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. 

Nuance Unveils ICD-10-Ready Platform for Computer-Assisted Coding and Clinical Documentation Improvement at AHIMA

AHIMA CONFERENCE--Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced a significant enhancement to its Clintegrity 360 platform that integrates clinical documentation improvement (CDI) and computer-assisted coding (CAC) into one seamless process. This single, web-based solution creates a natural and efficient way for clinicians to create more complete and accurate clinical documentation, while supporting downstream revenue cycle and quality reporting processes. Nuance Clintegrity 360 will be demonstrated in booth #1226 at the 2013 American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) Convention & Exhibits October 27 – 30.

HIX hearing: Plenty of blame to go around

The House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing centered around the problems with the federal health exchange website resulted in plenty of blame to go around.

ICD-10 pilot finds room for improvement

An ICD-10 coding pilot project found plenty of room for improvement.

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Predicting the future

It’s that time of year when the industry starts offering predictions for next year’s technology trends.

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Obama acknowledges HIX glitches, urges patience

There is no excuse for the widely reported glitches encountered by those trying to sign up on the national insurance exchange marketplaces, President Barack Obama told the nation in an Oct. 21 speech. “There's no sugarcoating it. The website has been too slow.”

House hearings to examine HIX glitches

After several weeks of technical problems plaguing the rollout of the health insurance exchanges, the House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled two hearings to explore the roots of the rocky implementation.

Editorial: ACA drives reform, innovation

The Affordable Care Act’s goal to promote reforms to the "overpriced, underperforming" U.S. healthcare system is often overlooked in the healthcare debate sweeping the country right now, argues New York Times op-ed columnist Bill Keller.

Republicans call for Sebelius resignation over HIX launch

The computer glitches plaguing the health insurance exchanges launched on Oct. 1 should result in some people losing their jobs, starting at the top, according to Republicans.

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.