The following recent state investments illustrates how CMS’ commitment to rural health modernization is taking shape on the ground, tailored to the unique needs of rural communities in Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina, Vermont, and West Virginia.
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By Mohit Saxena – The CMS final updates to the No Surprises Act Independent Dispute Resolution process this past spring represent one of the most significant changes since the program took effect in 2022. Since the program began, over five million disputes have been filed, creating backlogs, administrative complexity, processing delays, and rising costs across the system.
Supporting the adoption of health information technology and the promotion of nationwide, standards-based health information exchange to improve health care nationwide. Here is what is happening at the ONC.
VA and Oracle contract expansion reflects the VA’s need for additional time, funding, and technical support to complete deployments across its 164 medical centers.
The Rural Residency Planning and Development (RRPD) Program awards will create new residency programs in family medicine, internal medicine, preventive medicine, psychiatry, and general surgery, helping to strengthen the health workforce in rural and tribal communities.
The following recent state investments illustrates how CMS’ commitment to rural health modernization is taking shape on the ground, tailored to the unique needs of rural communities in Arkansas, Hawaii, Indiana, Michigan, New York, and Rhode Island.
By Bob Watson – One of the clearest tests of the federal government’s $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) will be whether rural patients’ health information can move with them across the healthcare system.
The MATCH IT Act addresses the problem of patient misidentification within the healthcare ecosystem. The bill would create an industry standard definition for how patient match rates are measured and would improve standardization of patients’ demographic elements entered into certified health IT products to ensure patients are accurately matched with the correct medical record.
By Arielle Zionts – One year into its creation, a $50 billion federal program aimed at improving rural healthcare lacks transparency, which could make it difficult to protect against fraud, identify successful projects, and ensure the program delivers on its promise to transform the system.