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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Industry leaders react to Sebelius resignation, look to future

After five years at the helm of the Department of Health & Human Services, Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced her resignation on April 10.

CMS releases user guide on MU batch reporting

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released a user guide illuminating how providers participating in the EHR incentive program can submit their attestation with other members of their medical group or hospital system.

HHS releases Medicare physician payment data

In a historic move, Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has released data on services and procedures provided to Medicare beneficiaries by physicians and other healthcare professionals for the year of 2012.

HITPC: Workflow, ecosystem maturity are biggest challenges for MU Stage 2 HIE requirements

Ecosystem maturity and workflow changes represent the two main challenges for vendors and providers as they implement two Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements related to health information exchange: transition of care and view, download and transmit requirements.

Global group releases software as a medical device framework

The International Medical Device Regulators Forum's Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) Working Group, which represents a voluntary group of regulators from 10 countries, has released a proposed framework to harmonize international medical device regulations as they relate to SaMD.

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ICD-10 delay finalized

It probably seemed like an April Fools joke to many in healthcare, but this week another ICD-10 delay means the transition won’t happen until at least Oct. 1, 2015.

As purchaser, CMS seeks more data, higher value return

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services want value out of what they are purchasing, and thus increasingly will expect states to share more data on the care delivery of the 65 million Medicaid beneficiaries nationwide, said Jessica Kahn, MPH, director of the Division of State Systems at CMS at the State Healthcare IT Connect Summit on April 1.

Disappointment, confusion and praise follow Senate passage of SGR patch, ICD-10 delay

Just a few weeks ago, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilynn Tavenner’s resounding message at the Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference in Orlando was that more ICD-10 delays were not going to happen. 

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