday while Tea Party Republican Ted Cruz upset boisterous billionaire Donald Trump to win the bulk of his party's delegates.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator announced Monday that CMS would extend the deadline for commenting on quality reporting and certification of EHR products.

While the Republican candidates mostly spar over how they will repeal Obamacare, Democrats say they would build on the existing reform.

Only a few days remain to submit a speaking proposal for the HIMSS and Healthcare IT News Privacy & Security Forum in Los Angeles, May 11-12.

One week after Andy Slavitt said meaningful use would be replaced soon, the acting Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator and national coordinator Karen DeSalvo made it clear that the changes would take time and that providers must still follow the current program.

Vindell Washington, MD, has been named the ONC's Principal Deputy National Coordinator, effective January 25, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Karen DeSalvo announced on Tuesday.

Healthcare IT News and HIMSS are accepting speaker proposals for the Privacy & Security Forum in Los Angeles, May 11-12, 2016.

The Department of Health and Human Services is not doing enough to manage its workforce programs, according to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office, the federal government's watchdog agency.

President Barack Obama laid out some aggressive healthcare goals in his final State of the Union address on Tuesday night, including a broader focus on precision medicine and the appointment of Vice President Joe Biden to lead what he called a “moonshot” effort to cure cancer.

Acting CMS administrator says several programs will change as healthcare industry wades deeper into value-based reimbursement.