The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has debuted a public online database of hospital charges for the hundred most common inpatient procedures. Â The Obama administration’s efforts to bring
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The Department of Health and Human Services recently named Lyfechannel’s myfamily app as the winner of its Healthfinder.gov Mobile App Challenge.  The challenge, sponsored by HHS’ Office of Disease Prevention and Health
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One-time nurse Marilyn Tavenner is expected to win Senate approval to become the confirmed administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Â While Tavenner has been acting as
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has started auditing some healthcare providers before giving them Meaningful Use incentive payments. Â According to the agency’s Office of E-Health Standards and
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Oregon Health and Science University has notified 4,000 patients of a data breach stemming from the theft of an unencrypted laptop. Â The computer, which contained protected health information (PHI) including
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An unnamed HIPAA-covered entity in California is suing the Internal Revenue Service, alleging improper access of 60 million medical records by 15 IRS agents. Â The covered entity, referred to in
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Six healthcare IT giants announced this week the launch of a nonprofit organization to promote interoperability and universal access to healthcare data. Â At Monday’s press conference at the Healthcare Information
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Governor Chris Christie announced yesterday that he supports the expansion of the state’s Medicaid program despite his opposition to the Affordable Care Act. Â The Republican New Jersey governor made it
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A new report finds that the number of large-scale health data breaches increased last year, while the number of patients affected by them decreased. Â The report from California-based IT security
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A February 7th letter signed by the chairwoman and the president/CEO of HIMSS expresses “strong support” for adopting ICD-10 by October 1, 2014. Â The letter from Willa Fields (Chair, HIMSS
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