Government & Policy
In our ongoing series leading up to the October 1, 2014 health insurance exchange deadline, Pulse8 CEO John Criswell shares 9 things payers can do right now as they prepare provider networks, systems and infrastructure for commercial risk adjustment relative to the HIXs.
A new poll by the American College of Physician Executives was prompted by a federal court judge's decision to overturn a longstanding injunction that prevented CMS from releasing information about payments to individual physicians.
Testing is concluded and the Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care EMR 2.2.0.0 will bring new parts, including a medical reference application and an updated GUI.
UK Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt kicked off his keynote address at Health Datapalooza IV by saluting the United States' decision to provide universal health coverage to its citizens.
With a $93 million federal loan, the cooperative Meritus Health Partners will appear alongside large national insurers on the federally-run insurance marketplace website.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded Lockheed Martin a $47.7 million contract to continue providing information technology and operational and logistics support for multiple divisions of the Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response.
Chock full of IT talent, the San Diego Beacon community is well positioned for a sustainable future. As its health information exchange gains momentum, it's starting to see "how the water flows through the pipes."
Saying "we must not squander this opportunity" to leverage criteria in meaningful use Stage 3 as a means to reducing disparities, the Consumer Partnership for eHealth submitted its ideas to the Health IT Policy Committee.
The agency's state grants are funding surveillance, detection, and outbreak response efforts in zoonotic and vector-borne diseases, food-borne diseases, influenza, and healthcare-associated infections.
Three years after procuring a $16.1 million HHS grant to bolster local health IT initiatives and diabetic care management, the Western New York Beacon Community has chronicled mixed success -- at least in the quantifiable sense. Anecdotally, however, its success becomes much more striking, officials say.