Policy & Regulations

This channel includes news coverage of healthcare policy and regulations set by Congress, the states, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and medical associations and societies. 

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ONC announces $8.4M in grants for workforce training, community health

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is making available $8.1 million in new grant funding to improve community health and to build the health IT workforce.

ONC seeks 52% budget increase for 2016

The Obama administration is requesting a 52 percent budgetary increase for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT next year to support interoperability, “optimization” of health IT, consumer engagement in care and President Obama’s new Precision Medicine Initiative.

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P4P: More details needed but potential game-changer

After many assurances over the past year that the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) want to relieve some of the regulatory burden providers face, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) this week announced an aggressive plan to move to pay-for-performance rather than volume.

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House Committee's 393-page draft proposal includes health IT, telemedicine provisions

The House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce has released a 393-page draft document, called the 21st Century Cures Act, which contains a wide array of provisions that seek to advance medicine—including those directly related to health IT.

Healthcare an important topic in Obama's SOTU address

Healthcare was a major part of President Barack Obama's State of the Union address. He described the Affordable Care Act as part of the fabric of middle-class economic recovery as he spoke to a Republican-controlled Congress still working to dismantle the law.

Tavenner to step down at end of February

Marilyn Tavenner, top administrator for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, has announced that she is stepping down from her position at the end of February.

ICD-10 coalition grows again

The Healthcare Leadership Council , a coalition of healthcare chief executives from all disciplines within the U.S. healthcare industry, is the latest organization to join the Coalition for ICD-10 and advocate for U.S. adoption of the ICD-10 coding standard in 2015.

Lawmakers look to repeal medical device tax

Momentum is building in Congress to repeal the medical device tax.

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