The Methodist Hospital in Houston has opened a 35,000 square-foot interactive, simulation-based surgical training center created to help practicing physicians acquire skills including image-guided therapies and surgical robotics.

More than $4 billion in 2010 was recovered and returned to the Medicare Health Insurance Trust Fund through the Obama Administrations healthcare fraud prevention and enforcement efforts, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Three million Medicare beneficiaries nationwide have received prescription drug cost relief through the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA), according to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Those beneficiaries, who fell into the drug coverage gap in 2010, have been mailed a one-time, tax-free $250 rebate check.

Change management is as critical to EMR deployment success as IT planning and execution, according to a recent survey by Accenture.

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced a new funding opportunity for grants to help states implement health insurance exchanges.

Colorado's Regional Health Information Organization and Regional Extension Center have selected BridgeFront's learning management system to assist members in meeting meaningful use criteria via e-learning.

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) intends to identify barriers for Medicaid participants to meet meaningful use EHR requirements to qualify for incentive payments.

Six states have joined Florida's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.