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In other Sequestration news, House Majority Leader Eric Canter (R-Vir.) is rumored to be seeking support for a deal that would rework automatic spending cuts, extend payroll tax cuts and jobless benefits, and fix the reimbursement rate formula for physicians under Medicare. Leader Canter’s deal would delay by one year any sequestration of defense and non-defense discretionary spending cuts to find a “more responsible way” to reduce the federal deficit.
Finally, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is quietly courting support for legislation he's drafting to suspend the super committee sequestration cuts and instead expedite a floor vote on “the Simpson-Bowles report or a very comparable package,” according to an email from Lieberman's office to 45 Senate chiefs of staff, obtained by Inside Health Policy.
CHIME Launches HIE Guide for CIOs The exchange of health information will be of significant concern to healthcare providers seeking to qualify for meaningful use payments and to participate in the evolving healthcare environment, which will place a premium on coordination of care through the seamless sharing of healthcare information. So CHIME, in collaboration with the eHealth Initiative, is pleased to bring the HIE Guide for CIOs to its members.
How health information exchange (HIE) is achieved over the next few years is expected to change. And as such, this guide is intended to be a starting point for identifying key issues for healthcare executives that are developing a ground-level understanding of how to accomplish health information exchange. As HIE evolves in the coming months, this guide will be further refined to provide ongoing guidance on HIE decisions. In addition, as industry experience with HIE continues to grow, we’ll look for and share real-world examples of how healthcare organizations are optimizing the use of HIE to achieve concrete results that could benefit other provider organizations.
Edited by Sharon Canner, Senior Director of Advocacy, CHIME
