Government & Policy

The Supreme Court ruling -- finally -- has been handed down and the verdict is out: Chief Justice Roberts' hand pulled the ACA to shore. For the most part, industry insiders view the outcome as positive -- though many officials emphasize it's just the first step on a long road to reform.

Giving more people access to primary care and prevention stands to bolster population health moving forward. But the ACA is just a first step down that path.

Bill Bernstein, chairman of the healthcare division at law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips discusses why the Supreme Court's ruling is good news for the healthcare industry, and the challenges that remain.

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) believes a private-public partnership would be better to run the future Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN), rather than a federal body alone.

Payer performance improvement remained flat in 2011, according to the seventh annual PayerView rankings released today by health IT company athenahealth. That's attributed in part to new compliance measures and major information technology shifts.

The White House held a two-hour town hall meeting on Tuesday to get the pulse of how health IT is advancing nationwide, according to one panelist at the private session.

ONC wants to standardize data access so it can be automated and go from machine to machine, Fridsma said.

Northrop Grumman, Aegis and Terrarecon used last week's Government Health IT Conference to reveal and discuss plans for cloud computing and mobile health technologies.

With mobile devices growing in number and scope, the risks they present are, too. Covered entities can, and must, commit to protecting patients' privacy.

A former governor, a serving senator, and a 15-year old exchange strike to the core debate about whether being pro-health reform also means a politician cannot be conservative.