EHR adoption is rising among eligible professionals and hospitals, but the Department of Health & Human Services lacks a comprehensive strategy to ensure it can reliably use clinical quality measures collected in EHRs for quality measurement activities, according to an 81-page report released by the General Accounting Office.

Six Republican senators called on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to provide more details on its stated plans to grant certain healthcare providers exemptions from EHR regulations.

President Obama has unveiled his $3.9 trillion fiscal year 2015 budget proposal, which allocates $77.1 billion to support the Department of Health & Human Services and $1.8 billion for health IT incentive payments.

On the heels of an indictment that accused a former Texas healthcare executive of collecting $800,000 in EHR incentive payments under false pretenses, lawmakers from the House Committee on Energy and Commerce are looking for answers from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Inspector General (OIG) on why fraud is happening within the program.

The FDA is seeking out a contractor to provide both historical and real-time monitoring and analyses of a sample of social media websites, according to a notice issued on the Federal Business Opportunities website.

It’s over. Another whirlwind of exhibits, announcements, experiences, expertise and so much more. Here’s what you need to know.

ORLANDO--During her keynote address at the Health Information and Management Systems Society annual conference, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Marilynn Tavenner offered the healthcare community no relief for looming compliance dates.

So much information. At this point in the conference, the sheer amount of information shared is overwhelming. Here are a few highlights.