Government & Policy

Entities thinking about a cloud strategy should begin with a cross-functional team that answers these half-dozen questions.

David Blumenthal, MD, who was the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology from 2009 to 2011, has been appointed president of the Commonwealth Fund. He will succeed Karen Davis, effective Jan. 1, 2013.

Further solidifying a bridge between public and private health, Sarasota County Medical Society becomes latest to join the Florida Health Data Network health information exchange.

Since the Supreme Court ruled on the Affordable Care Act, there has been barrage of conflicting reports on what it means for Medicaid. Here's a look at the immediate impact on states.

Former GOP Senate majority leader Bill Frist explains how state health insurance exchanges are "federalist ideal of states as laboratories for democracy."

Robert Rowley, former CMIO of Practice Fusion, analyzes meaningful use data and finds the sheer number of EHR vendors unsustainable. That's one among the reasons the market is ripe for mergers and acquisitions activity.

Bob Belfort, partner in the healthcare practice at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, discusses the difficulties hospitals and public health departments face in deciding when to notify patients about a data breach.

Another milestone: The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record program has paid out $5.58 billion to 110,650 physicians and hospitals in total program estimates through May 2012.

With the Supreme Court decision on the health reform law expected for delivery by the end of June, more policymakers, experts and stakeholders have been vocal about their predictions of the outcome.

The most paramount obstacle to fighting fraud today is the "pay and chase" culture of rapid payment, rather than detection. Here are four new ways to change that and start eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse of healthcare funds.