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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Slings, Arrows & a Few Good Allies

Can the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation survive the political crossfire in which it finds itself caught?

NextGen Healthcare and 3M Partner to Offer Industry-Wide ICD-10 Education Program

HORSHAM, Pa.--NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today it has teamed with 3M Health Information Systems to offer 3M’s robust, web-based ICD-10 Education Program industry wide. The agreement strengthens the arsenal of resources NextGen Healthcare makes available to aid both clients and non-clients as they successfully transition to ICD-10.

GAO: HHS underestimated risk of Healthcare.gov failure

The Department of Health & Human Services rated the launch of HealthCare.gov as having a low-risk of failure six months before it went live, according to the Washington Post and a recent report by the General Accounting Office. It wasn’t until closer to the launch that the department suddenly bumped up the risk from “moderately high risk” or “high risk,” the report found.

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CMS: March ICD-10 testing week very successful

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ ICD-10 testing week conducted in March proved successful, with the agency accepting 89 percent of the test claims and some regions reporting acceptance rates as high as 99 percent.

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HITPC: Modest growth in EPs and EHs attesting to MU Stage 2

As of the end of May, 447 eligible professionals and eight eligible hospitals have attested to Meaningful Use Stage 2, Elisabeth Myers, policy and outreach lead at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, told the Health IT Policy Committee during its virtual meeting on June 10.

WEDI urges HHS to adopt its ICD-10 roadmap

The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is calling on the Department of Health & Human Services to adopt its ICD-10 roadmap “to minimize continued disruption to the healthcare industry” caused by the compliance delay.

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Burwell confirmed as new HHS chief

The Senate voted 78-17 to confirm Sylvia Mathews Burwell as the Department of Health & Human Services’ new secretary.

Cleveland Clinic executive considered for VA top job

After a controversy of excessive wait times and IT struggles at the Department of Veterans Affairs spurred the resignation of Eric Shinseki, the White House now is considering a high profile hospital executive from Cleveland Clinic to take over the beleaguered agency, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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