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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MGMA: Practices not ready for ICD-10; CMS must take action

Less than 10 percent of physician practices reported that they had made significant progress when rating their overall readiness for ICD-10 implementation, up only slightly (from 4.7 percent) since June 2013, when the Medical Group Management Association previously assessed readiness levels.

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OIG: HRSA-funded health center networks struggle with data sharing MU objectives

Health Resources and Services Administration funded health center controlled networks are struggling to establish the capability to achieve Meaningful Use objectives related to sharing data, according to an Office of the Inspector General report.

ONC puts call out for new HITPC, standards committee members

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is actively recruiting new members for two of its federal advisory committees: the Health IT Standards Committee and the Health IT Policy Committee, according to a Feb. 5 blog post by ONC Health IT Policy Analyst Michelle Consolazio.

OIG Work Plan targets security, integrity of EHRs, medical devices

The Office of the Inspector General’s Work Plan for fiscal 2014 places added attention on the security and integrity of health IT, both for EHRs and networked medical devices within hospitals.

ICD-11 delayed by two years

Rollout of ICD-11 has been postponed to 2017 by the World Health Organization.

Cost reduction top priority for hospital innovation

Most hospitals and ambulatory care centers are focusing their innovation initiatives on cost reduction, according to the results of the 2013 Healthcare Provider Innovation Survey from HIMSS and innovation accelerator AVIA.

Draft legislation would overhaul federal IT procurement process

Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) have introduced draft legislation to create a new office in the White House to review and guide major IT projects while working to allow more small businesses to bid for federal contracts, reports The Hill.

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Halamka shares advice for ONC's DeSalvo

John Halamka, MD, health IT thought leader and CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, has some advice for the new national coordinator of health IT.

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