OIG 2012 Report Lists Top 10 Challenges Facing HHS
EHR Incentives Abuse and Health IT Security Ongoing Challenges Established in 1976, the Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) fights…
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Electronically Exchanging Sensitive Health Information
Data Segmentation for Privacy Initiative Demonstration An S&I Initiative focuses on an a single issue with goals and outcomes that will improve healthcare delivery through…
Health IT Business News Wrap-up – August 19, 2012
This Week’s Health IT Business News We lead off this week’s recap with the news that Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)Â has completed its acquisition of…
Health IT Business News Wrap-up – August 12, 2012
This Week’s Health IT Business News The lead story of the week is Republican candidate Mitt Romney’s choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate….
Physicians Joining Meaningful Use Vanguard (MUV) Program
MUVers are ‘Muving’ Healthcare Forward Jennifer Rathman, Wide River TEC jrathman@widerivertec.org Blog: widerivertec.wordpress.com “Although the transition to electronic health records can be challenging, I don’t…
Reporting Lab Results using Direct Project Specifications
Workgroup Issues Guidance on Lab Reporting Specifications Last week the Direct – Laboratory Reporting Workgroup issued guidance for reporting lab results using Direct Project Specifications….
CMS Says No Deadline Implementing ACA Medicaid Expansion
CMS Initiatives, ACO agreements, and the Acting Administrator In a letter to the Republican Governors Association, acting CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner announced there would be…
Health IT News: This Week’s Posts on EHR Adoption Rates, SCOTUS Ruling
This week’s posts on EHR Adoption Rates, SCOTUS Ruling on ACA and more… SCOTUS Upholds Affordable Care Act Back in March the Supreme Court heard…
HHS Office of Inspector General releases EHR Report
OIG Study Shows EHR Use in Medicare Physicians Each cabinet department and independent agency of the federal government has an Office of the Inspector General…