By Michelle Skinner RN BSN MBA – Health systems are operating in a reality where demand for care continues to outpace available staffed beds, capital expansion is constrained, and patient needs are growing increasingly more complex. Capacity is no longer defined by square footage but rather by…

By Nolan Kelly – There is a well-known Chinese Proverb that says “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.” In January 2024, CMS published the 0057 Final Rule. That was the best time for health plans to get serious about interoperability.

ATA Action, the advocacy arm of the American Telemedicine Association, comments on the U.S. House passing the U.S. House of the Hospital Inpatient Services Modernization Act (H.R. 4313) recently, which extends the Acute Hospital Care at Home (AHCaH) program through 2030.

More than 100 hospital systems, healthcare provider organizations, and provider associations have signed a joint stakeholder letter led by CHIME calling on the HHS to withdraw its proposed update to the HIPAA Security Rule and instead engage with healthcare providers to develop a more practical, risk-based cybersecurity framework.