Six healthcare IT giants announced this week the launch of a nonprofit organization to promote interoperability and universal access to healthcare data. 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. 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. 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. The letter from Willa Fields (Chair, HIMSS
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Utah’s Department of Health has reported its second data breach within the past year. This incident involved the personal information of approximately 6,000 Medicaid patients. On January 10th, an employee
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) paid $1.2 billion in Electronic Health Records systems incentive payments in December 2012. A health insurance specialist at CMS’ office of eHealth
Incentive Payments Reach $1.2B in December Read More »
The HHS’ Office for Civil Rights announced last week the settlement of potential HIPAA violations stemming from a data breach affecting less than 500 individuals. The Office for Civil Rights
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While hospitals and health systems project a decline in capital expenditure budgets, healthcare IT spending seems to be growing, according to a new survey. Premier’s latest Economic Outlook, which is
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The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services has awarded a $15 billion contract for the creation of a virtual data center and consolidation of its huge datasets. CMS’ decentralized status
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The Department of Health and Human Services has extended the deadline for states to submit detailed applications for their own Health Information Exchanges. HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sent letters to
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